range assistance

Do I stand a chance to get better

  • yes

    Votes: 17 94.4%

  • no

    Votes: 1 5.6%
  • Total voters
    18
  • Poll closed .
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rayg5102

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OK, 3rd time out ever.
1st time with my own, newly purchased XDM 9mm
Any remarks, impressions, suggestions?
Any help appreciated.
All in all, I feel it is pretty good.

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Take more time between shots. Pull the trigger slower. Study your sight picture more intently especially the front site.
 
I don't understand the purpose of the poll, everyone can get better with practice.

Not knowing the target distance and stance used (or benched?), it's hard to give any meaningful critique, but I would say that's bad at all if it's a reasonable distance and free hand.
 
Depending on the range and conditions thereof, it's a good start. It's difficult to assess what you're doing wrong without being there sometimes. I suggest to remember trigger and breathing control. Front sight, front sight, front sight. Load only 5 to 10 round at a time. New shooters either get impatient and start firing away, or spend too much time between each shot a prematurely gets fatigued. Press the trigger, not squeeze. Don't anticipate the shot. The break should surprise you. Stay relaxed while shooting.

That's some basic reminders.
 
Time and practice, more time and more practice. You were not ready to race in the Indy 500 just after you got your first car. Why think you are at your best after getting your first pistol and 3rd time to the range.
 
Range Assistance

Start with targets closer. When you can drill out the X ring at 5 yards, do it at 10 yards and then 15. I doubt you can do it at 25 yards, I can't. Practice makes perfect and most especially at the 5-15 yards where most gun fights occur at.
 
Yes, you can. I did it. Went from occasional .22 shooter to serious addict. 10 months, 4 guns (so far), and about 10000+ rounds (so far) later, I can at least say I am getting better, and having a blast doing it!!

Can't imagine my life without the shooting sports now.

Keep up the practice, focus on fundamentals, and then practice. Make your shots count so you can afford more ammo!!

Enjoy the world you've entered!
 
The singularly most successful practice you can do as a novice is to begin dry firing practice.

It develops the "muscle memory" you need to seriously get better.

Pick up some good literature about breath control, . . . grip, . . . concentrating on front sight, . . . etc. and practice, practice, practice. If you can afford it, . . . get a NRA basic shooting class, . . . and get the instructor to give you some coaching lessons.

Yeah, . . . you certainly can get better, . . . and it usually don't take too long.

May God bless,
Dwight
 
I agree with the comments above, but I think it's missing that you have to make sure you're repeating and enforcing muscle memory regarding proper technique.

Look at your grip, sighting, trigger control, stance, etc etc etc. If you start off with bad habits now, you'll spend the rest of your shooting days either suffering in the accuracy department, or trying to unlearn them to do it right.

I agree with Dwight that you might want to seek competent instruction, read some books, watch some videos, etc. Do it correctly from the start.
 
I really got frustrated my first few times at the range. I kept thinking "man, this sure looked easier when that other guy did it!"

If I was aiming at it, it was probably safe.

I started dry firing a lot at home and getting out to the range as often as possible. I improved quite a bit over time, but I've still got a long way to go. At least I've gotten to the point where I actually enjoy going to the range... I can actually hit what I'm aiming at most of the time :D
 
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