There's a good reason the 10m Olypmic shooters shoot in the position they do. Given the off hand rules, I can't imagine one would find a more stable position.
Chas
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Off Hand position in FT
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Bberg7794, what you are describing as offhand is what those of us that shoot High Power & Vintage Military would consider a "Hunter's stance". Our Shooting offhand stance ( what the military uses for offhand/standing) is more of what you described as standing. Feet close together more perpendicular to the target, leaning back to get gun weight over the feet, support elbow of leading arm on side of stomach/hip. I have my nontrigger hand under the trigger guard.
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From my experience if that position just above is "rice paddy prone" the tide must be low or your ass is wet! Rice paddies I have had the privilege to patrol through are usually several feet deep. In some countries they fertilize them with human waste and did I mention the leeches.
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Newbies tend to try to change rules of old games to make it a different newer game so they aren’t as “new””.
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Its squatting.
When FT started, we just said “standing” or kneeling, or sitting ... dunno why it changed to offhand, Also, no shots were “forced position”, and the course designer simply arranged targets in a way they favored certain higher or lower positions without insisting everyone do it that way. I still think the old way was more interesting, but the advent of GP type cookie cutter matches forced more standardization.
When FT started, we just said “standing” or kneeling, or sitting ... dunno why it changed to offhand, Also, no shots were “forced position”, and the course designer simply arranged targets in a way they favored certain higher or lower positions without insisting everyone do it that way. I still think the old way was more interesting, but the advent of GP type cookie cutter matches forced more standardization.
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