IHAVEGAS Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 (edited) When you say "aim at he edge of the A zone respective to the hand" You aim at the left perf of the A with the left hand and visa verse for the right? Is that to compensate for the trigger Pull? "2. Aim at the edge of the A zone respective of which hand you are using" That's interesting Strong hand - I aim at target center and my accuracy is good (slow, but good). Weak (left) hand I have to aim at about the left perforation line and that is usually good enough. The best two shooters I know personally (one revolver) both aim at center of target regardless. I need to re-watch the Ben Stoeger DVD but I'm pretty sure that he aims at target center, he has other tips on transitioning the gun to weak hand and etc., it is a good watch if you get opportunity. I think my aiming left with left (weak) hand has to do with my crappy trigger control and a too weak grip. Edited June 24, 2015 by IHAVEGAS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoyGlock Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 (edited) Compensating your aim to left or right of target only masks the problem. Dryfire a lot and regularly until it feels natural and automatic. Practice will teach you everything about the technique. Edited June 25, 2015 by BoyGlock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHAVEGAS Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Flag your thumb +1 Put your thumb downwards will give you a much better control. Can't wait to try this at the range, feels a lot better during dry fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbopower18 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Dry fire practice is key for weakhand but nothing substitues equally for live fire. Grip strength plays a huge part in my weakhand shooting also. Get some grip strengthening workout crunchers they help tremendously! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris iliff Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Bring elbow down a bit and then practice. Very little practice can yield huge gains against the competition. I mean little, like 15-20 rounds a session. Covering draws and transfers and multiple shots across a couple targets. It just doesn't take much to gain a lot WHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motosapiens Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Bring elbow down a bit and then practice. Very little practice can yield huge gains against the competition. I mean little, like 15-20 rounds a session. Covering draws and transfers and multiple shots across a couple targets. It just doesn't take much to gain a lot WHO. that's a LOT compared to most people, lol. one method i recommend is injure your strong hand in some catastrophic manner that requires surgery, maybe cut a tendon or something. Then you can spend a couple months where you can ONLY train and shoot weak hand. It will help your strong hand shooting too, by giving you more fundamental awareness of trigger control and what the sights are doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimitz Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 (edited) Having endured the 8th surgery of my life in 2015 with a complete recovery I can tell you unequivocally that the above is not on any recommended path to shooting greatness I'm aware of ... Edited January 23, 2016 by Nimitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris iliff Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Moto? I never know if I want to drink a beer with him,.......or try to throw him out of the bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunBugBit Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 I saw a tip from a champion shooter to not try gripping the gun too hard during support-hand-only shooting. The recoil isn't going to be under anywhere near the degree of control we have with two-handed shooting, but our accuracy is what's important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motosapiens Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Having endured the 8th surgery of my life in 2015 with a complete recovery I can tell you unequivocally that the above is not on any recommended path to shooting greatness I'm aware of ... lol, yeah, I don't know if I would choose to do it, but if you happen to sever a tendon and some nerves (like I did in october), I guess you can cry about it, or you can make it a positive. For sure, I have come out of it shooting better than I ever have and improving more quickly, even tho my finger is still only semi-functional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimitz Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Well actually that was surgery #4 for me back in 1997 when I tried to cut off my weak hand index finger with a table saw .... I may be dumb but I'm quick. When I felt the saw hitting my bone I managed to jerk my finger off the table. makes for an interesting X-Ray where you can see this nice, clean 1/8" cut kerf right through half the bone above the 2nd knuckle .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnr88 Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 My weak hand trigger finger is fused. It is impossible to pull the trigger straight back. At 10 yds I aim at the middle of the C. WHO is usually just a classifier skill. As long as your trigger pull is consistent I wouldn't worry about about where you aim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imeyers78 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 all great advice to improve weak hand shooting. Thanks gents, you just drafted my next range day practice schedule Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocrrhbow Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 I used to avoid WHO and SHO shooting. I figured that for the percentage of times that you encounter a stage that requires it compared to the number of stages where you are able to use both hands it wasn't worth dedicating my limited practice time and ammo to it. I am now a believer that practicing what is more difficult can have a big effect on that skill and others associated with it also. As has already been mentioned, developing skill at shooting WHO will also improve your freestyle shooting. It develops minor muscles that don't usually get much work with two handed shooting. Those minor muscles help to steady/balance the gun. This will help to steady the sights when you transition from target to target between acquisition of a sight picture and trigger pull. It will also give you confidence which can translate into more relaxed firing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkadi Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 I saw stages when shooting one hand only by choice may skip movement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derekmelton Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 Grip strength tools for the win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradsteimel Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Stance is also important. For weak hand stance, i pretty much use my same free-style stance and just concentrate on the draw, pistol transition from strong to weak hand, and then make sure my strong hand fist is firmly against my chest. For strong hand shots, I tend to want to keep my same free-style stance, but really have to concentrate/focus on changing feet position so that my strong side foot is more forward. Then the weak hand/fist gets pressed into my chest while shooting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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