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I want to offer up some thoughts on handgun recoil control, and my approach to it.
I see a lot of shooters advocate flaring your elbows, torquing wrists, involving the entire arm, shoulders and chest in order to manage recoil.
Personally, I manage handgun recoil with my hands, with most control being from the support hand. My firing hand has a firm grip, but not so much that I cannot isolate my trigger finger.
Too much tension in the firing hand can lead to pushing shots down due to sympathetic recoil anticipation, as well as trigger freeze.
I'm not sure that the effort required to involve almost the entire upper body produces such drastically different results with a handgun. The gun, with a proper grip, doesn't flip that much, and does not require a lot of movement to get back down on target.
You should just let the gun do it's thing in recoil, making sure that you maintain your grip throughout the string of fire.
Keep it simple I guess.
This comes after trying to analyze my shooting, using drills and tips I picked up from Ben's books and videos. I was way too often over-gripping with my firing hand, and under-gripping with my support hand.