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Advanced Marksmanship Palming the stock

Re: Palming the stock

Palming is having your thumb not wrap around the top of the stock, rather it lays near the cocking piece of the bolt near the safety lever or below. There is a natural involuntary & sympathetic muscle contraction that is tied between your thumb and trigger finger. If you move your thumb, your trigger finger will move slightly. The more you remove the thumb out of the equation, the more likely you'll have better trigger control when you press the trigger. It's also another reason the vertical angle on most tactical stocks are popular.

Personally, I don't care for thumbhole stocks. For me, they tend to slow me down on my follow up shots. To each, their own though.