I don't want to complicate things but it's attitude. Let me try to explain. First off, I shoot a lot. I have two Dillons set up. One is to the left of the picture and you can see the other on my profile page. Once you condition your muscle memory with GOOD practice, everything comes together. Practice what you wish to do and it will eventually work. Muscle memory allows your to line the sights up immediately and muscle memory allows you to pull the trigger when your on target without thinking about it. How you hold the pistol[I'll stay with pistols for this] is important. On a 1911 the strong thumb rests ON TOP of the safety. In other words, the hand holding the gun has to be as high as can be to the bore and pushes forward. The same idea as an M-16 to control muzzle flip. The weak hand pushes back for a push pull. Your recoil should only be about an inch or so for a good second shot. Back to attitude. I know a guy who takes small revolvers and shoots clay birds on a dirt bank form 60 yards away and then works on the pieces. His revolvers can do that because they are well made and he knows they can do that. He has confidence in his equipment. That's one thing. Here's the other. Every once in a while when we're trying to shoot, we start to shake. It's fear. It's not being weak. Here's how to overcome that: No one cares. You're shooting because it's fun. It's not a macho thing or a dangerous thing. It's fun but no one cares what you do. You"re doing for you. Here's a fun thing. You will never be the best shot in the world but every once in a while you will make an incredible shot. You will be very pleased and you will mention it to people and they won't care. Never. Ever. Then you find out that as soon as they could, they told everyone they could about what you did. That's fun.