Originally Posted by
ubet
I went and tried what was suggested. I dry fired a lot and then ran some through a ruger 22/45. Getting my legs right wasn't to much of a problem, but keeping from being hunched up and not flinching my head took some effort. Most of it was with a holstered weapon, focusing on smooth draw and being in the correct position with each trigger pull. I noticed at the end the flinch was wanting to come back. Should I be focusing on the front sight through the recoil?
Here are target pictures through the session
32 rounds
The smaller holes up top were from an ocw test with the ar.
I wasn't trying to shoot against the timer necessarily, was going for smoothness, correctness and keeping rounds on target while not shooting at a bullseye pace. All shooting was from 8-15 yds. This is the cleanest target I've had I think. Thanks to the suggestions from above. I think this is going to be a long road though.
Eta their are some 22lr warm up in the red in the first picture it appears
Nice shooting ... clearly you're a fast learner!
My gut reaction to that group is that you can start giving up on the front site, if wanting to practice for SD shooting. Try just focusing on threat, not your sights. That's what happens anyways in a real SD shooting ... people interviewed after surviving a shooting don't remember ever seeing their gun, just the bad guy.
You can "afford" larger group for SD ... focus on the target, not the sights and think of the knuckle of your trigger finger and your support thumb as pointers. Point them at the target and fire. Rachet up the speed until you're about paper plate accurate at 7 yards.
You'll be a dangerous man with that skill under your belt.
Then, have two targets side by side and pop each twice and move back & forth between the two, quickly, without sights. That's my basic SD shooting drill.
Congrats again on some nice shootin'!
Last edited by PattonWasRight; 03-29-17 at 07:58.
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