The Firing Line Forums

Go Back   The Firing Line Forums > Hogan's Alley > Handguns: General Handgun Forum

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old June 6, 2010, 09:59 AM   #26
drail
Junior member
 
Join Date: February 2, 2008
Posts: 3,150
I used to see this a lot with new shooters when I was an instructor. It's normally caused by nervous tension. The key is to learn to relax, both mentally and physically. Relax the muscles in your neck, shoulders, forearms and hands. Hold the gun out in your firing position and take a deep breath and let it out slowly. Lean forward slightly and don't have your knees or your elbows locked. You're probably using many more muscles than you actually need to hold and fire a gun. Hold the gun with the same amount of grip you would use to hold a hammer to drive a small nail. Make sure you have equal amounts of pressure on the right and left side of the grip. Then just increase the pressure on the trigger and LET the gun fire and watch the front sight. You want to see it go straight up and settle straight down back to where it was when the shot broke. If it goes any other direction you're torqueing the grip. Relax. Practice dry firing and watch that front sight. Let the target be out of focus slightly but watch that front sight. It will tell you what you're doing. There will always be a tiny amount of front sight movement but if you are relaxed and not tense it will be very small. When the front sight drifts onto the target let the shot break. It should be almost a slight surprise when it does. This is why a good crisp trigger makes shooting much easier, you're not having to hurry up and make the gun fire in that millisecond when the front sight is on the target.

Last edited by drail; June 6, 2010 at 10:06 AM.
drail is offline  
Reply

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 10:40 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
This site and contents, including all posts, Copyright © 1998-2021 S.W.A.T. Magazine
Copyright Complaints: Please direct DMCA Takedown Notices to the registered agent: thefiringline.com
Page generated in 0.04320 seconds with 8 queries