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When you pick up your pistol, extend both your arms fully forward. Your knees should be slightly bent, and your weight is slightly forward, on the balls of the feet. In this stance, your feet are placed at about shoulder-width apart, and your feet and shoulders are square with the target. The Isosceles stance is so named because in this position, the extended arms, when viewed from above, look like an isosceles triangle. Everyone clapped! She turned to look at me, and a huge smile came across her face! I know I don’t get paid when I’m a volunteer instructor, but that smile was worth a million bucks.Īlthough there are modifications to each, there are two main standing pistol shooting positions-Isosceles and Weaver. After more instruction on proper stance, she tried again, and shot much better. I tried to adjust her stance, but while shooting, she leaned back again, arms ram-rod straight. It was a full-size 9 mm, and when she brought up the gun, she leaned way back. A widow now living alone, her nephew bought her the pistol for protection. When it came time to shoot, she was one of the last to try.Īfter her granddaughter coaxed her up to the firing line, she cautiously picked up the handgun she had brought with her. She was a gray-haired mature woman and stood in the back during my lecture. I was volunteering as handgun instructor at a local range’s Ladies’ Day shooting event. I first noticed her at the back of the group when the ladies walked down the trail.