oldfool
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this suggestion is no doubt WRONG
you obviously have learned skills with long guns, and shoot better than most of us non-pros at 7 yards and such with handguns
but at "longer ranges" with a handgun, you might be looking at "results" instead of sighting on target.. stupid as it sounds, it is a tad too easy to do with a handgun vs. a rifle
a little bit like a world class All-Pro NFL football wide receiver who long ago forgot how to NOT catch a football thrown right at his chest, but "looking ahead of it" and dropping it, you have to "look it in", not look at it after
pretty crappy analogy, and real likely totally irrelevant
but if you do what you already do, I really don't think your stance or sight picture is an issue
different people like different stances and holds
you probably found your own a long time ago
worrying too much about that might well be a distracting distraction
once you have the basics down, got your stance, got your sight picture, got your squeeze, got your grip, right for you, it's not really muscle memory anymore, it's mental focus, see the shot go thru the target X before the shot goes off, not after
(yeah, I know that sounds contrary to "looking ahead", an oxymoron)
but if you are looking at paper zero.point.zero.one second after the shot, you are not looking at your sight picture, you are looking at paper, no need to, the paper will not move, but your sight picture just might
what some here have better said is lack of "surprise" when the loud sound happened
and as good as snap cap practice is, you will never look too soon for the hole in the paper too soon, not ever, not with snap caps... no hole
(but you can do the same with a hammer triggered laser pulse)
or mebbe not
PS
but I wouldn't waste my time worrying about what gun rag writers can do off a Ransom rest, or off hand
shoot well, be well, be safe
you obviously have learned skills with long guns, and shoot better than most of us non-pros at 7 yards and such with handguns
but at "longer ranges" with a handgun, you might be looking at "results" instead of sighting on target.. stupid as it sounds, it is a tad too easy to do with a handgun vs. a rifle
a little bit like a world class All-Pro NFL football wide receiver who long ago forgot how to NOT catch a football thrown right at his chest, but "looking ahead of it" and dropping it, you have to "look it in", not look at it after
pretty crappy analogy, and real likely totally irrelevant
but if you do what you already do, I really don't think your stance or sight picture is an issue
different people like different stances and holds
you probably found your own a long time ago
worrying too much about that might well be a distracting distraction
once you have the basics down, got your stance, got your sight picture, got your squeeze, got your grip, right for you, it's not really muscle memory anymore, it's mental focus, see the shot go thru the target X before the shot goes off, not after
(yeah, I know that sounds contrary to "looking ahead", an oxymoron)
but if you are looking at paper zero.point.zero.one second after the shot, you are not looking at your sight picture, you are looking at paper, no need to, the paper will not move, but your sight picture just might
what some here have better said is lack of "surprise" when the loud sound happened
and as good as snap cap practice is, you will never look too soon for the hole in the paper too soon, not ever, not with snap caps... no hole
(but you can do the same with a hammer triggered laser pulse)
or mebbe not
PS
but I wouldn't waste my time worrying about what gun rag writers can do off a Ransom rest, or off hand
shoot well, be well, be safe
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