How long does it take for you to shoot accurately?

Am Shooting Journal ^ | 10/28/2016 | J Hines

[w1n1]

This is one of the big questions among new shooters and veterans of gun enthusiasts. Besides from just shooting your gun more to get better, there are many school of thoughts on the subject. Here are some conversations that have a myriad of advices from poor to sound constructive approaches. Just a note, though the question is at the best very general, the answers will differ on the type of person that shoots guns. Some are competitive shooters, some plinkers and some are into close quarter shooting.

Here are some of those advices on 1911 Forum and Reddit:

Sock: I took a year and shot a handgun every day (even if it was only ten rounds of .22). Unbelievable how much you can improve with that little effort. 686, xd9, ruger mk ii. Whatever I felt like that day.

Sgt.Y: My best suggestion is do dry firing at home, unload and clear, aim at a set point in your room like the center of the clock face. If you have a 1911 it can be dry fired all day, but if not see your owners manual. Make sure you have a proper grip on your weapon, and proper triggering. When triggering you press the trigger not squeeze and use the tip of your finger not between the first and second knuckle. Sight in your target and press the trigger, be wary of the aim through the triggerinng. Repeat several times and take note any continued problems. You will need to learn to move the end of your finger and not pull the tendon through your arm. Read the rest of the story here, and what do you all do to get better at shooting?

[TalonDJ]

The best use of a laser grip is dry fire practice. It is impossible to dry-fire too much.

My wife was rough at first but we got her a Tactical length 9mm with a 5 inch barrel and she steadied right up. Get a gun that fits her hands but isn’t too small and then dry fire the heck out of it. Also get GOOD hearing protection. The louder the bang the harder it is to steady the your nerves.

[TalonDJ]

“It will not help trigger control”

It will if you watch the laser while you dryfire dryfire dryfire.

[papertyger]

Mrs. Submareener and I just invested in a Laser Ammo SureStrike system for more frequent training.

Best. Training aid. Ever.

[buffaloguy]

Dry firing the pistol with snap caps is the key.

I have 10,500 dry fires on one of my pistols. Rock steady aim and accurate at 15 and 25 yards.

And at some point the cycling smoothed out the action. Maybe 600 cycles. Your basic trigger job done for free.

[umgud]

It may help, but only while she is using it INMO.

[SgtHooper]

LOL! Wow! I’ve got her 6!

[CaptainAmiigaf]

Your phrase “Define Accurate” made me laugh.
I was pushed forward and told to aim carefully and fire. I was quite nervous, but did as ordered. I pressed the firing button, and was very shamed as I missed by FIVE feet.
“Good shot, son”, I was told. WHAT?
“Kid, you missed the target by FIVE feet at 1000 yards with a 5”38, 54 pound high explosive shell. Believe me, that’s pretty d—n good. You put a hell of a hole in whatever you would have hit”.
My very first and my very last try. The gunner in charge of the director kept the fun part to himself.

[bicyclerepair]

Thank you for my new desktop background image.....

[dangerdoc]

Personal experience is that most trigger control issues are related to flinching. I don’t know anything that fixes that better than firing rounds, lots of them.

YMMV.

[TalonDJ]

Firing lots can build up the muscle memory of the flinch. Dry fire builds up trigger pull muscle memory with no distractions.

[Tijeras_Slim]

I don’t like lasers for new shooters. If you haven’t grasped the fundamentals of shooting, the little red dot tends to mesmerize the shooter and they “chase” it all over the target trying to fire when it crosses the bullseye.

An trick practiced by Ed McGivern (look him up) was to put a dot of red pain on a full size mirror and practice holding the muzzle on it and dry firing. That teaches you to manipulate the trigger without disturbing the sights/gun.

[School of Rational Thought]

OK, did not read article but is this about the fine backside?