Category Archives: Fixing Low-Left Groups, Flinch, etc.
Busting the Myth Of The Iron Grip For Shooting
For some reason, I’ve been getting questions and finding myself in conversations about grip quite a bit lately. Now, there’s a lot of misinformation on grip…especially on how firmly you should grip, how to improve grip, and what to do about reduced grip from arthritis, carpal tunnel, and other pain issues. Take the 100% grip…
You’re probably gripping too hard (Here’s how to tell)
There’s a line of thinking in shooting, combatives, and sports that if you do more of the same thing with greater frequency and intensity, you’ll get better results. But what if there’s a smarter way to train? Grip intensity on a pistol is a great example of this. On one hand, we know that the…
How fast should you dry fire so you don’t outrun the gun in live fire?
People say that you MUST have recoil for firearms training to be effective. All of my subscribers, students, and clients know that recoil doesn’t matter for first shot speed and accuracy, but what about multi-shot speed and accuracy? Well, at some speed, you absolutely must do live fire to keep shooting fast, tight groups. For…
5 Quick/Easy Spec-Ops Trigger Control Tips For Defensive Pistol & Long Range Precision
One of the most important things you can learn as a shooter—especially a defensive pistol shooter or long range precision shooter—is how to press the trigger without disturbing where the sights are pointed. A bad trigger press can cause you to miss man-sized targets at incredibly close distances. When you’re shooting paper in front of…
Trigger Slap Drill for Better Trigger Control
I just ran into a video again from a couple of well known instructors who are great shooters. They that claimed that you shouldn’t practice a slow, deliberate trigger press because you don’t have time for that in a gunfight. It was one of those times when I hung my head and shook it in…
How to use Brain Based Diagnostic Splatter Targets
For years, I have mocked diagnostic targets. I love the idea behind them, but they’re designed for slow fire, 1 handed, bullseye shooting using light single action triggers. Besides telling you the problem and not the solution, they just don’t work for 2 handed defensive shooting. To be clear, in my opinion, “defensive shooting” doesn’t…
“My Sights Are Off” and other Pistol Accuracy Myths
There are some trips to the range that I remember very clearly… A decade or so ago, I bought an H&K USPc. I immediately took it to the range, had the sights swapped out, and took it onto the range for a test fire. The darn thing shot low. I took it back to the gunsmith…
Avoiding Splatter Target Training Scars…
Most shooters don’t know that there’s a right way and a wrong way to use splatter targets. As a result, most people use them incorrectly. Do it wrong and it’s like riding the brakes on your car and it usually throws your shot off. Do it right and it’s great training for your brain. The…
Fixing Horizontal Stringing On Pistol Groups
When I’m working with a single shooter on a live fire range, I spend most of my time assessing the shooter…not looking at their target. I look at what they’re doing, how they’re doing it, and figuring out the 1-2 highest leverage opportunities for improvement. But when I’m working with multiple shooters at the same…
Want to shoot better? Train less. Here’s why…
A common saying in the gun world is that if you have a choice between a $500 gun and a $1,000 gun, you should get the $500 gun and put the rest into training and ammo. This is true to a point, but the majority of training and practice that gets done at ranges across…
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