RIP Jack Weaver

The shooting sports have lost a true legend.  Jack Weaver, inventor of the Weaver Stance passed away Tuesday at the age of 80.  From the Outdoor Wire:

On a completely unrelated note, 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.

You’ll be missed.