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Here’s how I grip it wrong. The thumbs forward grip works very well for recoil control on anything up to a normal pressure .357 Magnum, provided the gun has adequate grip space to accommodate my support hand. The biggest advantage to this grip is that if you keep the gun in your dominant hand during reloads, it’s a little bit faster to hit the cylinder release button with my thumb in the forward position than it is if my thumb is locked down.
Now, here’s the important part. I’m not dogmatic about which is better, thumbs locked or thumbs forward. I certainly don’t use a thumbs forward grip if I’m shooting a .44 Magnum. For example, thumbs forward works great on a GP100 Match Champion with those big stocks. It doesn’t work great on an old Model 10 with tiny little grips.
Anyway, take this for what it’s worth. I’m not particularly good at shooting wheelguns, I only finished in the top 5 at IDPA Nationals like 5 times and never better than 2nd.