Tips on shooting that you have found

[Kalashnikov]

Never shoot angry. Try and stay calm and relaxed.

 

[hksw]

Do what works.

Try and stay calm and relaxed.

Well, looks like others have found my two biggest tips.

Another would be,

Try to forget about recoil (it's a gun, it'll do that no matter what you do, just roll with it and try to forget) and focus on your sight alignment.

 

[Clipper]

Do the most shooting with the gun with the crummiest trigger. If you can shoot well with a bad trigger, you can shoot anything. 6" groups with a DAO pistol at 50 yards will translate into 1.5" with your Blackhawk. 2" groups with my M-N helps yield one-holers with my serious shooters.

You can practice too much, too! Blowing up 500 rounds does no good if you become fatigued at 200. I would go to the range and really shoot for score maybe once a month and go through 100 rounds max with my Blackhawk .357. That's not saying I don't go plinking. Plinking, though is just messing around trying impossible shots, rapid fire, stuff like that, but it is NOT a serious shoot. It should be as close to play as you get when a firearm is involved...In short, you can't always be shooting for score, or you'll lose proficiency and enthusiasm.

 

[jeepmor]

that training target is for RIGHT handed folks

ZeSpectre pointed out that I did not mention that in post/paste of that target. Can't seem to edit that post at the moment and I thought I fixed that a while back.

Anyhow, thanks ZeSpectre.

 

[oneslowgun]

The number one thing I say to anyone I'm introducing to handguns is, relax!
The "Big Bad Gun" isn't a Cobra trying to bite you. HOLD the gun, but don't try to strangle it.

 

[Tin Gizel]

From an old gunnery sgt....

"Big Sky Little Bullets"

"If you push a ball down in water it comes up"

--I know what the second one means, he was referring to the front site post on an M16, you screw it down and your POI comes up. As for the first one, we always assumed he meant aim small....

 

[Detachment Charlie]

I agree with smaller targets. What I was taught was: "Aim small; shoot small." It works for me.

 

[kymarkh]

Pay attention to your breathing. Try to time the trigger squeeze to be between breaths, or let out half a breath and smoothly squeeze the trigger straight back until it surprises you by going off.

While shooting pistols I spend most of my time thinking FRONT SITE - SQUEEZE. FRONT SITE - SQUEEZE. FRONT SITE - SQUEEZE... oh, and BREATHE!

 

[Pat McCoy]

Find a good coach appropriate to the type of shooting you plan to do.

 

[dojpros1998]

Perfect practice makes perfect.

Buy quality and you only cry once.

A good shot fired now is better that a great shot fired at some point in the future (assumes the marksmanship standard is an 8 inch plate/COM)