Just curios where do you guys hold and why? I hold fairy far back, the rear of my palm resting on the hinge pin. My reasoning is that it allows the tricep of my forward arm to rest on my peck muscle slightly and feels more stable to me.

That is a target hold; limits your movement in the field. It also moves the moment arm backwards, away from the point at which the rifle was regulated. A bad habit taken from range shooting, only in my opinion, which means nothing. Do it however you choose.
I hold the forearm at the tip, fingers wrapped around the barrels. As does everyone else I know.

quote:

Originally posted by dpcd:
That is a target hold; limits your movement in the field. It also moves the moment arm backwards, away from the point at which the rifle was regulated. A bad habit taken from range shooting, only in my opinion, which means nothing. Do it however you choose.
I hold the forearm at the tip, fingers wrapped around the barrels. As does everyone else I know.

Makes sense thank you. I’m getting ready to start back into double shooting after 2 year hiatus and have been practicing my mount inside. Looks like I picked up some bad habit

quote:

Originally posted by Double BC:
Just curios where do you guys hold and why? I hold fairy far back, the rear of my palm resting on the hinge pin. My reasoning is that it allows the tricep of my forward arm to rest on my peck muscle slightly and feels more stable to me.

Held that far back you will likely lose control of muzzle rise on a heavy kicker......not so good for followup shots.

I do as Tom mentions; grip the barrels right in front of the foreend.

Interesting question,your grip will depend on the length of your arms & the L.O.P,checking my grip on several different guns that I own,I find that my left arm goes where it feels most comfortable & secure,where I can maintain a solid grip with good barrel control,on 24" barrels? my grip is such that the thumb & index finger are about where the rear sight is located.

Btw the gun & forearm style will dictate where you hold the forearm as well ,the two guns I checked my hold on are not splinter forearms, a Heym & a Krieghoff.

With a spinter forend- always on the barrels ahead of the forend.

quote:

Where Do You Grip The For-end

You don't, IMO. With a splinter fore end you grip the barrels so that the toe of the fore end rests in your palm and your fingers grip the top of the barrels. It lets you control the rise in recoil the same way the tacticool guys do nowadays with their C clamp grip.

It works. Gripping the wood and beavertail fore ends are just slower with heavys.

I hadn't pondered this much so I just shouldered some of my doubles and find that with every one of them, the tip of the forend (all splinters btw) tends to rest right at the root of my left index finger (i guess you'd call it the first knuckle) and my ring and middle fingers wrap around the barrel up to the rib.
My guns just happen to all feel really good right there and balance nicely.
Sort of similar to holding a violin.

I also grip the end of the forend wrapping my fingers around the barrels. Its a dangerous game rifle, and you need to have a full half circle of movement in a hurry as you pull the gun back into your shoulder with the trigger hand...Pretty much the same with a bolt gun but maybe not so much.

quote:

Originally posted by Omnivorous_Bob:

quote:

Where Do You Grip The For-end

You don't, IMO. With a splinter fore end you grip the barrels so that the toe of the fore end rests in your palm and your fingers grip the top of the barrels. It lets you control the rise in recoil the same way the tacticool guys do nowadays with their C clamp grip.

It works. Gripping the wood and beavertail fore ends are just slower with heavys.

Yep

All my double rifles are fitted with splinter fore ends, and like most here I grip the fore end of the splinter, and the fingers on the barrels.

The best thing one can do is practice shooting the first shot, and quickly fire the other barrel to determine, the grip position that works the best for himself. Arms are not the same length for everyone.
The one thing I would suggest is, IMO, all double rifle should be fitted with splinter fore-ends!

……...…...…………………. MacD

My Heym has a long beavertail. It doesn't look authentic and doesn't help balance - but the chequering goes right out on the sides and is great to grip!

I hold unto the barrels but I wear a leather glove so I don't burn fingers...

Mike

I'm with MacD47. Just works well for me.

Sorry, MacD, just added 10 years on you!

quote:

Originally posted by Dutch44:
Sorry, MacD, just added 10 years on you!

I think you just made me 10 yrs younger! Thanks I needed that! I'll be 83 yrs old in April!

………………………………………...

I suspect the best suggestion is to hold where it feels good to you..

Does gripping the barrels not interfere with your sight picture?

However the further down the barrels would be steadier in theory. Never really thought about it much

I'm most comfortable holding the forend about midway on my Splinter forend with finger and thumb wrapped ether side of the site .
One of my mates who is a bit Orangatan holds the forend almost forward of the forend But then again, he cant shoot worth shit.

A splinter for-end just lays in the palm of my hand. The grip is my fingers on the barrels.

Dave