Well, first time shooting and I have a few questions.
I just got a new Glock 26. Prior to this the only shooting experience I have had has been with a hour or two at the range 8 years ago, and renting a Glock 27 and putting 50 rounds through it about two weeks ago.
So I printed out some targets, and took the glock to the range and put 100 rounds through it. (no failures)
I started out with one of the big gunstore targets and started out at about 25 feet. I figure I put about 30 rounds through before I got an idea of where the shots were going. Switched to the 8-1/2 X 11 paper targets with some NRA circle targets from the rec.guns faq site for the remaining 70 rounds.
What kind of accuracy should I be expecting/aiming for, especially with a smaller gun like the 26? What I was doing was shooting 10 rounds (1 mag) then pulling and switching the targets.
At 25 feet I could usually place all the rounds on the paper. I was shooting low for a while until I started really paying attention to the trigger pull and doing some dry fires between magazines. My best set of 10 was 7 shots inside the 7 ring, two out, and one off the paper on a B-4 target (but at 25 feet instead of 20 yards).
Also, I have some question about sight picture.
With both eyes open, when I focus on the front sight, I see double on the target, and double on the rear sight. I have to pretty much close one eye in order to get a good view of the sights.
Any suggestions, comments, or derisive laughter at the quality of my marksmanship would be appreciated.
-Pat
[This message has been edited by Coyote (edited November 19, 1999).]
I just got a new Glock 26. Prior to this the only shooting experience I have had has been with a hour or two at the range 8 years ago, and renting a Glock 27 and putting 50 rounds through it about two weeks ago.
So I printed out some targets, and took the glock to the range and put 100 rounds through it. (no failures)
I started out with one of the big gunstore targets and started out at about 25 feet. I figure I put about 30 rounds through before I got an idea of where the shots were going. Switched to the 8-1/2 X 11 paper targets with some NRA circle targets from the rec.guns faq site for the remaining 70 rounds.
What kind of accuracy should I be expecting/aiming for, especially with a smaller gun like the 26? What I was doing was shooting 10 rounds (1 mag) then pulling and switching the targets.
At 25 feet I could usually place all the rounds on the paper. I was shooting low for a while until I started really paying attention to the trigger pull and doing some dry fires between magazines. My best set of 10 was 7 shots inside the 7 ring, two out, and one off the paper on a B-4 target (but at 25 feet instead of 20 yards).
Also, I have some question about sight picture.
With both eyes open, when I focus on the front sight, I see double on the target, and double on the rear sight. I have to pretty much close one eye in order to get a good view of the sights.
Any suggestions, comments, or derisive laughter at the quality of my marksmanship would be appreciated.
-Pat
[This message has been edited by Coyote (edited November 19, 1999).]