So you want to be good with a pistol...

gates · January 13, 2013, 23:22

we all do - but I have stumbled across the way to do it - buy a Ruger LCR in .22- HEAVY HEAVY but smooth trigger - on a one inch + BBl... FORCES you to watch the front sight! GREAT training tool! - I was 100X with my Kahr PM9 (at 21) after 100 rds through the LCR - you HAVE to ignore EVERYTHING but the front sight.

Hootsmon · January 14, 2013, 12:01

Yea, I'd have to agree with that.

I thought I could shoot a pistol reasonably well, using other peoples shooting irons at the range.

Then I bought my first pistol, an early post-war FN Hi-power. Horrible trigger, sights are a tiny little thin blade and fixed V.
Lordy!! I had to learn how to shoot! With a good quality wheelgun, I could land all my shots in the black area of the 25 meter bullseye target -10 or 12 inches across. With the Hi-power, I could only land 50% in the same area. I had to learn trigger control, follow-through, and I had to really concentrate on those decrepit old combat sights.

I taught my wife how to shoot the old Hi-power and how important trigger control was. The next week, she qualified Expert with the M9.

wolfspotter1 · January 14, 2013, 19:34

My younger brother got his NY permit and had me try his Kahr PM9. I shot a 2" group at 15yds with the little thing, really like it!

gates · January 14, 2013, 21:42

Yeah they are nice, with N/S they get pretty spendy but they are GREAT pistols.

catmguy445 · January 15, 2013, 11:27

You want to get to be a good shot with a pistol? Here's how:

Learn the five basic marksmanship fundamentals, which are;

1. Sight alignment

2. Trigger control

3. Breathing

4. Stance/hold/grip

5. Follow-through

If you can apply these, I guarantee that you'll be able to shoot ANY handgun accurately. Doesn't make any difference it it's an auto or a wheelgun, or what caliber it is. Once you've got the fundamentals down pat, you can hit a target where you want to with anything you're shooting.

Timber Wolf · January 15, 2013, 13:33

Put 8 rounds or how ever many it holds, through a loaner .22 LCR at the range a few weeks back. I liked the little thing, and shot it well too. I don't think I will run out and buy one but I liked it. The fellow that owned it had it as an understudy to his .38 LCR, which I also shot but did not like as well.

gates · January 16, 2013, 22:27

It shines when you put 100 rounds through it and then pick up a PM9 - trust me.
You WILL be a better shooter!.

January 13, 2013, 23:22	#1
gates Registered FALaholic #: 129 Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: phx az Posts: 10,426	So you want to be good with a pistol... we all do - but I have stumbled across the way to do it - buy a Ruger LCR in .22- HEAVY HEAVY but smooth trigger - on a one inch + BBl... FORCES you to watch the front sight! GREAT training tool! - I was 100X with my Kahr PM9 (at 21) after 100 rds through the LCR - you HAVE to ignore EVERYTHING but the front sight.

January 14, 2013, 12:01	#2
Hootsmon Registered FALaholic #: 42584 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 495	Yea, I'd have to agree with that. I thought I could shoot a pistol reasonably well, using other peoples shooting irons at the range. Then I bought my first pistol, an early post-war FN Hi-power. Horrible trigger, sights are a tiny little thin blade and fixed V. Lordy!! I had to learn how to shoot! With a good quality wheelgun, I could land all my shots in the black area of the 25 meter bullseye target -10 or 12 inches across. With the Hi-power, I could only land 50% in the same area. I had to learn trigger control, follow-through, and I had to really concentrate on those decrepit old combat sights. I taught my wife how to shoot the old Hi-power and how important trigger control was. The next week, she qualified Expert with the M9. __________________ "Liberty will continue to erode, but not so fast we’ll jump out of the boiling pot"

January 15, 2013, 11:27	#5
catmguy445 Registered FALaholic #: 50311 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 1,212	You want to get to be a good shot with a pistol? Here's how: Learn the five basic marksmanship fundamentals, which are; 1. Sight alignment 2. Trigger control 3. Breathing 4. Stance/hold/grip 5. Follow-through If you can apply these, I guarantee that you'll be able to shoot ANY handgun accurately. Doesn't make any difference it it's an auto or a wheelgun, or what caliber it is. Once you've got the fundamentals down pat, you can hit a target where you want to with anything you're shooting. __________________ Zeke the CATM guy (MSGT, USAF, ret.) "The only easy day was yesterday" - US NAVY SEALs

January 15, 2013, 13:33	#6
Timber Wolf Registered FALaholic #: 805 Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Southern U.S. Posts: 2,861	Put 8 rounds or how ever many it holds, through a loaner .22 LCR at the range a few weeks back. I liked the little thing, and shot it well too. I don't think I will run out and buy one but I liked it. The fellow that owned it had it as an understudy to his .38 LCR, which I also shot but did not like as well. __________________ First rule of gun fighting: "have a gun!" "Guns don't kill people. Daddys with good looking daughters do!"

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January 14, 2013, 19:34	#3
wolfspotter1 Registered FALaholic #: 64473 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: New York Posts: 104	My younger brother got his NY permit and had me try his Kahr PM9. I shot a 2" group at 15yds with the little thing, really like it!

January 14, 2013, 21:42	#4
gates Registered FALaholic #: 129 Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: phx az Posts: 10,426	Yeah they are nice, with N/S they get pretty spendy but they are GREAT pistols.

January 16, 2013, 22:27	#7
gates Registered FALaholic #: 129 Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: phx az Posts: 10,426	It shines when you put 100 rounds through it and then pick up a PM9 - trust me. You WILL be a better shooter!.