3 PISTOL SHOOTING TIPS
STANCE
Feet are shoulder-width apart. For example, I'm a right-handed shooter, so my left foot is positioned in front of my right foot. My knees are slightly bent. I'm in an aggressive position. This position is very conducive for when I transition between targets, and if I need to move quickly, it also provides me with a stable platform to help with recoil management. Positions I never want to be in are, I never want to be flatfooted and my feet in line with each other, and I never want my weight in the heels or upright cause when I start shooting I can lose balance.
GRIP
60% strength in your dominant hand, 40% strength in your non-dominant hand. I never want to be death gripping this thing. I don't ever want to be squeezing this thing so hard where I'm white-knuckling and the weapon starts to shake. I want my grip high up on this beaver tail. I don't want to see any space between my hand and the beaver tail.
Non-dominant hand comes underneath the trigger guard. The first touch point is second knuckle of non-dominant hand, underneath the trigger guard. Non-dominant hand then rolls into position on the grip, laying flush up against dominant hand, thumbs are stack on top of each other and pointed down the slide of the barrel. This hand positioning will give you a natural point of aim. I NEVER want to cross my thumbs or have any space between my dominant hand and non-dominant hand on the grip of the pistol, every point needs to be flush and stacked correctly.
TRIGGER CONTROL
If you don’t properly manage the trigger, you miss the target its that simple.
When you use proper sight picture and sight alignment, there shouldn’t be an excuse to miss the target right? WRONG! Although if you do all those things properly but fail to manage the trigger don’t’ expect to hit where you are aiming. Trigger management is simple enough. Press the trigger (do not jerk, slap, pull with entire dominant hand – it needs to be a smooth pull with ONLY thE trigger finger).
Prepping, breaking, and resetting the trigger are so damn IMPORTANT. A good cadence to have is to:
1. Fire
2. Let off trigger, allow to reset, then immediately take the slack out again to prepare for next shot.
3. Fire again with equal amount of pressure and release as the first shot taken.
When you are first starting to develop fundamentals I don’t care how fast you can shoot, I care how accurate you are. Speed will be the bi-product of a solid foundation of the fundamentals. Remember no matter how quickly you fire, your cadence will be determined by how you manage recoil and how quickly you realign your sights back on target.
BE AGGRESSIVE WHEN YOU SHOOT!
All right everyone, I hope you enjoyed those tips. Try those things out every time you go the range, especially if you're a new shooter or if you're advanced, these are all fundamentals that you need to practice every single day.
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