Blammer - Gun Blog

I’ve been having a few terrible weeks of shooting, which means I think I’m about to hit the next level. Here’s what I think is going on:

1. I finally learn how to hold a pistol stable and pull the trigger, by putting my concentration on the backstrap instead of the trigger as I pull. Don’t know if this works for everyone, but it seems to work for me.

2. During monday night shoots, a marked increase in accuracy on the stages. Am encouraged to try to push a little faster.

3. Result, three weeks of marked decrease in accuracy. This week, I slowed it down in the middle of the session to re-focus on the basics of 1.

Also, I am now starting to move on load and draw. I realized today, watching some of the more experienced shooters, that I lacked a certain fluidity in both motion and awareness. I was not “in the game”.

So, rather than focus on speed, I’m going to focus on the basics and fluidity in motion, awareness, and sequence of action. There’s a certain rhythm that you need to have. Speed should come after that. I feel better now for having completely missed one plate at 7 yards.

The one high point of the evening was a shoot-from-cover exercise in which I went empty (duh), and then executed a very fast (for me) reload without having to think about it. I just did it. Didn’t stare at the gun. Saw it, dropped the mag while feeding the new one, racked and finished off the stage. The RO even said it looked great, even as I washed out.

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