Ramblings lighten the mood, LOL. This thread was actually in the pistol forum and later moved here to training.
Indeed. I think everyone has at some point.
NICE!And thats the beauty of INGO. Its impossibable to be a expert on everything gun related. I give optics and long range advise all the time, but im a pistol idiot. I ask a question and folks that are into pistols like I'm into long range chime in and I get the info I need.
I went shooting last night with my brother in law. We were running the dueling tree and to be honest he usually tears me up. To be fair he was having one of those days where nothing was working for him, but I tried the new stance and the combination of him being off and me being on let me win a few.
What defines "expert?"
I found out that squinting my left eye for bullseye, rather than closing it, helps me align my sights and follow the sights better. (also helps with other vision issues)
My groups are gradually getting better "target" shooting. I used to be able to have a softball sized group at 7 yards, and now it's down to within a baseball sized group. Not a "huge" difference, but it's about the size of a heart, so win win.
Now I am working on transitions, and hanging two or three targets and getting my groups similar sized while transitioning. It's a bit trickier, but I am getting there
Also, how are you shooting with a 1911? Just wondering. I shoot better with my 1911's than my glock, but I work primarily with my g19 as I carry it.
You done good Leo. Our club hosts indoor air gun matches during the winter. Many of our competitors are high power rifle shooters and bullseye pistol shooters wanting to sharpen the fundamentals. Shooters who sees how accurate match quality air guns are and try it and sees how hard it is, soon change their minds. Air guns are very unforgiving of improper marksmanship fundamentals and give great feedback due to the lack of noise and recoil.
Thanks, I've really never payed much attention to being accurate with a pistol (I figured minute of man is close enough for what I'm ever going to need a pistol for). But now I have a few buddies who want to shoot pistols fairly often and I have a little bit of a competitive streak and can't stand losing
If you truly want to learn to shoot accurately with a pistol, you need to really focus just on a part of the front sight. Looking between the front sight and the target won't get you there. I've taken in a gun or mockup with sights, to the optometrist's office (with prior approval) to have a pair of dedicated shooting glasses made that allowed me to focus on the front sight. Most people who try to shoot pistols never really learn to focus on the front sight and ignore the target. Of course learning to allow the trigger to break without disturbing the sight alignment takes some training, as well. Of course at 7 yards and under, one can learn to point shoot pretty nice groups without looking at the sights, but focusing on the target instead.
Yeah, I've been thinking about getting some Rx safety glasses made next time I go for an eye exam. I'm not a "bull's eye shooter" with pistols though. I'm content with 3" groups when concentrating my training on combatives. I prefer long gun for precision shooting. Haven't shot a competition in about 6 years now though, but when my schedule frees up more I think I'll get back into it.
