Best Tips You Received to Improve Handgun Accuracy?

[RustVendor]

Send it. Send it fast. I shoot better fast than slow lmao. Shooting fast helped me find my rhythm, I overthink it shooting slow

i think there's a lot of truth to this, if you are shooting low left you are flinching in anticipation. The more build up before you shoot the more anticipation and the more pressure to "make it good". At least try shooting faster there's no downside

 

[Joker67]

Haven’t seen this yet:

Take a class from a good instructor who can do what you want to be able to do. They can observe and correct you as well as give you homework to practice on your own to work on your weak points.

Try a few instructors. You’ll waste money on some mediocre classes, but then you’ll find one where you learn 10x more than in the mediocre class.

You really can’t learn on your own or from videos. There are small corrections that a good shooter can give you to keep you from a lifetime of bad habits.

After my first good class, the instructor said: “ Stop buying guns. Pick one gun and train with it for a year or two. Don’t be one of those guys who has 10 pistols but can’t shoot any well.”

Figure out what your goals are. Good instruction will help with whatever that is. Dry fire, drills etc all build on your instruction and being taught to train , not just shoot.

 

[Indian valley headhunter]

I'm looking to improve my handgun accuracy and thus form, I guess, maybe like a golf swing? For me, I'm inconsistent, sometimes I do well, sometimes not. I have a feeling it's a combination of trigger pull and grip perhaps. What are some of the most impactful tips you received while trying to improve your consistency outside of just practice? Form? Hands? Angle? Grip? I'm just focused on 7yd not speed and really trying to analyze each action better hoping the sum is a better result and consistent.

Trigger press and front sight focus

 

[Diabolus]

Cool. Just ordered the 140lb version. I'm a pretty big dude already so hope this is a good middle ground to work with.

If you already lift/big guy the No. 1 will be a good start, I don't think you'll have a problem with it. I bought the T, 1 and 2. Number 2 is defeated and will get the 2.5 soon. The T was a waste of money, super easy. I only use it now to give to friends and watch them tap out lol.

 

[Diabolus]

For those who don't know, Captains of Crush is a grip/hand strengthener.

What is your reasoning on how this would improve pistol accuracy? (I agree just curious)

I got to a high level in USPSA production and was doing everything to improve at the time. What I found the best was a solid grip on the firearm and hand strength helps with that a lot. I used the Talon grip tape that's similar to skateboard tape and the lotion like Pro Grip enhancer, that was a perfect setup. Outside of grip strength, dry firing and reloading was super important and free.

I think there are some basic fundamentals to shooting, but practicing as much as you can makes you a great shooter. People can get lost in all the advice online and I like to keep it as simple as possible.

 

[Gawernator]

So jerk off to get better at shooting?

 

[RustVendor]

So jerk off to get better at shooting?

you probably have to train for more than a few seconds though

 

[RustVendor]

If you already lift/big guy the No. 1 will be a good start, I don't think you'll have a problem with it. I bought the T, 1 and 2. Number 2 is defeated and will get the 2.5 soon. The T was a waste of money, super easy. I only use it now to give to friends and watch them tap out lol.

I haven't done them in a while but I got up to a 2.5. I tried tonight and couldn't quite get a 2 lol. Incidentally they are only about half the advertised weight, my 2.5 was measured and stamped at 130 lbs i believe. The light weight ones are actually good for training because you can get a bunch of volume for warming up or just endurance after you go heavy. I'm a bigger fan of the rolling grip thing and the crush grip blocks, I got up to a couple hundred on the RGT at one point. All that said I've been really trying to shoot with less tension and so not gripping as hard as I can when I shoot, although having high top end strength really helps. There's a girl that shoots uspsa here that clearly lacks grip strength because the muzzle flips up pretty high on each shot but she's still fairly fast because it returns right where she needs. I think that consistent return is more important than locking it down.

 

[lactoast]

So jerk off to get better at shooting?

You jerk off to get better at shooting. I shoot to get better at jerking off.