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sundance44s · July 27, 2006, 09:35 AM

I have to disagree with the idea of it being bad to use sand bags or some sort of bench rest for hand gun shooting .. i`m no pro .. although i did shoot expert in the military pistol and rifle .. and the proof is in the pudding ..
shooting your hand gun from some sort of rest will give you more confidence in your pistol .. it`ll let you see the gun is capable of shooting much better than you and it`ll give you a goal to work towards .. with out that confidence in the piece you are shooting .. one tends to blame their lack of experience on the weapon . I`ve seen this happen with new shooters more than once ..so get an idea from the bench what kind of groups your pistol is capable of shooting first .. then work free hand towards this goal . I think you`ll find some of those shots some call flyers aren`t that at all .. it`s lack of holding steady .

July 27, 2006, 09:35 AM	#10
sundance44s Senior Member Join Date: February 6, 2006 Location: Hernando , Ms. Posts: 579	sundance44s I have to disagree with the idea of it being bad to use sand bags or some sort of bench rest for hand gun shooting .. i`m no pro .. although i did shoot expert in the military pistol and rifle .. and the proof is in the pudding .. shooting your hand gun from some sort of rest will give you more confidence in your pistol .. it`ll let you see the gun is capable of shooting much better than you and it`ll give you a goal to work towards .. with out that confidence in the piece you are shooting .. one tends to blame their lack of experience on the weapon . I`ve seen this happen with new shooters more than once ..so get an idea from the bench what kind of groups your pistol is capable of shooting first .. then work free hand towards this goal . I think you`ll find some of those shots some call flyers aren`t that at all .. it`s lack of holding steady .