I am a recent first time gun owner. I have regularly been practicing shooting at the range since I purchased my pistol. Besides the LTC course, I have no training other than YouTube videos and practicing. I thought these videos below were awesome and really helped me develop a more accurate shot. If any new shooters or experts wanna take a look.
I attached a screenshot of my two targets a month apart as well.
Things that really helped me the most:
1. Shoot with both eyes open. (Closing one eye was adding strain and discomfort, both eyes, instantly relaxed my focus.)
2. Focusing on the front sight like a magic eye image. Really focusing on it. (Before doing this I was looking from target to site, to rear, and front with no rhyme or reason and by the time I took the shot, I was hoping, rather than knowing where the bullet was going.)
https://www.magiceye.com/stwkdisp.htm
3. DRY FIRING! (This is the single most important thing. It really helped me stop anticipating recoil and letting the shot go without flinching. I have a lot more work to do with this, but I know its the key to everything else.)
4. I found focusing on my hands as separate sections when holding the gun helps to keep my wrist, trigger finger, and grip way steadier. (Its a mental thing, but when Im thinking about it, I shoot straighter.)
5. I heard a story that at a local hotel hosting a pistol competition, when the manager walked down the hotel hallway, he could hear every guest dry firing their guns like a sea of bugs, in practice for the comp the next day. What works for those cats, works for me.
FRONT SIGHT FOCUSING
SHOOTING WITH BOTH EYES OPEN
DRY FIRE PRACTICE
Looking forward to getting sharper.
-Jimi
I attached a screenshot of my two targets a month apart as well.
Things that really helped me the most:
1. Shoot with both eyes open. (Closing one eye was adding strain and discomfort, both eyes, instantly relaxed my focus.)
2. Focusing on the front sight like a magic eye image. Really focusing on it. (Before doing this I was looking from target to site, to rear, and front with no rhyme or reason and by the time I took the shot, I was hoping, rather than knowing where the bullet was going.)
https://www.magiceye.com/stwkdisp.htm
3. DRY FIRING! (This is the single most important thing. It really helped me stop anticipating recoil and letting the shot go without flinching. I have a lot more work to do with this, but I know its the key to everything else.)
4. I found focusing on my hands as separate sections when holding the gun helps to keep my wrist, trigger finger, and grip way steadier. (Its a mental thing, but when Im thinking about it, I shoot straighter.)
5. I heard a story that at a local hotel hosting a pistol competition, when the manager walked down the hotel hallway, he could hear every guest dry firing their guns like a sea of bugs, in practice for the comp the next day. What works for those cats, works for me.
FRONT SIGHT FOCUSING
SHOOTING WITH BOTH EYES OPEN
DRY FIRE PRACTICE
Looking forward to getting sharper.
-Jimi