Out of curiosity, how long did it take some of ya'll here I have those "ah ha" moments when you were learning to shoot? I unfortunately didn't have the benefit of having a veteran shooter by my side to teach me a lot of the things I've been doing, most of the things I've learned have come from watching YouTube and slinging lots of lead down range or experimenting as I tried to find what worked for me.
So after hundreds of rounds, modifying grip techniques and trigger techniques, I finally figured out what I was doing wrong, or rather several things that I was doing wrong that made my shots print all over the paper.
The funny things is, it was so simple, I have no idea why it took me so long to realize these errors of mine.
First, I wasn't keeping my from sight post in focus the entire time I was aiming. This is firearms basics 101, and for the life of me, I have no idea why I didn't realize this was what was making the difference between me making 3-5" groups to 1-1.5" groups at 40ft.
The second pertains to my carry hand gun of choice, my CZ75 Compact.
My hands are a little on the small size and I found that I had rotated the gun so that the "beaver tail" of the hand gun rested on my thumbs knuckle for the most part. This had me torquing the gun during my trigger pull to the left, and no amount of adjustment with trigger pressure would fix that problem.
Shifting my grip, so that the handgun sits in my hand more naturally (at the cost of having the trigger feel awkward as it felt like my finger wasn't completely on the trigger the way I thought it needed to be) brought everything perfectly in line and centered.
After well over 1-2k rounds through this handgun, you'd think I'd have figured all this out sooner.
I tried this with my GSG 22 M1911, which I always had trouble with, printing groups literally feet in diameter, and again, boom, 1.5-2" groups using crappy bulk ammo at roughly 30ft.
It's a gratifying feeling, but my goodness did it take forever to get to this point. Now if I can just get it to where I can repeat this consistently with a both eyes open aiming technique that doesn't take me 20 seconds to get my eye to focus correctly.
Haven't even tried doing this with my weak hand yet.
So after hundreds of rounds, modifying grip techniques and trigger techniques, I finally figured out what I was doing wrong, or rather several things that I was doing wrong that made my shots print all over the paper.
The funny things is, it was so simple, I have no idea why it took me so long to realize these errors of mine.
First, I wasn't keeping my from sight post in focus the entire time I was aiming. This is firearms basics 101, and for the life of me, I have no idea why I didn't realize this was what was making the difference between me making 3-5" groups to 1-1.5" groups at 40ft.
The second pertains to my carry hand gun of choice, my CZ75 Compact.
My hands are a little on the small size and I found that I had rotated the gun so that the "beaver tail" of the hand gun rested on my thumbs knuckle for the most part. This had me torquing the gun during my trigger pull to the left, and no amount of adjustment with trigger pressure would fix that problem.
Shifting my grip, so that the handgun sits in my hand more naturally (at the cost of having the trigger feel awkward as it felt like my finger wasn't completely on the trigger the way I thought it needed to be) brought everything perfectly in line and centered.
After well over 1-2k rounds through this handgun, you'd think I'd have figured all this out sooner.
I tried this with my GSG 22 M1911, which I always had trouble with, printing groups literally feet in diameter, and again, boom, 1.5-2" groups using crappy bulk ammo at roughly 30ft.
It's a gratifying feeling, but my goodness did it take forever to get to this point. Now if I can just get it to where I can repeat this consistently with a both eyes open aiming technique that doesn't take me 20 seconds to get my eye to focus correctly.
Haven't even tried doing this with my weak hand yet.