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[DT741]

Adjustable sights are a good thing.

True but most time they just hide poor form in new shooters. Better get those grouping centered first by diagnosing the shooter.

 

[Rohann]

Scrap the wheel thing.

The beauty of pistol shooting is in how much dry fire can improve your skill. I'm of the camp that grip and natural alignment are superior to micromanaging other "fundamentals", at least the way most people shoot pistols.

Jimbo, etc are probably right (especially re: slow fire vs fast shooting -- one is a flinch problem, the other is a recoil-management timing problem). It's most likely anticipatory if you're doing it when it's slow. Can you pull the trigger on a beep without disturbing the sights while dry firing? IMO concentrating too much on "trigger control" an not grip will lead to non-repeatable results. I've worked on grip an awful lot in dryfire and it has by far made the biggest difference.

Rather than the typical ball and dummy drill, I've had more success with loading i.e. 3 dummies and one live round randomly. I've also found that just shooting for a bit helps desensitize me for the day.

 

[jsgog]

Thanks for the advice , i picked up a lazer trainer I-target setup and after a couple weeks can see a great difference with accuracy and grouping . Now to get out to the live stuff and see how it goes .

 

[Butcherbill]

Adjustable sights are a good thing.

Learning to shoot properly is better.

 

[mistero]

Gotta agree with 4n2t0.

No reason for a post-ignition push when doing slow fire as in the OP's case.

If I had a dummy in a mag during an attempt at a new personal best for a Bill Drill, sure, you'll see me moving the gun on the dummy. We aren't talking about a case like that though. This is slow fire fundamentals training, and the gun should not move on a dummy.

Yes!
Problem I've noticed is with people who learnt to shoot with a bigger calibre pistol. Shot anticipation becomes a bad habit.

 

[jimbo14]

Thanks for the advice , i picked up a lazer trainer I-target setup and after a couple weeks can see a great difference with accuracy and grouping . Now to get out to the live stuff and see how it goes .

Great to hear!
When you are doing live fire, beware of how your brain may react with the boom in front of your face, and if you flinch and send a round somewhere you don't like, do a mental pause, and "reset" your brain. Focus on isolating that trigger finger, and slowly increase the pressure at a constant rate. Go for that surprise break. The goal here is to never have two bad shots in a row, because you don't want to reinforce that flinch response.