woodsgun and 30yd accuracy

[Jackrabbit1957]

Practice, practice, practice, grip should be loose enough to lift the pistol out of the hand, this stops the shakes from getting bad. 30 yards is not that far, 90 feet. Hunting at that range things can happen fast, practice finding your target and getting sights on it. Two handed grip, single action.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

Don't forget to play Russian Roulet. Or however you spell it. After doing some normal practice, leave the empties in the cylinder, and load one live round. Give the cylinder a small spin, don't look at it, close your eyes, close it up, and then aim carefully and squeeze the trigger five times, or until it goes off, whatever comes first. If you get five clicks, and know the next one is a boom, then, with you eyes closed, open the cylinder, rotate it, close it up, and start again. That will cure you of any tendency to flinch in short order. And that will improve your accuracy. Whether one thinks they are a flincher or not.

 

[bsparker]

Don't forget to play Russian Roulet. Or however you spell it. After doing some normal practice, leave the empties in the cylinder, and load one live round. Give the cylinder a small spin, don't look at it, close your eyes, close it up, and then aim carefully and squeeze the trigger five times, or until it goes off, whatever comes first. If you get five clicks, and know the next one is a boom, then, with you eyes closed, open the cylinder, rotate it, close it up, and start again. That will cure you of any tendency to flinch in short order. And that will improve your accuracy. Whether one thinks they are a flincher or not.

I like this. I’ll give it a try tomorrow. I’ve had to work hard to settle myself and remove my flinch over the years.

Long story short, grew up shooting guns but with no real direction in how to do it well. Learned more in the last five years from shooting with former service men than I did from my old man (who was a great shot).

 

[Ugly Sauce]

I use the Rooskie-Roulette (spelled it right!) with drawing-from-concealment drills, where I tend to rush the double-action trigger pull with/on a revolver, where one needs a nice smooth, but quick, pull, instead of a jerk, which for me pulls my shots low and left. But indeed, it works very well for normal, aimed single action shooting. Really surprises some people, who swear they don't flinch.

 

[Mosin Bubba]

Don't forget to play Russian Roulet. Or however you spell it. After doing some normal practice, leave the empties in the cylinder, and load one live round. Give the cylinder a small spin, don't look at it, close your eyes, close it up, and then aim carefully and squeeze the trigger five times, or until it goes off, whatever comes first. If you get five clicks, and know the next one is a boom, then, with you eyes closed, open the cylinder, rotate it, close it up, and start again. That will cure you of any tendency to flinch in short order. And that will improve your accuracy. Whether one thinks they are a flincher or not.

Putting one 357 in a cylinder of 38s is another fun trick.

 

[bsparker]

I use the Rooskie-Roulette (spelled it right!) with drawing-from-concealment drills, where I tend to rush the double-action trigger pull with/on a revolver, where one needs a nice smooth, but quick, pull, instead of a jerk, which for me pulls my shots low and left. But indeed, it works very well for normal, aimed single action shooting. Really surprises some people, who swear they don't flinch.

Got some work to do, bit wanted to see how it went. First time shooting the 686. I was only able to send a few down range today at the end of my hunting time. The roulette was a real indicator. I did better when I started with an empty round, saw the flinch and then came to a live round.

I did roulette with each of these, 1 live round each cylinder, 3 times. 10 yards, First two are double action. Third photo single action.

Tried at 25yrds just for kicks, single action from seated.

 

[WestKentucky]

Make it fun, and make the ranges vary. What I like to do is get something that can be left in the woods or field and blast them. Toss a golf ball sized object (large ice cubes are fun) to whatever range and then pop it. As you get to be a better shot you will require more ice cubes, or little blocks of wood. Once you get your shooting figured out, but some steel (if you have a place for it). My favorite thing to do when I had a place was to walk the gong trail. There was a old farm road through the woods and I hung a half dozen or so steel plates in it. Depending upon which side of the road or which direction I walked I got all kinds of wierd and wacky shots to try. When your good at that, jog it. Get your heart pumping to mimick an adrenaline rush so you will be able to slow yourself down and make the shot when Mr. D. Wall Hanger steps out.

Or, if your like me and don’t have a place to do it anymore, then just shoot every chance you get and do it with the purpose of hitting small targets.

 

[Vern Humphrey]

If you go with .357, get electronic ear muffs, Never fire a .357 without ear protection (ask me how I know) -- and that means you have to wear ear protection when you're in the woods.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

Good shooting.