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What was the Most Effective Stance for an Old West Gunfighter?

by | Mar 27, 2018 | Ask the Marshall, Departments

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What was the most effective stance for an Old West gunfighter? Michael Westlund Clarkdale, Arizona I ran this by my cousin, Bill Rogers, a former Marine and retired sergeant from the Arizona Department of Public Safety, who replies: “The side stance is properly called the ‘Weaver’s Stance.’ Its advantage was in target shooting, with one eye open. This was the ‘old’ way that police officers were taught. That’s the way that USMC [United States Marine Corps] taught me also in 1975,


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