From Russia to India: Meet Yury Lisichko, the man fixing shooters' pistol grips

NEW DELHI: There are tools on the table, pieces of wood on the floor, and pistol grips in various stages of modification. Some tools hang around the room. His T-shirt and eyelashes are covered with wooden husk. A few used coffee mugs are lying around.Two cats wander in and out.This is Yury Lisichko's workshop in Greater Noida, where Indian shooters arrive with a problem that can be difficult to explain and even harder to fix: the grip of their pistol does not feel right.Lisichko looks at the weapon, studies the shooter's hand and wrist, examines the existing grip and starts working on it. The shooter then takes the pistol into another room and aims at a target.A few shots are followed by more adjustments, and then more shot follow.