// 03 Tactic Factory
Grip Lab
Where your hands go, how hard each one squeezes, and what that does to the dot. Right-handed shooter shown from the support-hand side.
Grip styles
Same gun, same shooter — only the hands change. Watch how far the muzzle lifts.
Support hand Strong hand
Thumbs forward
Support hand fills the open side of the grip; both thumbs point at the target along the frame. The modern competition standard.
- Pros
- Most hand-on-gun contact
- Support hand can drive the muzzle back down
- Thumbs help point the gun at the target
- Cons
- Support thumb can ride the slide stop and stop it locking back — keep it just below
Hand position
Six checkpoints for the thumbs-forward grip. Hover or tap a tip to find it on the gun.
Support hand Strong hand
How much input?
Set how the squeeze is split between the hands and how hard you grip overall, then watch the muzzle and where the dot lands.
Support hand Strong hand
→ ← Front-to-back squeeze (strong hand)⊗ Side-to-side clamp (support hand)
Illustrative model, not a physics simulation.
Target band: support 60–70%, firm short of shaking
- Muzzle flip
- 11.6°
- Dot return spread
- ±1.5
- Low-left drift
- 0.3
- Tremor
- None
Close. Shift a little more of the squeeze into the support hand — aim for 60–70%.