infrared35
New member
I have been shooting combat handguns for the better part of the past fifteen years, and I have been required to qualify with a handgun for the last ten. I've never had a problem qualifying, though in the past my scores were never as high as I would have liked. At my current job, I have no problem scoring 149 or 150 out of 150, but the qual course is kind of a joke.
Most of the time I seem to be hitting the target a little low and to the left, but not enough to disqualify me at the staggering distance of fifteen yards. When I go on my own to 25 yards or more, the pattern gets worse. It seems like I ought to be able to get all my rounds into a paper plate sized area to fifteen yards and keep them centered, but I am having the hardest time these days.
A little background: I've been shooting mostly DA/SA Sigs from the beginning, but for the last two years I've had to carry a Glock 17 with an uprated 8-lb. trigger, which really sucks. I learned of a dry firing and follow-through exercise last summer and ran myself through it for about fifteen minutes. The next day, I went to the range and put fifty rounds through a softball sized hole, dead center. I thought I was good to go, but I've never shot that well since, no matter how much I practice. I can dry fire all day long but when I get to the range I feel like I'm flinching.
I've done the ball and dummy exercises over and over but no matter how much I concentrate, it doesn't seem to help. I seem to shoot better with a heavier but smoother DAO (such as an L-frame Smith or a Beretta 96D), but for now I'm stuck with the Glock. That 8-lb. trigger really stacks up toward the end of its travel. Still, I feel like there's something I'm missing when it comes to technique.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Most of the time I seem to be hitting the target a little low and to the left, but not enough to disqualify me at the staggering distance of fifteen yards. When I go on my own to 25 yards or more, the pattern gets worse. It seems like I ought to be able to get all my rounds into a paper plate sized area to fifteen yards and keep them centered, but I am having the hardest time these days.
A little background: I've been shooting mostly DA/SA Sigs from the beginning, but for the last two years I've had to carry a Glock 17 with an uprated 8-lb. trigger, which really sucks. I learned of a dry firing and follow-through exercise last summer and ran myself through it for about fifteen minutes. The next day, I went to the range and put fifty rounds through a softball sized hole, dead center. I thought I was good to go, but I've never shot that well since, no matter how much I practice. I can dry fire all day long but when I get to the range I feel like I'm flinching.
I've done the ball and dummy exercises over and over but no matter how much I concentrate, it doesn't seem to help. I seem to shoot better with a heavier but smoother DAO (such as an L-frame Smith or a Beretta 96D), but for now I'm stuck with the Glock. That 8-lb. trigger really stacks up toward the end of its travel. Still, I feel like there's something I'm missing when it comes to technique.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.