Travis Haley Interview (Part 4): The Controversial C-clamp Technique

By Vladimir Onokoy

In the previous chapters of this interview, Travis Haley talked about his experience with the AK platform and his thoughts about necessary upgrades for the AK platform. Travis Haley Interview (Part 1): Why Was His First Gun a Chinese AK? Travis Haley Interview (Part 2): What is the Best AK? Travis Haley Interview (Part 3): Essential AK Rifle UpgradesIn this final part of the interview, I asked him about a famous and controversial C-clamp grip, when the shooter extends his support arm, aggressively gripping the handguard with a thumb over bore. This grip was largely popularized by the training movie Magpul Dynamics: The Art of the Tactical Carbine, in which Travis Haley and Chris Costa trained a group of students.Vlad: The C-clamp… How was this technique developed? What’s your personal take on it?Travis: So the C-clamp… Where does that come from? I am the “why” guy, so I wanna know. So people started calling it the C-clamp, but there has always been a “C-Clamp”.

Source: The Firearm Blog