Pretty soon my Wilson Combat and my DE 44 mag will be here also my little Ruger Lypsey single 10 SS 22lr... Now come the febrility of starting with something i have almost no experience, i will maybe shoot many hundreds rounds of 22lr at the range to familiarize myself with it... The waiting is almost over and that's great... JP.
Very little experience with handguns....
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This article helped me a lot with the basics. I'm sure some training would go a long way, but I'll let others comment on that since I have had none. I'm happy with my results so far. There is a lot of fun to be had honing your handgun skills.
Also, get yourself a center fire double action revolver. They are a lot of fun and you can work on dry firing without having to rack the slide as you would on a Semi-auto.
http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/ayoob85.html
Also, get yourself a center fire double action revolver. They are a lot of fun and you can work on dry firing without having to rack the slide as you would on a Semi-auto.
http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/ayoob85.html
start with the 22, make sure that when you shoot your larger guns that if you start to flinch at all pu them down right away and go back to the 22 asap. while you are just learning is the time to learn properly and not engrain yourself with bad habits.
Not everyone knows they flinch so here is a great way to help with that,get yourself some snap caps(they are dummy rounds), mix them in with the live ammo so you don't know when you are shooting a live round and the dummy rounds. it will be bang bang bang, then you will hit the snap cap (wherever it ends up being) and if your sights move at all you are flinching. if you are flinching stop shooting and switch back to 22 or do some dry fire training(which you can do at home)
dry fire practice can be very important with bigger caliber firearms. otherwise your brain associates pulling the trigger with the bang. if you dry fire practice your brain will not associate the trigger pull to the bang.
Not everyone knows they flinch so here is a great way to help with that,get yourself some snap caps(they are dummy rounds), mix them in with the live ammo so you don't know when you are shooting a live round and the dummy rounds. it will be bang bang bang, then you will hit the snap cap (wherever it ends up being) and if your sights move at all you are flinching. if you are flinching stop shooting and switch back to 22 or do some dry fire training(which you can do at home)
dry fire practice can be very important with bigger caliber firearms. otherwise your brain associates pulling the trigger with the bang. if you dry fire practice your brain will not associate the trigger pull to the bang.
JP, I don't have all the experience in the world either, but let's just say 9 pistols later, I found the S&W 627PC. From 6 weeks ago, I've become a different man for it.
Considering all of the other rifle experience you have under your belt, and your penchant for exclusive rifles that shoot for accuracy, the 627 is in the must buy category in keeping with the same philosophy. Not to mention your initial handgun purchases you've mentioned already, I'm impressed. You know what I mean.
Scoop one up if you have the chance.
Considering all of the other rifle experience you have under your belt, and your penchant for exclusive rifles that shoot for accuracy, the 627 is in the must buy category in keeping with the same philosophy. Not to mention your initial handgun purchases you've mentioned already, I'm impressed. You know what I mean.
Scoop one up if you have the chance.
Welcome to your new passion!
It's up to you but try using the Single 10 one handed. After all that's how the cowboys do it in the movies, right?
Seriously the single action guns have a short grip so the proper method is to hold them with your pinky finger hooked under the butt end. When you do it that way the gun sits neatly at the correct height in your grip. And even if you want to use a two handed hold using your strong hand with the pinky under is still the best way on these guns. Then wrap your other hand around the strong hand with your weak hand thumb positioned for cocking the hammer.
The others? The best video for this I've found is;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDZDttBfock
It's up to you but try using the Single 10 one handed. After all that's how the cowboys do it in the movies, right?
Seriously the single action guns have a short grip so the proper method is to hold them with your pinky finger hooked under the butt end. When you do it that way the gun sits neatly at the correct height in your grip. And even if you want to use a two handed hold using your strong hand with the pinky under is still the best way on these guns. Then wrap your other hand around the strong hand with your weak hand thumb positioned for cocking the hammer.The others? The best video for this I've found is;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDZDttBfock
