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  • Byrd666

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    Besides coming out to the meet and asking questions in person and getting immediate feedback, the NRA basic pistol course is fantastic way to go. Might cost a few bucks up front, but, it will save you some bucks in the long run.

    After the basic course, a good starting point would be "Trouble Shooting by Gabby Franco" .It is, literally, a pistol/revolver/handgun for "dummies" book. It puts everything into a basic and simple format that it easy to follow with basic exercises and reasons behind them to more advanced exercises with live fire. - NOT connected with book. Just read it and thought very highly of it.

    And it didn't sound as if you did too awful bad for the first time.
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    unicom

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    I can't help but agree with everyone on getting some basic training. Meet up with a group of people to go shooting with. There are plenty of peeps on this board that can help. I was one of the lucky few that had a dad to help me learn to shoot correctly. I have gotten lazy and need to rework on my shooting skills. But that's my fault. You already took the hardest step and past. You went to a range and shot your gun more then once. Now just avoid bad habits and laziness with training and you will be fine and will enjoy shooting

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    FrankT

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    PLEASE, get an instructor, if you do you will become proficient and and have a lifetime love for the shooting sports. You will also be trained to protect yourself and family after a good carry or defense course. Good Luck
     

    easy rider

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    Just shoot often, the more comfortable you are shooting helps a lot. Also shoot some with your defense ammo. I shoot a lot of fmj and and then end my session shooting a mag or two of my defense ammo, there is a bit of difference.
     

    Ted8a

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    I would never consider myself an expert, I've only been shooting for 30+yrs or so, but if you squeeze the trigger rather then pull the trigger while your getting use to your weapon it might help with your grouping and try breathing control, in other words take a breath in and let it out slowly through your mouth and at the same squeezing the trigger this will give your mind something else to do rather then worrying about the target you find that your grouping will get better with practice hope this might help
     
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