So. I'm an awful shot.

[JBP55]

Let me know when you have some time to shoot and we will work on improving your shooting.

 

[oscar615]

So I am kind of in the same boat. INot near as accurate as I would like to be. Went shooting on Sunday at Honey Island range. I had not been pistol shooting for almost a year. Used the steels. Got about 60% with my xd.45 and 0% with my new LC9. I literally do not think I hit one with the LC9. It was quite frustrating. What kind of training are you all talking about? A basic pistol course or some kind of tactical pistol training? What would the class be called.

 

[aroundlsu]

The steel plates at precision are notoriously difficult to knock down. If you were shooting 9mm you have to hit them at the very top or they don't fall. I wouldn't worry about it. Get on some paper. Steel plates are not really for training.

 

[Emperor]

Google: "Improving Accuracy Overnight"

This is a very useful guide to get you on course with proper technique. I know there are vids too.

 

[returningliberty]

So I am kind of in the same boat. INot near as accurate as I would like to be. Went shooting on Sunday at Honey Island range. I had not been pistol shooting for almost a year. Used the steels. Got about 60% with my xd.45 and 0% with my new LC9. I literally do not think I hit one with the LC9. It was quite frustrating. What kind of training are you all talking about? A basic pistol course or some kind of tactical pistol training? What would the class be called.

Everybody's different, but what I've seen from most guys at the range is To Fix Accuracy, just to shoot straighter, nothing else, all they need is some formal education in marksmanship. A basic pistol class fills up time with a lot of stuff range vagrants already know, and a "tactical" type course is really hard to get the most out of if your basic fundamentals are all screwy.

 

[Vanilla Gorilla]

A Basic Pistol Course can be a Tactical Course. Any good course should build skills via progression. If your interest is in gaining proficiency in handgun combatives and tactical course is a good starting point. Combative skills and marksmanship are not mutually exclusive.

 

[George]

Dry fire, dry fire, dry fire! Doing this you will see what your front sight is doing. My guess would be squeezing too tightly with your off hand and even anticipating the recoil so you are actually pushing the gun forward.

But like most have said, proper coaching on fundamental techniques first.

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[aroundlsu]

Don't just dry fire at home. Dry fire at the range. Shoot a few strings live fire then empty your gun and dry fire. I bet you a beer you flinch. I shoot with people at the range all the time who swear they are not anticipating the recoil but as soon as I make them shoot dry it's obvious from the first shot what the problem is.

 

[George]

Don't just dry fire at home. Dry fire at the range. Shoot a few strings live fire then empty your gun and dry fire. I bet you a beer you flinch. I shoot with people at the range all the time who swear they are not anticipating the recoil but as soon as I make them shoot dry it's obvious from the first shot what the problem is.

Why not dry fire at home?

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[SimpleGreen]

Don't just dry fire at home. Dry fire at the range. Shoot a few strings live fire then empty your gun and dry fire. I bet you a beer you flinch. I shoot with people at the range all the time who swear they are not anticipating the recoil but as soon as I make them shoot dry it's obvious from the first shot what the problem is.

Actually, you made a point.

I was running Winchester white box ammo. Not great stuff, but it's affordable.

Anyways, I was halfway through a magazine when I hit a dud round. I distinctly remember flinching to some degree when I noticed the gun didn't fire! Dropped the mag, racked the slide. Fully impacted primer. No fire.

I have wanted to get some dummy rounds and let someone load them at random in my mag but I haven't found any reasonably priced locally.

 

[SimpleGreen]

Why not dry fire at home?

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I think he mentioned why before but I forget. I do however dry fire my pistol at home at times. When I do I take all the ammo and magazines and put them in my ammo can in another place. Can't inadvertently load the gun then.

 

[kcinnick]

Putting a dummy round in helped me a ton, but I am out of practice. I haven't been shooting as much as I should have and I was dry firing Sunday (how can you not dry fire watching walking dead reruns) and noticed I was pulling to the left a little at first.

 

[cajun_64]

So I am kind of in the same boat. INot near as accurate as I would like to be. Went shooting on Sunday at Honey Island range. I had not been pistol shooting for almost a year. Used the steels. Got about 60% with my xd.45 and 0% with my new LC9. I literally do not think I hit one with the LC9. It was quite frustrating. What kind of training are you all talking about? A basic pistol course or some kind of tactical pistol training? What would the class be called.

Shoot that LC9 at paper. Are you a righty or a lefty? I bet you a beer you are hitting low left if you are a righty and vice versa if you are a lefty

 

[oscar615]

It's,a righty and hitting low left.

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[cajun_64]

It's,a righty and hitting low left.

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My self and 3 others i know had the same problem. Try a striker fired gun and see if you get the same results

 

[oscar615]

I am much better with my xd. But I want to carry lc9. The xd is too heavy. How do I correct the problem?

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[cajun_64]

I am much better with my xd. But I want to carry lc9. The xd is too heavy. How do I correct the problem?

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For me it was the loooooooong trigger pull that made my trigger finger feel like it was back in my palm. I went back to glocks and and the problem went away. Try the xd-s or the s&w shield.

Btw, that is the same reason i bought one

 

[Jman1911]

get a Taurus Judge 3.5' with buckshot! cant go wrong.


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