How do you hold your contender hand gun for off hand shooting

[wdc]

How do you hold your contender hand gun for off hand shooting.
I wood like photos from both right and left side.
I shoot the following:

22lr 10” iron sights
22lr 10” Eotech red dot
22lr 10” 2.5-8 scope


44 mag 10” Eotech red dot
44 mag 10” 2.5-8 scope

[GRIMJIM]

I don't have any pictures and actually I do this with my srh sometimes when I'm deer hunting.

I don't know if I can explain this good enough but...

I stand at a strong angle to the target (almost 90 degrees) with my shooting side in back (I'm right handed). I will wrap the fingers of my left hand over the top of my right wrist and use the elbow of my left arm as a rest. Make sure the muzzle is well beyond your elbow.

I'm usually well clothed so the gasses from the cylinder gap have no effect on me. Probably not a good idea in short sleeves, but you won't have that problem with your contender.

[Hopalong7]

     I use a combination of sling and shooting/walking stick.  The sling is quick adjustable from carry length to the much longer shooting length via popping a silent buckle("Just Sling It" from E A Brown).  My shooting sticks are Stoney Point(standing length).  If I'm doing more walking than shooting, I use a monopod which is a little handier as a walking stick.  You younger guys probably don't understand the need of walking sticks...YET.  When I'm more serious about the shootin', I carry a bi-pod set.  I hold the pistol in a right handed position with the sling over my right shoulder and under my left arm....rest the pistol on the shooting stick and push away from my body until the sling is tight.  Good, steady position!  It takes a little practice but I can come from walking to steady shooting postion very quietly, and quickly.  I don't walk much while deer hunting anymore but this time of year I do walk some fence rows looking for whistle pigs(thats ground hogs for you folks of northern persausion).  If I ever learn to use my new digital camera and then learn how to post pics, I'll be glad to show ya.
GOOD SHOOTIN', Walt   

[hunterspistol]

     I shoot offhand quite a bit, iron sights, I use a two handed grip with the left hand wrapped around my right a little tighter than my grip.  Never use the cup and saucer grip, myself. I extend the left index finger down the forend to steady out the barrel movement. My stance is always a 45 degree with my left side forward.

     With a scope, it's the same thing unless it's a rifle scope in Hunter's Pistol style.

[ftw]

I shoot the Contender offhand just as I do any other handgun. Two hands wrapped for support on grip, facing target, comfortable stance with knees slightly bent and arms fully extended.

[teamnelson]

I shoot the Contender offhand just as I do any other handgun. Two hands wrapped for support on grip, facing target, comfortable stance with knees slightly bent and arms fully extended.

+1, shoot IHMSA with 'tenders .22/.357/.44 in that same stance.

For your scoped 'tenders, you might google Taco Hold ... just tried that and didn't find a picture. Basically your non-shooting hand comes down over the top of the scope like an upside down Taco. It looks awkward to me, but I don't shoot scoped. In that hold you can rest your non-shooting forearm against a tree.

[hunterspistol]

  Gotcha, Taco Hold from NRA Silhouette book. Although, this shows left handed since, the image is flipped.  Left hand would be atop the scope, right hand on the grip.  Looks awkward, my left fingers lay over the bell on the scope, left thumb just naturally can catch the scope rings on the Weaver set up. If I shoot something with stiff recoil that wants to come back to my glasses, I hook my thumb under that first scope ring.  It's easy to develop a balance between grip and scope hands, so the weight is held partly by your left and your grip is lighter without the full weight of the whole handgun. I pick my pistols up by the scope so, they are set up very solid.


     The trick here is to use light recoiling calibers with a rifle scope. Most straight wall pistol cartridges can be used, the 22 Hornet and 32-20WCF excel at this.