Do you feel a smaller target improves your accuracy slightly?

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greyson97

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Do you feel a smaller target improves your accuracy slightly?

as it stands I am currently better than 80% of the people who go to my shooting range. I always bring 8x8 dirty bird targets, while other people use the range provided targets whish is an 18 x 24 target. I watch other people shoot, and they are all over the paper. 3 visits ago on a bad day i might have a flier hit the outer most ring. now I put almost everything inside the 9 ring or the bullseye at 7 yards. Ive heard a person say they have pretty good grouping for putting most their shots on paper.

for me, not hitting the paper (8x8) would be a huge embarassment. so I always try to get it inside 8x8, which i always do

Now, I'm not a top marksman, but I think i did pretty well considering I started in Ferbuary of this year shooting for serious.

this was me when I first started out shooting

This was me last weekend

*NOTE* if you click the Facebook link, it will take you to the video page which has a better resolution.dunno how that works
 
The greater the challenge, the greater the concentration, the greater the accomplishment.

Some people are happy just to hit the paper. The definition of perfection depends upon those that seek it and what they are trying to accomplish.

Bottom line....you enjoy the challenge of shooting and hitting the bullseye. Need we say more? Nice pictures, by the way.
 
Instead of smaller target, try moving the target further away. Difference between smaller target and target further away is that shooting errors are more visible at greater distance due to increased flight time of bullet. The increased flight time allows more displacement of bullet from desired POI if the shot is not perfectly centered in target. Result for me is greater concentration on correct shooting techniques. Try shooting at 15 yds or 25 yds now.
 
Is your shooting practice to achieve increased skills in punching paper or is it to increase defensive shooting skills?

If you are seeking to increase defensive shooting skills, most of your shooting should be done between 9' and 30'.

In defensive shooting you must balance speed and accuracy. The greater the range the greater the time you allow yourself. If your range allows, use a shot timer with a random start signal, start from the holstered position, draw on the signal and deliver two shots to center of mass at 9' in 1.5 seconds. At 30' draw and deliver two aimed shots to center of mass in 2 seconds. Keep the rounds within a 6" circle at the center of mass and you are doing well.
 
Do you feel a smaller target improves your accuracy slightly?
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Aim small, miss small.
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Yes, and yes...but, IME, there's a limit, or more accurately, there's an optimum. Too big and you're missing too big. Too small, though, and it disappears from your subconscious or peripheral vision (you're consciously and actively watching the front sight, right?). IMO, each shooter has an optimum, then. Mine's slightly smaller than a 1" diameter per 10 yards, or 2" per 25 yards.

For formal target shooting, a shooter's optimum may be a moot point, though, since the target used is designated. The "black" 8-ring on the 25 yard slow fire NRA B-16 target, for instance, has a diameter of 5.5", while the black 7-ring on the B-2 21 foot (7 yard) target has a diameter of just over 1.25".

http://dotclue.org/targets/b2r-8.5x11-p-2x3.pdf
 
I do. When I was in the academy we had to put a certain amount of shots in a small circle that was drawn on a body silhouette target. It was tough at the distance we were shooting but most of us got the necessary amount of rounds into the small circle. When it was over the instructor told us that to qualify we only needed to get a certain amount ON THE SILHOUETTE TARGET!!! He only drew the circle so we'd concentrate more. Smart idea although some of us were freaking out because we originally thought we didn't pass because of not being in the circle.
 
I like to draw about a 3" circle on a large B29 and shoot about 10 rounds through it mark my shots with a marker (5 then mark them, 5 more than mark) and make another circle about 6-10" away and repeat. I do that quite a few times on one target. Saves money, and I can see were I hit. That way with my little snub, I can keep track of those flyers also. 12 or more targets for the price of one.

Works for me, and I don't go though a 100 rounds in 10-15 minute.
 
I suppose it depends on what your trying to accomplish. If your trying to shoot small groups, yea, I think it probably does. If your shooting is more along the lines of realism, probably not, unless you have something you might take your time to focus on.

I normally shoot targets that dont have a specific aiming point. Even without one you might be surprised at how tight "hits" can still be.
 
Yes. I started using 3x5 index cards with a 1" orange dot in the center about a year ago. My accuracy has increased noticeably.

I'm not in Jerry Miculek's nightmares yet :) but I am quite satisfied with the results.
 
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