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Thanks everyone. Have been doing dry fire practice. Have the class well coming up. Slowly but surely will reach there

Yup! Having hard to make it still but the more I try the more it wobbles. Update from this Saturday. Fired 150 shots while working on the grip, from 5 yards. 80% landed in 2" and rest 5-6". Towards the end I was in a little hurry to wrap up and started being a little more casual and having fun. Fired 30 shots and they ended up much better. Learnt/realized something. I think I was applying too much grip pressure. So, I fired 10 of 30 rounds in quick succession and they landed good. Next 10, intentionally fired with a little relaxed grip. Most ended up good. Few went stray as I lowered grip pressure too much. Last 10 fired again with decent grip pressure but being a little "casual" with keeping wobble to zero and shots landed good. I will try again next Saturday. Will try keeping right hand pressure low. Thanks everyone for the pointers. This from the last 30 shots. Before this rest 120 looked much more scattered.

Thanks everyone. Excuse the delayed reply. Have been been working on the grip while doing dry fire. Trying to grip it as shown tin the picture shared. Will be going to range on Saturday. Will update after.

Yesterday visited range. Tried working on how I stand and grip. First attempt at 5 yard and 10 yard went bad. Almost 5-6" group size. Then tried twice at 5y and once at 7y. This time it went better. Was able to manage 2-3" group size. One thing I noticed. After sometime I unconsciously become kind of stiff with joints locked. Last attempt at 5y kept body relaxed intentionally, and it went better (~2" group). Took video of the grip from both sides. https://youtube.com/shorts/zqp9AE5nhe4?feature=share https://youtube.com/shorts/aB6w_kqPbf8?feature=share

Understandable. I will try my best to get it.

Actually, after trying the squeeze thing I like it. It has found it's place on office desk now I will go range on Saturday. I will try to get this.

Ordered those finger bands and squeezy. Did not know something of this sort existed.

So went to range today. What did not go well Tried only at 5y and 7y. In both cases group was around 4" with few (5-6 out of 100) at 6". What I think went well - Worked on how I stand. Paid attention that I don't lean back. Was able to do that. - Worked on grip. Kind of completely different than how I was placing left hand previously. Definitely helped as this time gun didn't bounce as much. - Tried gripping much harder, can definitely feel soreness in arms. - Did not spend 7-8 seconds before making the shot. More like 2 seconds from aim to fire. Moment of happiness: I tried shooting at four 1" targets at 5yard. Fired once at each and shots ended up on or touching the targets. Have signed up for a fundamentals class. It's on June 30th. Thanks everyone. Till next visit, I will keep doing dryfire practice.

Wasn't shooting fast. Would say was taking my time. Currently, once I have sights aligned, I end up taking decent time trying to keep it steady and find it difficult to make it wobble free. In dryfire, I am trying to shoot when I breathe down and keep it steady at that moment, instead of spending seconds keeping it steady. I will watch the video again in evening on larger screen (was seeing on phone). One thing I learnt from video was that my left/off hand was not placed correctly. I was keeping it way forward. You are right, I end up unintentionally gripping strongly with my right hand. Other thing I noticed yesterday while dry firing. Instead of keeping weight on left foot, I somehow end up shifting weight on right foot and leaning back. His book does say that. If grip is good, it can hide problem with trigger pull.

Was too disappointed in last visit (when I switched to a target with 1" rings), and did not take any photos. This is from 5/14, a visit before. This has all 2" rings. Shot 5y, then 10y, 15y, and 17y at end. Looking at previous photos, it seems I tend to hit on left side.

Thanks you. This was a good watch. Thanks. Will try using ear plugs under muffs next time.

Thanks everyone for these pointers. Have increased dryfire practice. And had been watching videos. Found a handgun fundamental class at my range. Planning to take it. Most definitely my grip and other fundamentals need work. Agree, don't have a reference. I have been reading online and trying at range but have no clues if I am doing it right. Classes will definitely help. I liked red dot compared to iron sights. Was definitely easier and was shooting better. But for now I will stick with iron sights (no budget). Will practice "your eyes should be going out to target and back to sights". Did not know this. Hopefully this Saturday will be better. Will you folks updated.

So far had been trying to self learn. Mostly videos and books. Next time at range, I will ask if they have classes I can attend. Or maybe one of the fellow shooters there will show me the ropes.

Thank you! Will spend more time doing dry fire practice. Hopefully it will get better!

Hi, First post, a newbie to shooting and here with a question. Have been following this sub-forum and trying to learn from others experience. Background Have been shooting on weekly basis from last few month months. Right now trying to improve marksmanship. Started with a rental Mark IV with red dot. At 5 yards most shot end in 2" group, and at 15 yards they end in 5-6" group. Last month purchased a Shadow 1. After few practice sessions started getting 2" group at 5 yards. At 15 yards it opened up to 12" and 7-8" at 10 yards. So far was using a 12" black splatter target with 1.5" red bulls eye. Last session switched to a 8" target with an 1" red bulls eye. This time I got 4-5" group at 5 yards. Tried multiple times but could not do better. Tried thinking of the reasons and I think I have trouble with sight picture w.r.t to target size. Question I am using combat hold and I keep front sight in focus. With 1.5" bulls eye, I can keep sight picture centered in the bulls eye. With 1" bulls eye or at larger distance, sight picture seems to cover the bulls eye and I have trouble aiming. Any pointers on improving aim, when sight picture is bigger that target will be much appreciated. Will be heading to range on Saturday and will try out the advices. If it helps I wear prescription glasses.