Another range trip
 

I went to the range today. It's been too long since the last time I went. This was my third trip to the range since I bought a gun. I've been dry fire practicing and have read Brian Enos' book "Practical Shooting". I only load 5 shots into the mag to keep things slow. I still managed to go through 350 rounds in 1.5 hours today.

I'm still shooting low and left, but not as bad as I was previously. If I really relax, I can shoot dead center, but my shooting is at least consistent.

The range that I go to is an indoor that's got marks spray painted at 3, 7 and 15 yards (the qualification distances for a CCW in Texas) so I do most of my shooting at 7 yards and a little at 3 and 15.

Here's my best 5 shot group at 7 yards from today not bad at less than an inch all around. Now I just need to make all of my groups at 7 yds that tight and bring them up and over to the center. I printed these targets out at work. The rings are about .5" thick.

http://home.swbell.net/smasraum/IMG_3569.JPG

And here's a 15 yard sheet. At least all of the shots hit the paper.

http://home.swbell.net/smasraum/IMG_3568.JPG

I had a heck of a good time and saw a lot of improvement from the last time I went to the range. I credit that to the book and the dry fire practice.

After I got back from the range I went to Walmart and bought 400 more rounds of 9mm ($84) and found a box of 38spl so I grabbed that, $15 for 50rds. I've got 700rds of 9mm and ~75rds of 38. The guy at Walmart said that he stocked today. They had at least 1000 rds of 9mm, probably close to that of .40S&W. They also had 45acp, 25acp, 32acp, 38spl, 357sig, 357mag and 44mag. They only had 1 box of most of those.

Went shooting last Sunday out on the desert, shot my HS's, a Colt OP 22LR wt King Sights, my 8 3/8 686 and a Remington 12C wt octogon B...I really enjoyed my self.

Tabs, interested in a 1st series Woodsman Match Target?

"The" Brian Eno? Like Roxy music Brian Eno?

Masraum, I am doing about the same shooting "slow" at those ranges with my new Glock 34 (9mm). I can shoot the same or better while shooting "fast" with a .22 target pistol, but I am having a hard time speeding up with the Glock. For th IDPA type contests I plan to compete in next spring/summer, I need to be able to put double taps into an 8" dia circle "zero zone" out to 15 yards fairly quickly from target to target. On occasion a target can be out to 25 yards, but those are few enough that one can take a bit more time to get a sight picture on.

Is the B.E. book worth buying?

This Brian Enos..... Brian Enos's Forums... Maku mozo! (Powered by Invision Power Board)

More 7yds targets

http://home.swbell.net/smasraum/IMG_3572.JPG

The two on the right are 3 yds, the rest are 7yds.

http://home.swbell.net/smasraum/IMG_3573.JPG

I liked it. It's a very Zen approach to shooting. He's really studied a lot of the mental aspects of lots of different "sports" from martial arts to golf and has a lot of the mental/zen stuff in the book, but also has the technical bits.

If you're wanting to get into the practical shooting competitions, the book is definitely geared towards that stuff.

His big thing seems to be "don't let your mind limit yourself" which makes complete sense to me. He talks about grip and stance and then tells you to experiment and do what feels right/natural and that once you've gotten to the point that you can shoot relaxed and in the zone, none of your grip and stance matter much.

He talks about various focuses he uses for different shots and combinations in competition.

I've tried to really work on relaxing, not thinking about shooting while I'm shooting, shooting with both eyes open.

Parts of his book are very "Mr Miyagi", you'll be waiting for him to tell you to "paint fence, up, down", but it all seems relevant to me.

I know my "review" sounds hokey, but yeah, I think it's a good book, especially if you can go into it with an open mind.

Here are some other reviews of the book
Practical Shooting Book and CD Reviews

And if you look on Amazon, there are 18 5star reviews, and that's it.
http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Shooting-Fundamentals-Brian-Enos/dp/0962692506

You need to work on your trigger control more. Remember to hold your breath and squeeze...the firearm should surprise you when it goes off. You have some fliers that look like you were anticipating the recoil and flinched a little.

Thanks. I did notice myself blinking and flinching some today. I tried to really work on that. I'm thinking about getting some snap caps and loading those randomly into my mags a week or so before my next trip to the range so I can see how much I'm flinching and anticipating.

It's "reloading and target shooting season" for me here in MI. I'll be reloading several thousand .223, as well as .380, 9mm, .40S&W, .357Sig and .45ACP over the winter. Lately it's been frustrating because people know that I reload and they expect me to provide them with ammo and they don't want tp pay for it. Apparently, they think that I'm able to get the components free and my time isn't worth anything. I hate cheap people because they are telling you (by their actions) that they do not value you and that their money is mopre important than anything else. I'll buy their guns from them at a very low price once they realize they can't get ammo any more!

Hey Art, can you send me a couple thousand rounds of 9mm once you've got it ready? ;)