johnbu Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Took the time and drove 2 hours to a match Saturday. Decided to follow the advice given and only shoot as fast as GOOD sight alignment would allow. Worked pretty well. Had ZERO mikes and ZERO deltas for the first 5 stages. Last stage was a classifier 03-18. Needed to shoot some stong hand only and then some weak hand only. Felt pretty good on the line as I've dry fired SHO WHO, but obviously not enough live fire. Tossed off 2 delta and 4 mikes WHO. Sigh. Was doing good with hit factors in the low 4 one mid 5 one mid 3. That last stage... 2.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Power Jack Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 WHO takes a LOT of practice - have to keep the sights still while pressing the trigger. Takes a little longer than pressing the trigger with two hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbu Posted June 13, 2016 Author Share Posted June 13, 2016 Yeah, and I had trouble with eye dominance too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
js1130146 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 I've found I usually get very slow, but excellent hits WHO. I guess I concentrate extra hard while shooting weak hand because its still so seemingly unfamiliar. Eye dominance should be a relatively easy fix with a spot of tape, or if its only on weak hand shots a bit of a squint in the non-dom eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreed911 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Sounds very similar to my recent performances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glock26Toter Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 How about we flip this around a bit... You identified you need to work on your one handed shooting. But it sounds to me like you had a great time and had 5 GOOD stages where you able to find a plan that fit your ability, executed them well and were very accurate. Keep it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbu Posted June 14, 2016 Author Share Posted June 14, 2016 How about we flip this around a bit... You identified you need to work on your one handed shooting. But it sounds to me like you had a great time and had 5 GOOD stages where you able to find a plan that fit your ability, executed them well and were very accurate. Keep it up! Thanks! I do tend to obsess on the negatives. Now to dedicate more time learning to shoot one handed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta66 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 (edited) I shot six chickens over the weekend and was running great until the far left target array. Tossed two mikes with my strong hand so I feel your pain. Gripping the gun hard has been my challenge as my brain apparently thinks it's a fragile piece of glass. Edited June 14, 2016 by Delta66 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbu Posted June 14, 2016 Author Share Posted June 14, 2016 I shot six chickens over the weekend and was running great until the far left target array. Tossed two mikes with my strong hand so I feel your pain. Gripping the gun hard has been my challenge as my brain apparently thinks it's a fragile piece of glass. Yeah, it's weird how that happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemphisMechanic Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Yeah, and I had trouble with eye dominance too. Smear a small bit of chap stick on the weak eye's lens or put a piece of scotch tape on it. That's what I do. Still see well enough not to run into things, but both eyes open is amazingly easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-gun Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 On WHO and SHO, a tip that really helped me is to make a fist with the empty hand and tuck it into your opposite chest and hold it there with tension. Creates a girdle of muscles in shoulders/chest/back that help you better stabilize the gun hand. And since you have to take time to switch hands and normally reload anyway, you'll have time to shift your feet to put which ever foot is the side holding the gun more forward than the other. That's helped me too but you can try it and see if it works for you. Practice this in live fire and dry fire and you'll begin to crush those that don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbu Posted June 22, 2016 Author Share Posted June 22, 2016 Working it and ran a bunch. Picture is left target left hand only, center target is two hand, right target is right hand only. 17 yds All shots were fired double action only to require better trigger control. Yeah, it's not great, but getting better. A little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Power Jack Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 Your RHO target looks as good as your 2HO target ) Yes, that will do very nicely on the LHO target - nice improvement ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbu Posted June 22, 2016 Author Share Posted June 22, 2016 Thanks. But shooting all of them DAO was slllloooooowwwww. Still, the ability to shoot one handed is getting a bit better. And a slow hit scores higher that a fast miss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Meyers Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 When shooting with one hand, have the same foot as gun hand a little forward of other foot. Also as said earlier, keep free hand across your chest and avoid having it swinging around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3gunnuts Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Try making a tight fist with the non shooting hand as it will increase grip strength in the shooting hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastluck13 Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 The sights matter more when muscle memory is compromised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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