How's my shooting and how can I improve?

grimreefer

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I've been shooting for about six weeks now, with about 1000 rounds through my Walther PPQ .22lr 5". Here's where I'm at:

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The first target I took my time between shots, and then on the second target I compensated for my rear site (on which the adjustment screw is apparently stripped...) but took shots almost as fast as I could site them which ended up being about 1-2 per second I figure. Both at 25M with everything on the paper.

I'm curious how I'm doing so far, but it seems obvious that there's a lot of room for improvement (and I'm really enjoying that challenge with a pistol). What I'm really looking for is some suggestions on what I can do specifically to improve my accuracy during my range sessions. My goal right now is accuracy with open sights, and I feel like the sights are most of my weakness. I might be into IPSC in the future and I will definitely implement a 9mm into my shooting once I feel I've built up my fundamentals with the .22.

Any suggestions/comments welcome.
 
Challenger2010 said:
I think you're just boasting/gloating. I don't see any issue with your shooting.
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lol well I will take that as a compliment. I shoot alone or with my wife (who prefers a rifle) so I don't have anything to compare to. The only thing I've gone on is forum threads with guys saying good is 2-3" groups at 25M. I wonder if I'm at an advantage with the .22 over a larger caliber as well.
 
Decent shooting with no obvious issues (pulling, pushing, weak wrist, etc). Not a bad group for a semi. Fix the rear sight (maybe a little thread locker once you've sighted it in?) to bring the group down. You'll find moving to a 9mm will bring a new dimension to the equation (recoil and trigger control become very important) and seeing those groups will tell us much more about how you are doing.
 
A 5 to 6 inch group is nothing to sneeze at. As mentioned you're well on your way.

If your goal is to look at hanging around with the serious bullseye folks then you'll want to work at a number of small issues to tighten up that group. But we're talking small things that are impossible to diagnose and fix over the webz. If you find a bullseye league or group in Victoria the folks in that group will be better at helping you out.

It does show that you've managed to avoid any flinching issue. But that may come up when you get a center fire handgun.
 
Thank you for the feedback and suggestions all. I think once I get the group down to 3ish inches I will buy a 9mm. I'm not yet into spending a ton of money on ammo so I'd probably still shoot the .22 75% of the time.

I don't really have any competition or other goals. I just want to be very proficient with a semi auto. I want my experience with the 9mm to transfer well to other 9mm production guns. So I'm wondering if this would be true of the new Walther Q5 Match? I think I am in love with ît.
 
Q5 match is not exactly production/service pistol to be used by police/military if that's what you meant, but produced for competition in production division. mp9/g17/vp9 etc are more along that line

grimreefer said:
Thank you for the feedback and suggestions all. I think once I get the group down to 3ish inches I will buy a 9mm. I'm not yet into spending a ton of money on ammo so I'd probably still shoot the .22 75% of the time.

I don't really have any competition or other goals. I just want to be very proficient with a semi auto. I want my experience with the 9mm to transfer well to other 9mm production guns. So I'm wondering if this would be true of the new Walther Q5 Match? I think I am in love with ît.
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I get that it's not a service pistol by any stretch...just hoping that the skills would transfer well. I guess I'm fishing for an answer that I probably won't get...but I am really drooling over that gun...
 
Simple, shoot, shoot, shoot and shoot some more!

I also agree, the smaller the target the smaller your groups will likely be.

Instead of a bullseye target I have taken to using a 2" x 2" piece of black duct tape on plain white paper.

"Aim small, miss small".
 
Get some coaching from a real coach.

If you self teach you are probably including a poor technique. As a result, you get good at shooting poorly.

Skiing and golfing are similar. You need a coach to establish the basics to practice.
 
Ganderite said:
Get some coaching from a real coach.

If you self teach you are probably including a poor technique. As a result, you get good at shooting poorly.

Skiing and golfing are similar. You need a coach to establish the basics to practice.
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This^^^

You can only learn so much on your own, having someone that's qualified to teach you proper technique and correct anything your doing wrong is invaluable. Fundamentals are so important when shooting, speed will come after good technique is established.
 
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