Pistol training

Once you learn basics, dry fire. A lot. Before I took basic defensive pistol classes, I learned basics from an old Massad Ayoob DVD, and I practiced about 50-100 dryfires a day. Just aim at safe direction and learn to press trigger without shifting sight picture. Practice drawing and reholstering. This helped to make range sessions more valuable and gave me a core of basic marksmanship so I could keep up with what was taught in the defensive courses.
 
Plus 1 for the dryfire pratice. You can enhance the dryfire pratice by placing a spent casing on the front sight. The goal is to not have the casing fall off when you press the trigger.
 
Im not angry anymore, The fact ill be able to own anything I want is actually pretty sweet. I fail to see any downside. If they think threatening me with taking my PAL away for non compliance is going scare me into compliance, they are sadly ####ing mistaking.

And what's even funnier, in my neck of the woods in Alberta. im the modest one in my friends group. :ROFLMAO:

Some of these farmers never even complied the first time around. You can imagine how little of a #### is given now. :cool:

Ive never spent so much money in my life on ammo these last few moths ;) Hope everyone is doing the same. :giggle: And im currently in the process of building my house on an acreage. The only name on the tille is my Wife and Kids ;) . I actually no longer own anything in my name, Just my 2012 sh!tbox.

They want to turn me into a dirtbag, Ill gladly play that ####ing game. And when they come collect these weapons of mass destruction, Im actually thinking of putting a disco ball and a 6ft dildo inside my 36 gun safe. :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: Just to see the look on the gestapo faces when I fully comply and give them the safe code.

And if they do threaten my Military Pension, My wife is instructed to divorcee me while locked up and take me to the cleaners ;)

But yeah thats my plan in a nutshell. Not that I have put much thought into it. Just 110% peaceful non-compliance! Should keep me pretty well entertained, as retirement can get boring sometimes.
 
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I posted this in another thread I started on shooting with Progressive Prescription Glasses .
I have completed a Basic Fundamentals Handgun course ,about time !
I bought 3 pistols before the ban and now I want to proficient at shooting them .
Prior to the course I had never shot a handgun . I have been shooting rifles for many years as Im a hunter

Well I suck at pistol shooting ! First half of the course the targets were set pretty close and I had no problem putting multiple shots through the bullseye . They moved the targets back hmmm another 5 yards and was still shooting not too bad

After lunch they moved them back further and I was hopeless !
So bad I thought someone might have accidentally bumped the table and my pistol fell off and threw the sights off . The instructor tried my pistol and put 2 buckets in the same hole . “ Not the gun he said “ Well I was very discouraged !

I should not have looked at my phone at lunch either as I got a text that was not good news . It really might have thrown me off I felt off after reading it
So much so I was loading cartridges backwards in my magazines . I was frazzled !

So that sums up my first day shooting a pistol !
 
Getting good at shooting a pistol does not happen over night. Practice your dry fire at home and it will translate to better success on the range. Now that you have a course under your belt, you will have a better idea of fundmentals of pistol marksmanship which you can build on.

Stress on the range is one thing, being frazzled to the point where you are making basic mistakes is another. This is where the basics of firearms safety go out the windown when you have heavy things on your mind. Perhaps next time you should excuse your self if you feel as though you cannot put 100% of your attention into being on a live range.
 
Leavenworth said:
I posted this in another thread I started on shooting with Progressive Prescription Glasses .
I have completed a Basic Fundamentals Handgun course ,about time !
I bought 3 pistols before the ban and now I want to proficient at shooting them .
Prior to the course I had never shot a handgun . I have been shooting rifles for many years as Im a hunter

Well I suck at pistol shooting ! First half of the course the targets were set pretty close and I had no problem putting multiple shots through the bullseye . They moved the targets back hmmm another 5 yards and was still shooting not too bad

After lunch they moved them back further and I was hopeless !
So bad I thought someone might have accidentally bumped the table and my pistol fell off and threw the sights off . The instructor tried my pistol and put 2 buckets in the same hole . “ Not the gun he said “ Well I was very discouraged !

I should not have looked at my phone at lunch either as I got a text that was not good news . It really might have thrown me off I felt off after reading it
So much so I was loading cartridges backwards in my magazines . I was frazzled !

