vnboileau

Any suggestions for trainers in the Dallas/Ft Worth area?

I haven't had a chance to get back to the range yet, but I've been dry firing every day. Mostly working on the trigger control. In fact, I brought my gun with me on vacation. lol

How about podcasts?

I'm going to start dry firing daily. Although just from last night I'm finding it frustrating to try and pull the trigger *straight* back without making the sights move. Ugh. I'll also take the 22lr to the range and work on the other ideas people suggested. Thanks for all the help and I'll let you know how it goes.

Wow, that's literally 10 minutes from my house and I've never heard of it. Kind of pricey, though.

Hey, DFW here too. Where do you usually shoot? I've been looking for a range where you can draw, move and shoot, that kind of stuff.

That's sort of what I was thinking. And I know I'm doing it. I can feel it, see it in the sights, and on the target.

Long story short, I'm trying to learn to shoot a pistol... I went to the range a few days ago and shot groups at 7 yards, focusing on seeing the front sight, and working on my grip, stance and trigger pull. I noticed that I was pulling some shots low and left. One of ROs said that he was an instructor, and watched me dry fire and shoot a few shots. He made the observation that I was gripping the pistol much too tightly (my knuckles were white), getting too much of my finger on the trigger (I have fairly big hands), and I was jerking/jumping on the trigger (presumably anticipating the bang). Since then, I've been reading everything I can find for advice on fixing this. Other than dry firing, the suggestions seem to be all over the map. One person says do the ball and dummy drill, the next person says don't, the next says put a dime on the front sight, etc. So, are there one or two accepted fixes for anticipating recoil, jerking the trigger?

a little north of Ft Worth

I've been lurking a little and reading for the last few months. I grew up with guns around the house, but never had any kind of formal training or shot in any sort of competition. I'm in my 40s and would like to work on picking up the basics and possibly doing a match at some point. If nothing else, it's fun to pick up a new skill.

Have you been shooting at the range with B class uspsa shooters and up? Because most people who just plink for fun don't really practice accuracy, and pretty much suck at shooting. It doesn't take huge amounts of practice to pull the trigger smoothly and stop flinching/blinking, but it does take practice on specific things. Once you do that, 2" groups in slow fire won't be difficult and you'll start working on the same grouping under some time pressure. I guess not. But I probably been to the range a dozen times, and taken two CHL classes, and have yet to see anyone who can shoot a 3" group at 7 yards.

Awesome, that's exactly what I was wanting to know. I'll put the 9mm away for a little while and work on my dry firing and 22lr at the range for a bit. Although I have to say, having been to the range now at least a dozen times, I don't think I've seen anyone shooting 2" groups at 7 yards. Frankly, 6" groups at 7 yards would be about the best shooting I've seen. I've seen plenty of groups that look like shotgun patterning at 7-10 yards.

Ok, that's sort of what I was wondering. If, at 5-7 yards, I'm shooting 6" groups, my fundamentals are probably breaking down. And if I've got my stance, grip, front sight focus and trigger pull where they should be, I should be looking at 2-3" (or smaller) groups at 5-7 yards?

I've shot guns in the past, but never consistently and never learned any fundamentals really So, lately, I've been reading up here and put good triggers and sights in a Glock 17 and M&P9. I've been going to the range about once a week and doing some static shooting. It's an indoor range where no drawing/movement is allowed. But frankly, I'm not really ready for that anyhow. I'm just working on my fundamentals; stance, grip, trigger pull, seeing the front sight, not flinching, etc. So, I guess my question is this; what kind of accuracy should I look be looking for? A certain group size at a certain distance?

I was almost sold on a Leupold Mk 6 1-6, but now I'd really like to try one of these out What are the most popular mounts for this?

Who has the best price on these?

Looking for a plain large, but Midway and Brownells are out of stock Any suggestions where I might find one?

I'm just wondering if too much metal was removed, and what could be done to touch up the metal to match the finish? Thanks!

Well its tomorrow today so where is the pictures? LOL, thanks for calling me out Its been raining here and wanted to get better pics. Long story short I was running some drills with some buddies of mine and one of them was holding my Stoeger and it fell and landed on some rocks. Needless to say it got gouged up and I was like Fu$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. Well it motivated me here are some pics I cerakoted it . Wow, that ended up really nice. DIY?

Just curious, how does this look?

Or a good way to build up the grip for someone with big hands?

What sort of drop-in trigger can I put in my Glock that would get me close to the Walther PPQ trigger pull? 4-5 pounds, nice and crisp with minimal take-up and overtravel

I'd like to get one while the $50 rebate is still in effect... Any suggestions where to find one at the best price?

But it's a little confusing with all the choices. I have long fingers and definitely prefer the longer reach to the trigger... But other than that, is there anything else I could add that would improve the trigger? RAM, etc?

Very casual. lol I think the Stoeger would be perfect, and I could always add the extension, etc on later.