JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"Black Dog" wrote in message
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Harry Krause wrote:

I didn't say shooting stuff wasn't fun. I NEVER said shooting stuff
isn't fun. I own guns. Handguns, in fact. At the shooting range there
are man targets that I love. To take them down with the 22 requires a
good head-shot and I can do it 5 out of 5 times. The 9mm I can't hit
the broad side of a barn with.



Are you consistently missing with the 9 mm? Are your sights off? Is your
stance off? Are you not using a good two-handed grip?


Yeah, consistantly. Haven't quite figured out what I'm doing wrong. The
hubby can do a nice tight cluster on the bullseye with the beast, my shots
usually hit the ground way short of the target. I know the sights are
good, I know how to stand and hold a gun. Like I said, I'm a dead-eye with
22. The Browie is quite a bit lighter than the 22 so I thought it would
be easier to hold steady, but not so.

I think I may be pulling up my hands at the last second because I hate the
recoil so much. The first time I shot with it my right hand ached for two
weeks afterward. A psychological block of some sort. Fortunately, I'm not
a cop or a soldier so it doesn't much matter.


Questions & comments:

1) With the 9mm, what distance are the targets at?

25 yards. I can't even pretend to get near the 50 yard ones. Hell, I
can't even see the 50 yard ones.


2) Which gun? How long's the barrel?

Jeez, I donno. It's a Browning 9mm and it is short and heavy. It is
exactly like the one Indiana Jones has in the movies.


3) In order to eliminate any marital or gun repair issues, check either the
9mm's instruction book, or call the manufacturer and see if it's OK to dry
fire the gun. Or, get some snap caps (fake rounds which you load to protect
the firing pin). Now, practice without real ammo. An explosion at the end of
one's hand is not normal, and you can get into the habit of flinching in
anticipation of the shot. Dry firing gives you an opportunity to keep your
eye on what's important: Sight alignment. If you see the sites becoming
misaligned as you dry fire, then you start working on how you're pulling the
trigger.

Yes. Flinching in anticipation is exactly what I think I am doing. But
I have no ambition to become Annie Oakley. The big bang the 22 makes is
an excellent bear-deterent even though I couldn't take the ******* down
with it if I tried.


4) Here's a chart that links shot placement errors with "errors of the
hand": http://www.targetshooting.ca/docs/Pi...t_Analysis.pdf

Thanks.