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Stop shooting at steel until you fix your shooting. Steel is a horrible thing to rely on for training. Use it for fun, not marksmanship.
I use steel a lot of markmanship. At the last major, I used it to sight in when my sight came loose. A nice freshly painted smooth steel shows exactly where you are hitting
Why would I flinch shooting a .22 handgun, but be completely at ease shooting an AR or Uzi?
Right because fundamentals don't work.....
Hate to interject but
**** all i do is shoot low left
proceed to pile on
I have yet to find anyone who hasn't been helped by this common chart. We have it laminated and posted at our club. The secret? Be totally honest and concentrate on what's actually happening. Most importantly, start at 21'. Not 15 yards but only 21'. You'll feel funny but it's what works best. Once you can blow the hole out of the center of the bull at 21', work out to 15 yards next but no more.
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"Shooting steel makes a sloppy shooter"
Thats a direct quote I got from a National Pistol Champion.
It sure does
i think the plates are 15-17 yds. i forgot the exact measurement. oops.
roland, HK lives in the same town as me, come shoot with us dammit.
"Shooting steel makes a sloppy shooter"
Thats a direct quote I got from a National Pistol Champion.
I think it depends on what kind of shooting you want to do. For bullseye, I think it's absolutely correct. For defensive shooting, if you can reliably hit 8" plates from c
Varying distances/positions and make good follow up shots, you're doing well.
Just my opinion, worth exactly what you paid for it...
We are talking about pistol fundamentals which means putting the round in the center of the target.
I'm wondering if my hands are over compensating and I'm pulling on the gun before the trigger is pulled.
I want to be this sloppy.
I agree, but I thought the discussion was what are the fundamentals and what's the best way to learn them. I personally don't think the steel plate rack is the best place to learn the basics. Sort of like learning to drive a car: you don't take lessons at the Daytona Speedway.Pistol fundamentals are the same no matter what game you play
That's called flinching.
Don't "compensate" for anything. The only thing that should move is your trigger finger. Don't tighten your grip or loosen your grip. Start shooting your handgun from a rest.
As Bill O said, keep the sights aligned until the shot breaks. You should see the front sight lift and, if you are shooting a semi-auto, the brass ejected. If you don't see the front sight lift and the brass eject, your are blinking when the shot goes off (and probably also flinching).
I think it is my grip. After watching the video of the different grips and seeing that the way I somehow came about holding a pistol, I'm doing it alllllll wrong. For starters I have very little support and control the way I am holding it. I tried some if the other grips from the video and without even firing can feel the difference in the control of the firearm. I'm thinking that could be a majority of the issue. I'm hoping to get to the range with something to see if that is what it is. Sadly I have two handguns one of which is a pocket .25 and the other is a p22 which is missing the front sight at the moment. And no, that's not what I've been shooting with lol
Grip support really doesn't have much to do with hitting your target. A tight, firm grip will help you recover the front sight back on target faster, but as long as you are not milking the grip it really won't affect where you are hitting. If you pull the trigger without disturbing the sights, you will hit the target.