Does the target you're shooting at affect your accuracy?

[Gus Chiggins]

I like squirrel and rabbit targets. The buzzard and skunk are fun too.

 

[lordpaxman]

Try this: Blank sheet of paper at 3 yards. Shoot anywhere on the paper, then use that hole as the aiming point. You don’t need to be far away to see how bad or good you are. The target does make a difference. The biggest improvement in big game hunting is imagining a dime sized target on the vitals.

 

[Mostly Lead]

When shooting my at an inverted T, what is the correct hold? Do you shoot an the very bottom of the line below the vertical? Or do you shoot at the junction? Or the center of the bottom line?

Don't know if there is a correct hold, but I hold to see the entire thing - which is dialed in to put the bullets in the one inch square where the tape overlaps. The vertical gives me a huge line to bring the front site in left/right, the horizontal a wide enough line to keep my rear sites parallel just under it. Believe the consistency in alignment angle (twist) between sites and target helps ensure a more consistent hold too...

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

When I'm shooting for fun or trying out a new load, I switch hands and shoot as many rounds left-handed and right. If I see or feel anything strange with either hand - like a bunch of close groups left handed but loose groups right handed - I know there's something wrong. Maybe it's me, maybe it's the load, maybe it's the gun, maybe it's the phase of the moon - something. Now, to be clear, I'm NOT saying I shoot as well left or right handed, what I am saying is, the groups I'm shooting from any given load should be about the same as any other given load with the same hand. If my trusty-tried-and-true 3.3gr. of Bullseye .38 is holding 4" @ 25yd. left-handed, and then a new 3.5gr. load of W244 is all over the target, I know "something" is wrong, somewhere.

 

[Soupy44]

There is a range in this. Too small, you'll try too hard and open up. Too big and you won't push yourself.