My first range report

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I have been struggling with overall aiming and groupings of my shots and today I made some progress. I was able to shoot all 10shots into the black circle. I still need to work on the grouping but this was a major improvement for me.

P228 9mm
Remmington 9mm luger 115gr FMJ
25feet
10shots
All shots fired at 2sec interval

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At 7 yards I usually just use hand-eye coordination to shoot and don't bother with the sights at all. You were shooting at 8.33 yards, but maybe give hand-eye coordination a try. Just concentrate on the X and trigger control.
 
How long have you been shooting? Have you taken formal instruction? Have you tried diff't ammo?
Really, I've seen worse...that's reallly not that bad. Remember there is no substitution for practice - that includes using good, proper stance & grip and building proper muscle memory ;)
 
I've been shooting 2months now. No, I have not taken any formal training.
I'd like to though. Thanks for advises.
 
You may want to have somebody watch you shoot to see if you are anticipating recoil or pulling the gun.

The reason I say this is looking at your target, except for one shot, I see TWO decent groups, almost like two different shooters, or you made a sight adjustment after a few shots. Really, do you see the two groups?

This tells me that you are learning consistency, which is really good, but I'm guessing that half the time you are doing things correct and the other half you're doing somthing wrong, but the same thing wrong each time which is why it would still group. If you could identify what that bad habit is and stop doing it, I'll bet it wouldn't be long until you had all of your shots in just one of those groups.

There's a big difference between your group size and someone else who has the same size groups but is all over the target equally. If this is the first time you've got them all in the black, good for you, that's a great feeling. Enjoy your improvement and stick with it, I really think you'll see more improvement soon. Get some help from someone experienced in finding that inconsistecy and report back to us with a picture of a target with only one of those groups ;)
 
a friend of mine showed me how much I was anticipating recoil by loading a revolver with one round missing (he didn't tell me which one). When the empty chamber came around, I pointed down sharply at the end of the trigger pull. Once I stopped anticipating, my groups got a lot better. Just something to think about... Don't try to keep the gun from jumping, let it jump but catch it once it goes up and bring it back down. It won't jump out of your hand.
Also I had trouble gettting shots to fall where I was aiming with my 1911 because I wasn't pulling the trigger straight back. I was close but not exact. That can drag shots all over the target too. I am completely sig-ignorant but if it has a DA trigger, make sure you are keeping the sight picture all of the way through the pull too. That was my big problem with DA triggers.
Nice looking target and keep it safe. :) You're doing a lot better than some "practiced vets" I've seen. I once saw a federal employee miss a taget completely at 10 yards with a SA revolver! Yeah, that's what I said.
 
Spent Shell,

yes, I see exactly what you are saying. Yes, I did notice myself anticipating for recoil. So had to use push with trigger hand and and pull with the other hand to tighten the grip but relaxed as possible.

Thanks for the insight. I do not see myself becoming a professional shooter by any means but yes, this improvement does add more fun to this great sport.

Thanks to everyone for great advises. I will keep them in mind.
 
Practice Dry Firing.

Make sure your gun is unloaded. Check it again. Dry fire over and over and over. In front of TV or whenever. Your flinch will disappear. Your shooting will improve.

Just for the record though, your target looks a lot better than many I've seen at the range.
 
Not bad, really.

Not long ago, I had a problem with my shots going a bit high and left (you have some there, so this may or may not apply). The main thing I did to correct it was to make sure to squeeze past the trigger break (a.k.a. follow-through) instead of stopping when it fired. The other thing I did was to keep thinking "front sight, front sight, front sight..." which I think focused my attention so I anticipated recoil less.

It's fun to make those breakthroughs, though, isn't it? :)
 
I've seen dry fire bullets sold at the range. Should I be using those when practicing?
 
Some will say yes, others will say no.

I am of the belief that if you damage your gun from dry-firing then you've shot it enough to get your money's worth on the parts.

The price to fix it will be very much worth the practice you will have gotten from all that dry-firing.

I have never had any damage or ill effects from dry-firing and I don't buy snap-caps.
 
are there more than ten on there? not bad shooting, im doing what your doing but grouping all left of the bullseye. Got to work on my trigger finger with my 1911. Had someone watch me at the range once, the guy could shoot circles around me, and he gave me alot of advise that helped.
 
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