Is there a how to book or website on pistol shooting?

Here is my life story lol...

I was able to learn enough on YouTube that I already knew everything that was covered in the Black Badge course. I consider this an impressive feat not for me, but for the fact that YouTube can almost replace an actual course like that. Then I relied on videos (Magpul Dynamic Handgun & Practical Shooting with Matt Burkett) and applying what I watched in those vids at the range to reach my currently level of proficiency with handguns. I won't even try to say I'm the best but I consider myself good and I am confident enough in my skill. I received a copy of Practical Shooting - Beyond Fundamentals by Brian Enos and started to read it but it was so dry and it did not contain any content that I didn't already know from my previous research so I didn't get very far into it.

Please keep in mind that I gathered the info through the videos but had to apply them and practice them to gain the actual skill. This is just like you can't learn to drive a car by watching videos on it but it definitely would give you an idea and provide you with tips and hints.
 
MartyK2500 said:
http://cdn.preterhuman.net/texts/wars_and_weapons/Pistol_Marksmanship.pdf

In this book proposed, point B at pages 18 and 19 was the single most important thing i have learned in shooting
It has drasticly improved my groups when learned
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Absolutely.

After much instruction, training and practice I was having a lot of difficulty being consistent and was very concerned I was not going to pass qualification. After my last practice target before qualification my instructor takes me aside and asks me where I am focussing when I shoot. I answer that I am not really sure where my eye is focused, but I think it is on the target. His response has stuck with me for 20 years: "Focus on that front sight. ONLY on that front site"

Qualified with 239/240. Iirc, the best I had shot before that was 213; most scores were around 200.

Yes, there are lots of other elements to good pistol shooting, but if you don't get your sight-picture sorted out you will never shoot well no matter how hard you work on form, stance, grip, etc.
 
Thanks for the info folks. I have had some good days and some not so good. I blamed it on a wrist injury, too tired, too much caffine... after watching the video's, it was just about NOT ENOUGH REPITION OF GOOD TECHNIQUE.
 
no amount of video watching or book reading is going to compare with an experienced, qualified instructor standing beside you watching you shoot. Books and video's can't tell you your trigger control needs work, or look at your group and tell you that you are putting side pressure on the grip..
 
Where abouts are you OP? There are a few good instructors out there, some of whom are highly regionalized, others teach across the country. As for web sites, pistol-training dot com, and pistol-forum dot com are run by a very experienced instructor. On the subject of instructors, being the best competition shooter on earth doesn't necessarily make you the best instructor. I've met some truly amazing shooters who couldn't teach you how to hit with a nuke.
 
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