Jerry Miculek On AR-15 Grip And Stance
BY Herschel Smith
10 years, 2 months ago
Via John Richardson, here is Jerry Miculek on AR-15 grip and stance.
I always watch and listen carefully to Jerry explain anything. He is an extremely successful competitive shooter. However, I have never seen him use (or advocate use of) what I’ve called the “aggressive plates forward” stance. Jerry puts his left leg forward (almost like a modified Weaver stance). My son Daniel taught me the aggressive plates forward stance which was and is in common use in the USMC.
Also, I see Jerry using the hand-forward C-clamp grip, although not as exaggerated as Chris Costa uses.
I have also seen Travis Haley use a modified version of this grip. It appears that this grip technique is in common use among competitive shooters, and sometimes when trying to acquire long range stationary or semi-stationary targets. But this technique isn’t in common use among the U.S. military.
According to my son Daniel, it’s especially not in use when performing room clearing or other close quarters battle, where raising the weapon with a reflex sight (such as an EOTech) is the most important aspect of target acquisition rather being able to sweep from side to side.
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On October 19, 2014 at 11:28 pm, Guest said:
It’s actually become quite common in certain parts of the military. I remember getting trained in (what is now) the conventional plates forward stance, but modifications to that such as the C grip are starting to trickle down.
On October 21, 2014 at 3:09 pm, Nathan Dolan said:
Agreed. I’m seeing it more and more. I personally like it. I feel like I get better stability. I’ve seen some improvement in my scores since I started using it.
On October 22, 2014 at 1:22 am, DirtyMick said:
Herschel,
I’m not a fan of C Clamp. I think it’s Hollywood. Then again I’m just show shit the ragman regular army. In terms of holding the weapon the situation dictates. If I’m pushing into a room or in a short range fight, I’m going to hold the weapon by the magwell. If I’m in an open area where I know the engagement is going to be at a distance (ie Afghanistan) I’m going to hold the weapon on the handguard/rail. Ideally if I come in contact I’m going to want to be behind cover (that’s where barricade shooting comes into play) or in the prone.
I was taught plates toward the enemy and I swear by it. Also it’s a more aggressive posture when patrolling too. If I have to stop a vehicle or stop a civilian and if the stand hand and arm signals don’t work you’ll get their attention really quick when you square up on them.