So that sums up my first day shooting a pistol !
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Small mistakes are amplified greatly when you start shooting a pistol at greater distances, when you are dealing with a 4-5” barrel, not a rifle barrel mistakes in trigger pull will cost you big time. Dry fire, dry fire then dry fire some more 😊
Learn where your trigger wall is, learn where your trigger breaks and constantly watch your sights for movement on trigger pull. Repetition builds consistency
 
edgy said:
Small mistakes are amplified greatly when you start shooting a pistol at greater distances, when you are dealing with a 4-5” barrel, not a rifle barrel mistakes in trigger pull will cost you big time. Dry fire, dry fire then dry fire some more 😊
Learn where your trigger wall is, learn where your trigger breaks and constantly watch your sights for movement on trigger pull. Repetition builds consistency
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Repetition also reinforces bad habits and practices. It's important to ensure that proper fundamentals are in place.
 
1riot1ranger said:
Repetition also reinforces bad habits and practices. It's important to ensure that proper fundamentals are in place.
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That’s a bit discouraging to me 1Riot . I’m going to review my grip and aim make sure Im doing it correctly and practice . I’m not sure I want to shell out more money for another course right now . I don’t have a pistol shooting mentor that knows what they are doing .
I have been told a lot of good shooters won’t share there expertise . So I would need to pay . It’s not cheap for a course
 
Leavenworth said:
That’s a bit discouraging to me 1Riot . I’m going to review my grip and aim make sure Im doing it correctly and practice . I’m not sure I want to shell out more money for another course right now . I don’t have a pistol shooting mentor that knows what they are doing .
I have been told a lot of good shooters won’t share there expertise . So I would need to pay . It’s not cheap for a course
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Don't be discouraged. That wasn't the point of my post. It's about awareness.

One of the best sources of information on how to shoot properly is Ben Stoeger. He's rubbed a lot of folks the wrong way, but he's unquestionably one of the best pistol shots out there.

Check him out on YouTube and maybe consider buying his book Dry Fire Training. He does a good job of explaining grip and trigger-press technique.

Ben's round count is *very* low compared to his contemporaries. But he does a lot of dry fire. A LOT.




And target focus vs. sight picture


He's got a lot of free material online that a new shooter can learn from.
 
Leavenworth said:
That’s a bit discouraging to me 1Riot . I’m going to review my grip and aim make sure Im doing it correctly and practice . I’m not sure I want to shell out more money for another course right now . I don’t have a pistol shooting mentor that knows what they are doing .
I have been told a lot of good shooters won’t share there expertise . So I would need to pay . It’s not cheap for a course
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I have shot with many different pistol shooters in the lower mainland, I can’t think of a single one that wouldn’t share their knowledge and try to make you a better shooter. Attend any Dynamic Pistol event at Chilliwack or Mission as a spectator and you will meet many proficient shooters willing to coach you along. There are Speed Steel events at Abbotsford, Mission and Chilliwack, go to any of them and talk to people, you don’t even have to shoot until you are comfortable but asking questions will make connections and the firearms community is unbelievably friendly.
The negativity associated to the shooting community and courses is a very small percentage of high level shooters expect to be paid, and they have earned that right.
The other 90% of us would give you the shirt off their back. Feel free to reach out to me by PM for info or just check the website of the ranges I have mentioned to see when things are happening 👍
 
edgy said:
I have shot with many different pistol shooters in the lower mainland, I can’t think of a single one that wouldn’t share their knowledge and try to make you a better shooter. Attend any Dynamic Pistol event at Chilliwack or Mission as a spectator and you will meet many proficient shooters willing to coach you along. There are Speed Steel events at Abbotsford, Mission and Chilliwack, go to any of them and talk to people, you don’t even have to shoot until you are comfortable but asking questions will make connections and the firearms community is unbelievably friendly.
The negativity associated to the shooting community and courses is a very small percentage of high level shooters expect to be paid, and they have earned that right.
The other 90% of us would give you the shirt off their back. Feel free to reach out to me by PM for info or just check the website of the ranges I have mentioned to see when things are happening 👍
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Edgy Thanks for the reply ! I’m a member at Mission . I use the range for pre hunting rifle practice .
As you know from above I just have the one course under my belt and it was the first time shooting a pistol . I’m not sure but I think a mentor that shoots with prescription progressive glasses might help me as I need to wear them . They may be better suited to help me out !
Having said that , information on grip and trigger pull does not need to be taught by someone wearing glasses
 
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