One handed shooting

You jest, but your close to the truth. Ive always struggled shooting single handed until recently when I received some advice from a co worker that is a recent spec ops retiree from the Army. he told me that everyone is different and to find my natural single handed grip. To do so, grab your pistol in your strong, close your eyes and extend your hand to the shooting position. I do so and find the pistol canted to the left at about 30 degrees. My weak or left hand its canted to the right at about 45 degrees. When I quit trying to fire the pistol in the vert position I found that my sights came back on target faster and aligned allowing a faster second or numerous shots after. This was clarified once again just this past weekend where we had to shoot strong and weak hand 5 shots per target.In the past, I would had some missed targets or shot very slowly. Using this technique, I had 10 well aimed quick shots. I might have looked like a TV gansta, but it works..

Is it possible you are left eye dominant?
When shooting left handed I cant the gun a bit to the right, to get the gun to my dominant eye. Just throwing it out there.
 
Bullseye is still popular. They have a match at my club every month. Several members here shoot it, or have shot it. Many people started with Bullseye. But some people want to move on and develop other important skills in shooting.

Accuracy is a requirement in practical shooting sports like 3gun or USPSA. Accuracy is critical. And any decent shooter is going to be completely competent at shooting one handed, with BOTH left and right hands. It's a requirement to do well in any practical shooting sports. The only "hoser" sport I can think of where this is not critical is Cowboy Action Shooting.
Last 3gun match I shot we had pistol targets out to 50 yards, rifle targets out to 400 yards, and slug targets out at 100 yards. And, those after getting your heart rate up.
USPSA or 3gun, they have not moved any targets closer I can assure you, lol.
Plenty of respect for accuracy in the shooting sports. Its part of the scoring in all of them. It's a fundamental aspect of it. But, there is respect for the ALL other aspects of shooting as well. Which is absent in Bullseye.
A lot of assumptions about these sports are just incorrect, because people have never been to one.

I encourage everyone to try these shooting sports. There are matches of all levels all around the Carolinas. Some that are self defense based. Some that are more pure gamer based. Some for precision rifles. Some for carbines. Anything you could possibly want, including standing at a line and shooting one handed if that is how you prefer to shoot. It's all good. You can do you.

Often times we practical shooters come off as arrogant. But it's actually the opposite that is true: we've been humbled many times. All our scores are available to the public with our names next to it. No keyboard to hide behind. We've had our asses kicked many times and now know what is possible. When before we did not know. We've seen others come and be humbled. We've heard and seen all this before many times. We have been there ourselves! Not trying to poop on anybody, just trying to keep the record straight.

Anybody that has any desire to try a fun match, please don't hesitate to contact me and I will do whatever I can to help, as I have done for many members here. You'll find that competition shooting is fun as hell. People are helpful and want you to have fun. They want you to get better. You will be humbled by what you see and learn. It will expose your weaknesses, and puts dents in your ego, and you will be a much better shooter for it. Or, even just go watch some and get an idea of whats right for you. Spectators are always welcome and any questions will be happily answered.
Very well put NKD
 
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I find most shooters shoot too slowly in their practice, and this leads to unrealistic assessments of proficiency. Gunfights are fluid and moving, your practice should be too. Most officers don’t run out of ammo, they run out of time or distance.

Thanks XTP, I see this everytime I go to my clubs range. Guys shooting a round every 5-10 seconds at 7 yards. I call them "groupers". They are looking for a small group and don't care how long it takes. They never speed up. That's fine if it makes them happy but not very useful as a defensive skill.

I shoot double taps and control pairs and try to find out what my useful speed really is. "Going faster is a disaster".

As Dirty Harry said "A man's got to know his limitations". By the way he shot 1 handed.
 
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I can tell you guys what happened to accuracy training....... Steel!!! Shooting steel is akin to shooting thin air with no measurable results. My God, it's 10 to 12 " in diameter, your usually less than 25 feet away and you think any "hit" is a good hit, as long as it makes a noise it makes you an expert.

Really? At my rimfire match we shoot steel as small as .25" at 50 yards. Or 2" at 150 yards. Just hosing it down of course on full auto standing on one foot. Piece of cake.

Maybe you should get out more instead of throwing stones at other shooting sports. We're all in this together you know. If you had to rely on what you consider "real shooters" to preserve your 2A rights, they'd be gone already.
 
Is it possible you are left eye dominant?
When shooting left handed I cant the gun a bit to the right, to get the gun to my dominant eye. Just throwing it out there.
What I ment was that in my strong or right hand, the pistol is tilted to the left and my left or weak hand its tilted to the right.. Sort of like this / \
Hope this helps..
 
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I done and gone injured my right arm. Seems like a good time to work on my offhand, one-handed shooting. Need to strengthen and gain coordination in that hand for other pursuits anyway. :p
 
I can tell you guys what happened to accuracy training....... Steel!!! Shooting steel is akin to shooting thin air with no measurable results. My God, it's 10 to 12 " in diameter, your usually less than 25 feet away and you think any "hit" is a good hit, as long as it makes a noise it makes you an expert.
I shoot steel strong hand and support hand at 4o yards. Come see how well you do.
 
I shoot steel strong hand and support hand at 4o yards. Come see how well you do.

You are correct, but many people do shoot steel at short distances and think they are all that. Even some Yankee transplants are guilty of that! :D
 
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This guy was pretty good, single handed. ;)


We need a place near here to shoot loose balloons.

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Actually, on a more practical level, balloons tied in a bunch with individual strings is a challenge. When the first one is popped, the rest start moving.

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You are correct, but many people do shoot steel at short distances and think they are all that. Even so e Yankee transplants are guilty of that! :D
Bill referenced shooting steel at 25 feet. You’d get kicked off any range I shoot at for shooting steel at anything less than 10 yards (30 feet for those using their fingers and toes).

Plus for action shooting it’s great practice to set up an array of steel (small poppers for me) to practice transitions, whether freestyle, strong hand or support hand at any distance outside ten yards. I typically shoot paper targets at longer distances to see where my groups are.
 
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I can tell you guys what happened to accuracy training....... Steel!!! Shooting steel is akin to shooting thin air with no measurable results. My God, it's 10 to 12 " in diameter, your usually less than 25 feet away and you think any "hit" is a good hit, as long as it makes a noise it makes you an expert.

In the last month I have had officers here from HCDC that CAN NOT hit a 6 inch plate at 5 yards...Can Not..is that the steel's fault?
 
In the last month I have had officers here from HCDC that CAN NOT hit a 6 inch plate at 5 yards...Can Not..is that the steel's fault?
More likely the fault of taking part in Jeppo’s Online University of Precision Shootin’. :cool:
 
Thanks XTP, I see this everytime I go to my clubs range. Guys shooting a round every 5-10 seconds at 7 yards. I call them "groupers". They are looking for a small group and don't care how long it takes. They never speed up. That's fine if it makes them happy but not very useful as a defensive skill.

I shoot double taps and control pairs and try to find out what my useful speed really is. "Going faster is a disaster".

As Dirty Harry said "A man's got to know his limitations". By the way he shot 1 handed.
Not all pistol shooting is for defensive purposes. For example, I quite often use my pistol to dispatch various game on the farm where I have several seconds to take good aim. Coyotes, rabbits, nutria, beaver, groundhogs, squirrels, and even a deer have fallen to my .32 H&R Single Six where precise aim was required.
 
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