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Apr. 3rd, 2011 02:29 pmYou know, I've been trying to limit going to the range just once a month, and I end up going to the range at Wild West Traders two Sundays in a row. Although technically last Sunday was March and today is in April. So that's two separate months! Of course last Sunday wasn't the only time in March I went. But for reals, no more hitting the range until May.
Anyways, I think I'm getting better:
All 19 shots in the 9 and 10 rings, which I'm pleasantly surprised at since the XDM Compact has a shorter barrel than the normal XDM, and I was using the snappier 124-gr 9mm loads, as opposed to the 115-gr 9mms I usually fire (since the American Eagle brand of both loads ended up costing the same at Adventure Outdoors). Of course, that's the best I did today (and furthermore, that was only from 21 feet away). After accomplishing that, a class came in, and when I realized I had an audience, I was too self-conscious, wanting to impress them and didn't do as well.
I really should take one of those 1 day (4 hour classes), as I think I could benefit from more formal training. I mean, I've been basically been teaching myself to shoot through trial and error, and I don't think I'm doing too bad, but I definitely have room for improvement. Today tried this one target type geared towards improving ones shooting technique, as it had a chart of the common shooting errors and where your shots end up on the target when making said errors.
So studying my performance today, and looking at pics of old targets, I think I've identified my most common errors. Occasionally I'll jerk the trigger, which will account for shots in the 10 to 12 o'clock area. But I tend to fire low. And at first I thought that was the gun and have been trying to compensate. But I'm guilty of two errors, which are kinda that opposite of each other, which is amusing. Though thinking about it, I think its more I had subconsciously realized what error I was making and in attempting to fix it, over-corrected and committed the other error.
But yeah, I'll occasionally relax my grip too early, which I think occurs when I'm trying to be too chill because I don't want to get all nervous and have that affect my aim. So, my shots end up low because the gun is slightly dipping at the time of the shot because my grip is too loose. So then I'll see the shot is off and get annoyed, and do the opposite error, lobstering. And when I do that, I'm gripping too hard and pulling the shot down as I fire.
So I think I need to be chill, but not too chill, and try not to think about gripping it just right and trying to smoothly pull the trigger perfectly, just do it.
Anyways, I think I'm getting better:
All 19 shots in the 9 and 10 rings, which I'm pleasantly surprised at since the XDM Compact has a shorter barrel than the normal XDM, and I was using the snappier 124-gr 9mm loads, as opposed to the 115-gr 9mms I usually fire (since the American Eagle brand of both loads ended up costing the same at Adventure Outdoors). Of course, that's the best I did today (and furthermore, that was only from 21 feet away). After accomplishing that, a class came in, and when I realized I had an audience, I was too self-conscious, wanting to impress them and didn't do as well.
I really should take one of those 1 day (4 hour classes), as I think I could benefit from more formal training. I mean, I've been basically been teaching myself to shoot through trial and error, and I don't think I'm doing too bad, but I definitely have room for improvement. Today tried this one target type geared towards improving ones shooting technique, as it had a chart of the common shooting errors and where your shots end up on the target when making said errors.
So studying my performance today, and looking at pics of old targets, I think I've identified my most common errors. Occasionally I'll jerk the trigger, which will account for shots in the 10 to 12 o'clock area. But I tend to fire low. And at first I thought that was the gun and have been trying to compensate. But I'm guilty of two errors, which are kinda that opposite of each other, which is amusing. Though thinking about it, I think its more I had subconsciously realized what error I was making and in attempting to fix it, over-corrected and committed the other error.
But yeah, I'll occasionally relax my grip too early, which I think occurs when I'm trying to be too chill because I don't want to get all nervous and have that affect my aim. So, my shots end up low because the gun is slightly dipping at the time of the shot because my grip is too loose. So then I'll see the shot is off and get annoyed, and do the opposite error, lobstering. And when I do that, I'm gripping too hard and pulling the shot down as I fire.
So I think I need to be chill, but not too chill, and try not to think about gripping it just right and trying to smoothly pull the trigger perfectly, just do it.
