Tyeraxus
Ultimate Member
Some of you might remember that I got my first handgun for Christmas this past year. I've been out shooting with it twice before, but since I had the day off, I went out today to see what I can actually do. And the answer is "not much."
I put about 150 rounds into a bunch of B-16 targets from between 5-10 yards (I know, they're supposed to be 25 yard targets, I used what the range had)... and probably 95% of the rounds landed on the paper, so that's something anyway. Groups (if they could be called such) were horrible, and mostly consistently down and right, so I think I'm jerking the trigger rather than squeezing. I also wore out my supporting hand thumb - it seemed like every shot's recoil pushed the trigger guard back into the tip of my thumb, so I know I'm doing something wrong there, too.
So, long story short, I need to learn to shoot a handgun correctly. Anybody got any good resources I can start with until I can get into a class?
I put about 150 rounds into a bunch of B-16 targets from between 5-10 yards (I know, they're supposed to be 25 yard targets, I used what the range had)... and probably 95% of the rounds landed on the paper, so that's something anyway. Groups (if they could be called such) were horrible, and mostly consistently down and right, so I think I'm jerking the trigger rather than squeezing. I also wore out my supporting hand thumb - it seemed like every shot's recoil pushed the trigger guard back into the tip of my thumb, so I know I'm doing something wrong there, too.
So, long story short, I need to learn to shoot a handgun correctly. Anybody got any good resources I can start with until I can get into a class?