I had a really great day at the range this afternoon. I took my 9mm shield with me with the plan to put 200-300 rounds through it, to test reliability for it to become my regular carry gun. After I went through my first few magazines, I realized that I was really tense and rushing things. I was trying to hurry myself up, to make sure I blew through all my ammo in order to accomplish this reliability exercise. However, my accuracy was suffering greatly. So, I decided to relax and take it slow. Focus on the fundamentals...
I slowed down to the point where I was reloading each magazine after shooting. I found that doing so got me into a slower, more methodical rhythm. I could think about what I was doing wrong, and what I was going to do different on the next magazine. I focused on slowly taking up the slack in the trigger, instead of mashing the trigger and pulling my shots low and left. I focused on sight alignment and front sight focus. By the end of my session, I had gone through 200 rounds, but they were 200 worthwhile, effective practice rounds. These were shots that improved my shooting.
I suppose this was one of my best, most successful range days in a long time. It is easy to get into a rut, and go through the motions at the range, rather than make the most of my range sessions. I just need to remember this in the future...
I slowed down to the point where I was reloading each magazine after shooting. I found that doing so got me into a slower, more methodical rhythm. I could think about what I was doing wrong, and what I was going to do different on the next magazine. I focused on slowly taking up the slack in the trigger, instead of mashing the trigger and pulling my shots low and left. I focused on sight alignment and front sight focus. By the end of my session, I had gone through 200 rounds, but they were 200 worthwhile, effective practice rounds. These were shots that improved my shooting.
I suppose this was one of my best, most successful range days in a long time. It is easy to get into a rut, and go through the motions at the range, rather than make the most of my range sessions. I just need to remember this in the future...