BassCliff
Professional
Hello,
Bless me forum for I have sinned. It has been three weeks since my last range report. It's mostly because I've been busy with holiday and family stuff but also because my performance as of late has been truly lackluster. I thought since my two hour private lesson (11/1/22) I'd be able to see a marked improvement in my accuracy at ten yards and beyond. I'm guessing I'll need a little more practice before the lessons truly become part of my muscle memory and I get more consistent. This report includes three range sessions, a live fire practice session, a laser practice session, and a live fire training session (USCCA Defensive Shooting Fundamentals 104: Movement). This was the second time I've taken their movement class. It's a fun one with different drills and scenarios each time.
Let's start with my live fire practice session on 11/16/22. There was still lots of snow on the ground from our early winter storm on the way to the Lake Country location.
It was kind of a slow day. I was assigned lane #7, my favorite lane! Despite the fact that it was slow I resisted the urge to run any timed drills. I just wanted to shoot a box of 9mm and .45 to practice the lessons I (think I) learned.
Well, apparently I did not do everything correctly. This was my best target using the XD9. I'm starting to think I'm gripping way too hard with my support hand, i.e. overdoing the lesson I learned.
It looks like I'm doing to the same thing with the Garrison .45. I know you have seen me shoot much better than this.
I cut my practice session short because I was just not in the groove. I didn't even shoot my .22 pistols today. At least I had a pretty drive back home from the range.
I practiced in my basement laser range a couple of times that week for at least an hour. The day before my defensive shooting class I shot both pistols from ten yards, ten shot strings, for accuracy. These results are getting fairly consistent. This was one of my strings using the XD9.
This is one of the results using the Garrison .45.
As you can see, these groups are much tighter and more accurate than my last live fire session. I believe it's because I was not holding onto my pistols with a death grip. I was using a firm but more relaxed grip while incorporating the support hand techniques learned from my private lesson. Later this week I'll get back out for some live fire practice.
It's been a while since I used a timer so I practiced my quick draw from 7 yards while on my laser range. I hung the B-8 center in the high thoracic area of a full sized silhouette. I had a few good five shot strings with several times under 2 seconds. Here's one of my runs.
I'm a little out of practice with my quick draw. There was a time when I was closer to 1.5 seconds. I'll work on this some more once I get more consistent with my accuracy. Slow is smooth and smooth is fast.
Hmm, this site is complaining my post is over 10,000 characters. Drat. I'll split it and finish up in the next post.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
Bless me forum for I have sinned. It has been three weeks since my last range report. It's mostly because I've been busy with holiday and family stuff but also because my performance as of late has been truly lackluster. I thought since my two hour private lesson (11/1/22) I'd be able to see a marked improvement in my accuracy at ten yards and beyond. I'm guessing I'll need a little more practice before the lessons truly become part of my muscle memory and I get more consistent. This report includes three range sessions, a live fire practice session, a laser practice session, and a live fire training session (USCCA Defensive Shooting Fundamentals 104: Movement). This was the second time I've taken their movement class. It's a fun one with different drills and scenarios each time.
Let's start with my live fire practice session on 11/16/22. There was still lots of snow on the ground from our early winter storm on the way to the Lake Country location.
It was kind of a slow day. I was assigned lane #7, my favorite lane! Despite the fact that it was slow I resisted the urge to run any timed drills. I just wanted to shoot a box of 9mm and .45 to practice the lessons I (think I) learned.
Well, apparently I did not do everything correctly. This was my best target using the XD9. I'm starting to think I'm gripping way too hard with my support hand, i.e. overdoing the lesson I learned.
It looks like I'm doing to the same thing with the Garrison .45. I know you have seen me shoot much better than this.
I cut my practice session short because I was just not in the groove. I didn't even shoot my .22 pistols today. At least I had a pretty drive back home from the range.
I practiced in my basement laser range a couple of times that week for at least an hour. The day before my defensive shooting class I shot both pistols from ten yards, ten shot strings, for accuracy. These results are getting fairly consistent. This was one of my strings using the XD9.
This is one of the results using the Garrison .45.
As you can see, these groups are much tighter and more accurate than my last live fire session. I believe it's because I was not holding onto my pistols with a death grip. I was using a firm but more relaxed grip while incorporating the support hand techniques learned from my private lesson. Later this week I'll get back out for some live fire practice.
It's been a while since I used a timer so I practiced my quick draw from 7 yards while on my laser range. I hung the B-8 center in the high thoracic area of a full sized silhouette. I had a few good five shot strings with several times under 2 seconds. Here's one of my runs.
I'm a little out of practice with my quick draw. There was a time when I was closer to 1.5 seconds. I'll work on this some more once I get more consistent with my accuracy. Slow is smooth and smooth is fast.
Hmm, this site is complaining my post is over 10,000 characters. Drat. I'll split it and finish up in the next post.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff