Tv shooting vs. real life

[Kayser Sose]

X2.
It takes a year of consistant practice before you will see improvements. Holding a gun (or any other tool) and becoming proficient with it takes time.
After a while, things will get better
Try chumming with some decent IPSC/IDPA shooters. Make it known that you ARE a new shooter ans you want to learn to be more proficient with a handgun.

Here's the hard part:forgetting the COD/TV/Hollywoodshyte you see. 99.9% of that gunplay is faked,staged,choreographed or all three.

Ears and Eyes open (and protected) mouth closed, and pay attention, and shooters will Be very inclined to help. It is in everyone's interest to see our sports grow. And there are very good shooters here, not just south of the border

Pistol is the most demanding firearm to learn. Short barrels and short sight radii compared to a long gun. Grip pressure in pistol is critical, as is trigger pressure. Plus the recoil is a bit of a handful.
Pistol is more about balance than brute force.

Best of luck
Year 1 for me was unlearning hollywood etc. as soon as I 'forgot' what I "knew" I started improving.
Year 2 for me was hanging around IPSC/IDPA matches. Asking questions, expressing interest in the sport
Until a shooter said, talk to that guy. He is a decent shooter and loves getting folks hooked on shooting.
Year 3 for me. Ok, we have accuracy and speed, and some experience with safe handling, now I'll spend the entire yeartrying to male all 3 work together in harmony.
Year 4
Year 5
Year???? I migh

Good post; thanks for that.

 

[3strokes]

TV and the movies are poor training aids. The hero doesn't need to be able to shoot well on TV.

The hero doesn't even have to act well, on TV.
a) They're shooting indoors, outdoors no hearing protection whatsoever
b) The hero almost always winces with each "bang", no matter which action figure he/she is
c) No matter the caliber, there's never any recoil or kickback that you can notice. (Unless the shot calls for RECOIL.)