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I understand that to get the right answer I must first ask the right question. I've tried without success to formulate that right question for a
while now, so instead I will just give you the circumstances and request comment. I know I need professional help (careful Joe...)and will get that
in due time, but until then...
Right hand shooter, left eye dominant.
Isosceles stance *except* my right arm puts the gun in front of my left eye; left arm slightly bent to accommodate.
-have tried several other stances and their variations, this seems to work best and what I naturally do without thought
Near vision out to the radius of my front sight is blurry without reading glasses; vision beyond that is crisp.
- would strongly prefer to learn to shoot with both eyes open; have read that I should close right eye; tried both with similar results.
<insert Jimi Hendrix here: 'scuse me while I close this eye..da da dum, du du DUM!>
I shoot 2-3" groups at 9-15 yards but 2-3" left of bulleye. RSOs, experienced shooters and others tell me that is completely acceptable "combat shooting", which
gives me comfort, but I want to improve. If I could shoot one round to the right of the bullseye I would pee my pants with joy.
-according to the "Pistol Shooting Chart", I have "Too Little Trigger Finger". Exhaustive web searches yield no results for pills or
ointments or exercises to enlargen my trigger finger; I finally concluded it must be my grip. BTW, I shoot the same with the SR22, so I know it's me.
I have tried grip adjustments (rotating my hand this way or that way to change the trigger/distal phalanx interaction (yes I study Colhand's posts)
with no appreciable positive/repeatable effect.
I dry fire the crap out of the gun, concentrating on any front sight movement during the trigger pull and cannot for the life of me see where I am
pulling off target. Maybe some mental state difference between being at home and being at the range? (careful Joe...)
I"d love to have one of those laser bore practice aids, but the piggy bank still says "Nyet!"
Sometimes I feel like I am making progress, other times I'm stumbling and bumbling...
What drills, points of concentration would you recommend? What other comments can you offer? (careful Joe...)
Thanks in advance! I hope I'm not coming off as whining, I'm just near the limit of my competency learning on my own.
PS
I finally take my CCW class a week from today! It will be my first time drawing from a holster with a loaded gun (Blackhawk Serpa, which will be
regulated to range only).
PPS
A few weeks ago leaving the range, picking up my membership card from the counter, the old guy asked:
"How did it go?"
Well, I didn't kill any bullseyes, but I sure scared the crap outta them...
"We offer a special service for folks like you: pre-punched targets you can take home and show off to your friends!"
I think he was joking....
while now, so instead I will just give you the circumstances and request comment. I know I need professional help (careful Joe...)and will get that
in due time, but until then...
Right hand shooter, left eye dominant.
Isosceles stance *except* my right arm puts the gun in front of my left eye; left arm slightly bent to accommodate.
-have tried several other stances and their variations, this seems to work best and what I naturally do without thought
Near vision out to the radius of my front sight is blurry without reading glasses; vision beyond that is crisp.
- would strongly prefer to learn to shoot with both eyes open; have read that I should close right eye; tried both with similar results.
<insert Jimi Hendrix here: 'scuse me while I close this eye..da da dum, du du DUM!>
I shoot 2-3" groups at 9-15 yards but 2-3" left of bulleye. RSOs, experienced shooters and others tell me that is completely acceptable "combat shooting", which
gives me comfort, but I want to improve. If I could shoot one round to the right of the bullseye I would pee my pants with joy.
-according to the "Pistol Shooting Chart", I have "Too Little Trigger Finger". Exhaustive web searches yield no results for pills or
ointments or exercises to enlargen my trigger finger; I finally concluded it must be my grip. BTW, I shoot the same with the SR22, so I know it's me.
I have tried grip adjustments (rotating my hand this way or that way to change the trigger/distal phalanx interaction (yes I study Colhand's posts)
with no appreciable positive/repeatable effect.
I dry fire the crap out of the gun, concentrating on any front sight movement during the trigger pull and cannot for the life of me see where I am
pulling off target. Maybe some mental state difference between being at home and being at the range? (careful Joe...)
I"d love to have one of those laser bore practice aids, but the piggy bank still says "Nyet!"
Sometimes I feel like I am making progress, other times I'm stumbling and bumbling...
What drills, points of concentration would you recommend? What other comments can you offer? (careful Joe...)
Thanks in advance! I hope I'm not coming off as whining, I'm just near the limit of my competency learning on my own.
PS
I finally take my CCW class a week from today! It will be my first time drawing from a holster with a loaded gun (Blackhawk Serpa, which will be
regulated to range only).
PPS
A few weeks ago leaving the range, picking up my membership card from the counter, the old guy asked:
"How did it go?"
Well, I didn't kill any bullseyes, but I sure scared the crap outta them...
"We offer a special service for folks like you: pre-punched targets you can take home and show off to your friends!"
I think he was joking....