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how accuratte are you with a semi auto pistol?
« on: December 28, 2011, 06:36:45 AM »
I feel that I do really well shooting clay pigeons with my shotgun but my pistol skills are lacking.

When shhooting my pistol I can keep all my shots in the center mass area on the human body targets but I want to shoot better, I tend to shoot left or low left
« Last Edit: December 28, 2011, 07:55:18 AM by bobcat »

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Re: how accuratte are you with a semi aouto pistol?
« Reply #1 on: December 28, 2011, 06:40:11 AM »
What kind of sights do you have?

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Re: how accuratte are you with a semi aouto pistol?
« Reply #2 on: December 28, 2011, 06:41:11 AM »
Do you shoot left handed? Try pulling the trigger with the tip of your finger. 
I felt like a one legged cat trying to bury a terd on a frozen pond!

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Re: how accuratte are you with a semi aouto pistol?
« Reply #3 on: December 28, 2011, 06:45:53 AM »
I am right handed, stock glock sights

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Re: how accuratte are you with a semi aouto pistol?
« Reply #4 on: December 28, 2011, 06:47:26 AM »
Have someone put a spent brass somewhere in your mag. You'd be surprised how much that trigger will get you.
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Re: how accuratte are you with a semi aouto pistol?
« Reply #5 on: December 28, 2011, 06:55:52 AM »
Wraithen I will do that the next Tim I shoot, great way to see if I'm trying to compensate for the recoil

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Re: how accuratte are you with a semi aouto pistol?
« Reply #6 on: December 28, 2011, 07:10:01 AM »
Have someone put a spent brass somewhere in your mag. You'd be surprised how much that trigger will get you.

 :yeah:

Another thing I have always found helped me with Glocks is to increase shot speed.  Taking your time and aiming correctly is fine but, that trigger will kill you on accuracy.  Try kind of letting the wrist snap guide you.  pull the trigger, let the gun snap back and you should notice, if the gun is not to powerful for you, that your wrist should snap it right back down on target.  pull again right away.  If you do a magazine on a clean target, you should notice that your groups will be at the least, no worse than they already are, and probably better.  With a good trigger, I always could take my time but, with my Glocks, I let the wrist snap be my guide.

Next thing I'd tell you is to get the 3.5lb trigger for it.  Really smooths it out

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Re: how accuratte are you with a semi aouto pistol?
« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2011, 07:23:25 AM »
When I find myself shooting low left I usually am anticipating the shot and pushing down on my strong (right) side. I remind myself to focus on sight picture and trigger squeeze and let the shot break. I'm usually back on at that point.

As far as how accurate am I? Probably not as good as some and maybe better than others. I usually set my targets at 20 or 25 feet. If I can punch holes in center mass and keep the shots tight I consider that good enough. If the threat is closer, they are dead. If the threat is farther away I have time flee if possible or I guess get a gun with longer reach.

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Re: how accuratte are you with a semi aouto pistol?
« Reply #8 on: December 28, 2011, 07:26:34 AM »
I like to shoot my 10" gong at 50-75 yards. I find that a small reactive target increases my hits a bunch.

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Re: how accuratte are you with a semi aouto pistol?
« Reply #9 on: December 28, 2011, 07:54:23 AM »
I always practice at longer range then the standerd 20-25ft. I will normaly place my targets out 25-35yds, and practices reflex shooting at the range. Which I normaly just pull my pistol and shoot not thinking about my sights or anything that way if Im in a hard spot its just nature granted I dont do that nearly enough now. Like I always see the training guys say, shooting great at 20ft comes natural when you practice at 25yds or more.

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Re: how accuratte are you with a semi aouto pistol?
« Reply #10 on: December 28, 2011, 07:56:23 AM »
Learn to shoot both eyes open also....mucho easier to stress shoot imo.

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Re: how accuratte are you with a semi auto pistol?
« Reply #11 on: December 28, 2011, 08:00:24 AM »
I feel that I do really well shooting clay pigeons with my shotgun but my pistol skills are lacking.

When shhooting my pistol I can keep all my shots in the center mass area on the human body targets but I want to shoot better, I tend to shoot left or low left

Shooting low left is a classic sign of anticipating the recoil and pushing the trigger.

Do some dry fire drills.  Focus on PRESSING the trigger, you know the gun is going to go off, who cares?  Mentally talk to yourself while you maintain your sight picture.
Matthew 7:13-14

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Re: how accuratte are you with a semi auto pistol?
« Reply #12 on: December 28, 2011, 08:25:30 AM »
Nothing witty here.... move along.

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Re: how accuratte are you with a semi auto pistol?
« Reply #13 on: December 28, 2011, 08:37:32 AM »
My accuracy improved in leaps and bounds when I started shooting .22 autos like the Ruger Mark 2 Target and S & W mod 41.  It is great practice and a lot of fun. You can shoot 500 rounds and it doesn't break the bank and the target .22s are more accurate.  If you shoot thousands of rounds through a 22 you will shoot better when you pick up the Glock. Pick a spot and aim small miss small.

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Re: how accuratte are you with a semi auto pistol?
« Reply #14 on: December 28, 2011, 08:42:44 AM »
Spend more time paper punchin'.  I don't care if it is offhand or from a good rest.  When you can get your groups down into the sub 2" range at 25-35 yards, your obvious flinch will be at least partially resolved.  A flinch will ruin a group.... :chuckle:

I've handgun hunted for 3 decades and shoot thousands of rounds per year.  But it doesn't take many weeks of not shooting before skills start to degrade.  So the first thing I do, whether revolver, semi auto or single shot is to sit down and start working at shooting little tiny groups.  Shooting rocks, pop cans or man sized targets will do very little for shooting skills.  But when you can shoot a 1-2" well centered group everything else becomes a cakewalk.

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