Ran about 250 bites through my spoon today

[pitargue]

Assuming you are right handed, you were shooting low left because you are not requiring your front sight after your shot breaks. You are instead immediately looking at your target to see where you hit. Or you're anticipating recoil and jerking the spoon downwards.

The point at which the pistol fires should always be a surprise. For you, try to achieve the compressed surprise break.

Some of your shots are going high because you are letting the pistol rise like a bullseye shooter, instead of acquiring the front site after the shot breaks. Isometric tension for isosceles shooting is achieved by pointing your weak hand thumb to the target, creating the pull necessary to counter the recoil.

The whole trick is the front sight in perfect focus. "front sight, press, FRONT SIGHT!" Say this while you shoot.

[azasadny]

Good shooting! My wife had her CPL (concealed pistol license) class yesterday. She has put about 750 rounds through her Ruger LCP so far...

[masraum]

Originally Posted by pitargue

Assuming you are right handed, you were shooting low left because you are not requiring your front sight after your shot breaks. You are instead immediately looking at your target to see where you hit. Or you're anticipating recoil and jerking the spoon downwards.

Thanks, when I dry-fire at the house, I watch the sights (always focus on the front), but at the range, I always end up looking at the target to see where I hit. Yes, I think some of it is also anticipating the recoil. I need a few snap caps.

The point at which the pistol fires should always be a surprise. For you, try to achieve the compressed surprise break.

Yes, that's what was happening more this time. Before, I think I was jerking the trigger to try to get the shot to go off when I wanted. This time, being relaxed and feeling the trigger slowly pull back, the shot was coming whenever it came.

Some of your shots are going high because you are letting the pistol rise like a bullseye shooter, instead of acquiring the front site after the shot breaks. Isometric tension for isosceles shooting is achieved by pointing your weak hand thumb to the target, creating the pull necessary to counter the recoil.

Yeah, I am definitely slow to reacquire the sights after a shot. The speed with which some of the big guys of idpa can fire these things (and hit what they are shooting at) amazes me.

The whole trick is the front sight in perfect focus. "front sight, press, FRONT SIGHT!" Say this while you shoot.

I seem to be getting the first 2/3, now I need to get that last item and make all three smooth and thoughtless.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by azasadny

Good shooting! My wife had her CPL (concealed pistol license) class yesterday. She has put about 750 rounds through her Ruger LCP so far...

Cool, I want to get mine, and the wife would like to get hers as well. Unfortunately, she's a grad student. The place that she's most likely to need a gun, is one of the places where she'd absolutely be prohibited from taking a gun, school. Absolutely no guns in schools in Texas. There are lots of folks lobbying to change that for colleges, but it hasn't happened yet.

Besides, that would give me an excuse to buy another gun or two.

[HHI944]

We had a small win on guns at schools here last year. With a CWP you can have it in your vehicle on a college campus. It's not great, but at least I don't have to feel naked on the way to school and back.

[masraum]

Yes, I think the law in Texas is that you can have it locked in your car, or on campus, but not in the buildings. But since the places that she'd be most vulnerable are between the buildings and her car.....

Fortunately, she carpools with our daughter at least 4 days a week. Since there's 2 of them, they are probably better off.