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Jack Weaver, r.i.p.

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Posted 13 April 2009 - 08:23 AM

...the shooting world lost one of its best-known names last week. Former Los Angeles County Deputy Jack Weaver, 80, died Tuesday in Carson City. Weaver, for those of you not familiar with the name, is the man for whom the Weaver Shooting Stance is named.

After experimenting with a variety of shooting stances and modifications, Weaver decided the best position for reaction shooting was simple: two hands on the weapon, gun up a foot or so above the vertical centerline of the body, and head slightly dropped. This gave him what he called a "flash picture" of the target. It also gave him the 1959 "Leatherslap" gunfighting title. As he explained "it looked kind of stupid, and everybody was laughing at me, but it worked."

After three years of losing to Weaver, Guns and Ammo writer and legendary shooting expert Jeff Cooper proclaimed the Weaver Stance "decisively superior" to anything else. In fact, Cooper incorporated Weaver's stance into his Modern Technique of the Pistol.

On Saturday evening, I spoke with Weaver's son, Alan, about his father and learned that this last year of his life had been one "of a rock star" after American Handgunner published a story about Weaver and his stance in its May issue. "All last year," Alan said, "Dad got letters, videos, patches from police departments and shooting clubs, tons of mementos that made him realize that people did remember him and his contributions."

We all remember Weaver's contribution to shooting -every time we take a two handed Weaver, or modified Weaver or whatever you call it.

From the shooting wire http://www.shootingwire.com/
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Posted 13 April 2009 - 10:59 AM

The word ICON gets used way too much these days. But in this case it fits to a T. Well done and rest in peace.
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Posted 13 April 2009 - 07:06 PM

He broke ground with his technique. I think I have a photo or two of him. I'll post them if I can locate them.
God speed, Mr. Weaver.
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Posted 14 April 2009 - 05:08 PM

View Postsandman, on Apr 13 2009, 10:59 AM, said:

The word ICON gets used way too much these days. But in this case it fits to a T. Well done and rest in peace.

Yes, perfectly put.
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