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My Favorite Shooting Technique Will Teach You How to Shoot Your Handgun More Accurately
AC ^ | Dec. 14, 2011 | Dan S. Defense

Posted on 03/02/2011 8:27:17 AM PST by fightinJAG

The author was an IDF officer in a combat unit.

In this article I'll teach you a simple technique that will allow you to shoot your handgun accurately. We'll start with the steps you need to take, I'll explain what happens when you fire a handgun and how it affects you, and then I'll give you a few simple tips to reinforce your new shooting technique. If you follow my steps and tips, and invest a few hours working on this technique at home, you'll be able to shoot your handgun much more accurately. In fact, if you practice for as little as a week, you'll even surprise yourself with much improved accuracy!

The technique comprises of four simple steps: You get into a proper stance, you grip your handgun efficiently, while acquiring a decent sight picture, and then applying your full attention on trigger control. Combine these simple steps with discipline to practice, and basic understanding of what happens when you fire a handgun, and you'll be shooting like a pro in no time.

Let's look at what happens when you fire a handgun. It's important to understand because the forces you unleash affect your ability to shoot well. When you pull the trigger and fire your handgun, you initiate a small, controlled explosion. That in turn generates pressure which propels your bullet, through your handguns' barrel toward the target. The explosion and subsequent travel of the bullet through the barrels' rifling, generates noise, recoil and a twisting motion. Our technique takes this into account, and teaches you how to manage this process with professional ease.

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KEYWORDS: banglist; handgun; triggercontrol
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To: fightinJAG

bflr


81 posted on 03/02/2011 1:01:56 PM PST by doorgunner69
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To: fightinJAG

Mark for later


82 posted on 03/02/2011 1:03:58 PM PST by READINABLUESTATE (“It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.” - David Hume)
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To: Justa

You got that right!

I also remember an incident when the soldier swore up and down he had checked the chamber -— BOOM.

Uh-huh.

The thing is sometimes no matter how hard one tries, mistakes are made. Especially when it’s dark, one is tired and cold as hell, etc.

We had several areas where everybody had to fire into the barrel before entering.


83 posted on 03/02/2011 2:35:45 PM PST by fightinJAG (TAXPAYERS OF THE WORLD UNITE)
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To: fightinJAG

shooting bump


84 posted on 03/02/2011 3:01:57 PM PST by Luigi Vasellini (End the political class.......TERM LIMITS NOW!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: Justa

>Yeah, the clearing barrel. I distinctly remember a ‘squared away’ officer grumbling while going over to use it after coming off a convoy. Then a loud bang. Woopsie.
>
>Clearing barrels are a good thing!

F—ed up thing is that any discharge in a clearing-barrel [at least when I was in Iraq] was grounds for non-judicial punishment.
That’s right, the clearing barrels are for DISPLAY PURPOSES ONLY! [/semi-sarc]


85 posted on 03/02/2011 5:01:15 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: OneWingedShark

“F—ed up thing is that any discharge in a clearing-barrel [at least when I was in Iraq] was grounds for non-judicial punishment.
That’s right, the clearing barrels are for DISPLAY PURPOSES ONLY! [/semi-sarc]”

Yeah, that sounded like more of a rumor at the time. Remember the amnesty boxes? They were an oddity until they started receiving RPGs, AKs, PKMs, RPKs, etc. Then the whole subject became a, ahem, training opportunity. Seems it was easier to dump confiscated weapons in the amnesty box than catalog, store and dispose of them.


86 posted on 03/02/2011 6:17:14 PM PST by Justa
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To: fightinJAG

Thank you. God bless.


87 posted on 03/02/2011 9:16:25 PM PST by spetznaz (Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
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To: UriÂ’el-2012

Seems to me that a shooter who was so unstable as to be teetering on the edge of disaster due to the confusing nature of the “Cooper rules” and could only be brought back from the brink by learning the “NRA rules” should probably seriously consider something more user friendly than a firearm, like a rock or stick.

Even then, it would be an extremely dicey proposition.


