You are going to get a lot of information here. But there is no one silver bullet to become a good shooter with a 1911. If you practice the wrong habits you will be right back where you are now.
All of the following drills are at 7 yards. You can do 3 yards but 7 will let you know what you are doing as far as flinching, pushing, pulling or healing shots.
- I would suggest you get the dry fire practice in to the tune of 15 minutes a day.
- Once you have taken care of your flinch with an empty pistol you will be set for ball and dummy drills. Or you can do a 5/1 drill; that drill is 5 dry fire and one live fire, for this drill you do not need to put dummy rounds in the magazine.
- Line Drill next. Draw a line on the target and shoot the line to find the proper grip pressure you need to keep the rounds on the line or within half an inch.
- Dot Drill. You can use a pastie or a quarter sized piece of tape. It is best to do these drills 5/1 for one magazine of 5 rounds.
There are more you can do but try these first and see how they help you. Anyone can shoot a weapon, but if you want to shoot yours well its just like anything in life you are going to have to practice doing the right thing every shot. You should be smoked mentally and physically after your range session. If your not shoot some more.
If you want to become really good 70% dry fire and 30% live fire. Plus it saves on ammo costs.
