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Originally Posted by NousDefionsDoc
Find a competent and professional instructor.
Pay him.
Listen and do what he says.
Repeat for the rest of your life.
I disagree with "self-diagnosis" in neophytes. And most people in general. If you knew what you were doing wrong, you could just stop it.
I don't know what "call your shot" means. I thought that was baseball.
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NDD - I'm pretty much with you. Shooting without a plan is plinking. Plinking is not training. That's why I said get instruction. Quality instruction gives value added to your ammunition costs. After somebody competent has taught you and drilled the basics, you can start spending money on additional training. Courses are the best learning method - direct instruction with feedback and mentoring. Books and videos are better than nothing, but only if you already have a solid foundation. Videos are better than books (personal opinion) because they let you see how the big boys do it. Just remember - most of them are competitors, not gunfighters. They are not usually concerned about tactics. (I still don't want one of them shooting at me!)
Self-diagnosis assumes you know what you're doing. If that were true there wouldn't be anything to diagnose. Even in the best shooters, it doesn't work well. That's why I said get a buddy and practice together. Have a plan and coach each other through it. After some basic training when you actually know the principles, coaching will improve both people; the shooter and the coach (you have to know what your doing first though). I do know what "call your shot" means and I don't use it for combat shooting exercises. It's best used during initial training while learning the fundamentals. By the time you move to combat shooting, it should already be internalized. What should be going through your mind is "front sight, front sight, squeeze!" (Hmm - Danger Will Robinson, Danger!) Learn to apply the fundamentals and everything else comes.
72-Wilderness - Nice search skills, and appropriate to the discussion. A point though - group size is important. Putting a pistol bullet where it will do the most good requires accuracy. It may also require multiple shots in the same area. Slow fire is a stepping stone towards that goal. What was being ridiculed was the guy who never leaves the start point yet still thinks he's accomplished something. Something for you to think about is the tradeoff between speed and accuracy. You can be very fast, or very accurate. Being both fast and accurate is a journey of a thousand steps. Start small. Go to the range, set up a blank piece of paper. Spraypaint a 4"-6" dot on it. Start between 3 and 7m. Practice firing 2 rounds into it as smoothly as you can. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast. (Ancient mantra!) Keep all rounds inside the dot. Speed up until you are no longer keeping your group inside the dot. Improve your marksmanship until your group is again acceptable. Repeat, getting faster as time goes on. Add reloads, malfunction drills, weapon transitions, weak hand shooting, etc. following the same pattern. Use a shot timer to monitor progress. Have fun.
Okay - Somebody else's turn. Peregrino