88 posted on 03/02/2011 9:41:49 PM PST by M1911A1
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To: M1911A1; ArrogantBustard
i aint gettin into this semantics pissin match today except to say that when dealing with the avg adult, or worse yet a 13 yr old [who doesnt think beyond the end of his own johnson] i believe the underlying ASSumption should always be to understand the potential fatal consequences of trusting that a gun is unloaded...the wording of cooper being concrete, whereas the nra wording being a bit soft to drive home the personal responsibility factors [in #3]...

modern firearms are very simple tools to operate, whereas i have many lawn and garden and household tools that require MUCH more study to use properly and safely, albeit that usually a disregard for those doesnt result in harm to others...

a basic 'rules' set is nothing more than age old common sense in a redundant package, designed to be 'lived' as a guard against unintended consequences...

my skill saw has a blade in it, my chain saw is usually 'loaded' as well, they are simply tools that perform certain tasks for my well being, dumbing down the owners manual doesnt enhance safety...

89 posted on 03/03/2011 5:24:17 AM PST by Gilbo_3 (Gov is not reason; not eloquent; its force.Like fire,a dangerous servant & master. George Washington)
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To: UriÂ’el-2012
If I followed those NRA rules I would be dead. Especially “Always keep the gun unloaded until ready to use
“. Stupid rule.

An empty gun is a club. Jeff Cooper.

90 posted on 03/03/2011 5:30:00 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ ( "Hokahey, today is a good day to die!" Crazy Horse, Lakota Sioux)
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To: M1911A1

“”Even then, it would be an extremely dicey proposition.””

Poor chap - obviously educated way beyond his intellect......


91 posted on 03/03/2011 6:19:59 AM PST by S.O.S121.500 (That Kenyan bastard is not my president. ENFORCE the Bill of Rights.)
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To: mad_as_he$$
If I followed those NRA rules I would be dead. Especially “Always keep the gun unloaded until ready to use “. Stupid rule.

An empty gun is a club. Jeff Cooper.

If you intend to "carry", are you ready to use the gun ????

Then load it !

Reading was a skillset lost on Jeff.
Most likey because he was an arrogant blowhard.


92 posted on 03/03/2011 7:40:12 AM PST by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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To: UriÂ’el-2012
I was not carrying one intending to use the gun when I needed it. In fact it wasn't even my gun. All my guns are always loaded.

Calling Cooper names will not win you many fans on FR. He taught a lot of people to shoot very well.

93 posted on 03/03/2011 9:17:47 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ ( "Hokahey, today is a good day to die!" Crazy Horse, Lakota Sioux)
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To: mad_as_he$$
He taught a lot of people to shoot very well.

Massad Ayoob out-shot him with his weak hand.

94 posted on 03/03/2011 9:23:33 AM PST by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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To: UriÂ’el-2012
Ah a Zionist. Well I will put my son up against anyone you want. He has been in over 100 gunfights in Iraq and Afghanistan. He says Ayoob is a pussy.
95 posted on 03/03/2011 9:28:52 AM PST by mad_as_he$$
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To: mad_as_he$$
Ah a Zionist. Well I will put my son up against anyone you want. He has been in over 100 gunfights in Iraq and Afghanistan. He says Ayoob is a pussy.

What a hypocrite.

You have no qualms trash mouthing the best firearms trainer.


96 posted on 03/03/2011 9:35:43 AM PST by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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To: M1911A1

Target, target, target!

:)


97 posted on 03/03/2011 9:38:28 AM PST by fightinJAG (TAXPAYERS OF THE WORLD UNITE)
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To: Joe Brower

Just wondering if you think this article is worthy of your ping list . . .


98 posted on 03/03/2011 9:42:57 AM PST by fightinJAG (TAXPAYERS OF THE WORLD UNITE)
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To: fightinJAG
Normally I would say so, except that the thread got hijacked and turned into a pissing contest. Unfortunate.
99 posted on 03/03/2011 10:16:58 AM PST by Joe Brower (Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)
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To: fightinJAG
CT Senate Bill 1094: "felonize" posession of 10+ round magazines

100 posted on 03/03/2011 10:35:11 AM PST by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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