I'm not quite sure if this was the right forum but it seemed like a good fit. I also apologize in advance for the long winded post you're about to read. Grammar and spelling are not high points of mine so I will also do my best to make it as painless as possible for those with higher reading/writing aptitudes than I.
Recently I bought my first house (January 2nd 2014) and am Finally starting to get financially stable (though I still have my issues) so I have started rebuilding a firearms collection (I lost my old collection in a flood years ago at my parents house where all my firearms were stored) 10 years ago when my vision allowed me to I could hit about a 2" target at 100+ yards open sights with my Nagant 91/30 (god I miss that rifle). Now my vision sucks a lot more (poor diabetes control) and I cant see a small target that far anymore but I'm still a good shot as far as I can see with a rifle, I've also always been very good with a bow (of course I haven't shot a bow in at least 7 years). I grew up in NY so I never handled a pistol til I moved to Georgia about 8 years ago, Hell I was flabbergasted that you were allowed to walk out with a gun and bullets in the same purchase on the same day you decided to make the purchase. I got my carry permit (for two reasons, one I co-owned and ran a small cash only shop and felt better at night with a pistol under the register, and the other to make purchasing a gun at a gun show easier) and have slowly been trying out different pistols to see my liking.
However, I am clearly doing something wrong and I'm not sure what it is. I could never hit the broad side of a barn from inside it with a shotgun, and I'm almost as good with a handgun apparently. I've tried several pistols in many calibers. A high point 9mm was my first (it was cheap, lay off. I wasn't going to turn down $100 gun for my first pistol) and I couldn't hit crap with it (I attributed it to it being cheap) then I got a CZ72 in .32.. holy crap that is a ****ty round. I did like the weapon however. Then I got a RIA 1911 .45 because I always wanted one.. and I was almost as good with it as I was the High Point, I came across some Llama .380 that was a much smaller 1911 that I loved, and I could hit within what I considered to be a reasonable grouping with it (in other words at least I always hit the paper at 25 yards). I ended up selling it and being without for a while after my shop closed and I didn't need a weapon anymore, and I needed the money more. I hate that, I loved that gun and want another one.
Anyway fast forward to now. I have a Sig Sauer mosquito and a Walther PK380 (I like the round, hate how expensive it is) and I'm still only as good as well, I can hit the paper at least at 25 or so yards (the limit of my vision open sights anymore to see the bullseye in the paper) I love both guns, and I am sadly a much better shot with the .380 still. But my friend can consistently hit the bullseye with my pistol and put shots on top of shots and I just cant. I'm sure its something I'm doing wrong but I cant figure out what. I'm using a proper grip on the weapon, pulling the trigger with the tip of my index finger, I just don't get it. My friend cant teach me because of time, and because he just doesn't know how to teach the same as I play guitar well but I couldn't teach him how to do it because I don't know how to instruct him to do so. Is there some kind of class I should go to? Anybody have any tips, or that could help me out?
The second question I have is, while I am not accurate at all once I do get things settled in I would love to do competition shooting in some aspect, and I've no idea how to start or where to even look to get into it. Can someone point me into that direction as well?
Again, I apologize for the longwindedness of my post
Recently I bought my first house (January 2nd 2014) and am Finally starting to get financially stable (though I still have my issues) so I have started rebuilding a firearms collection (I lost my old collection in a flood years ago at my parents house where all my firearms were stored) 10 years ago when my vision allowed me to I could hit about a 2" target at 100+ yards open sights with my Nagant 91/30 (god I miss that rifle). Now my vision sucks a lot more (poor diabetes control) and I cant see a small target that far anymore but I'm still a good shot as far as I can see with a rifle, I've also always been very good with a bow (of course I haven't shot a bow in at least 7 years). I grew up in NY so I never handled a pistol til I moved to Georgia about 8 years ago, Hell I was flabbergasted that you were allowed to walk out with a gun and bullets in the same purchase on the same day you decided to make the purchase. I got my carry permit (for two reasons, one I co-owned and ran a small cash only shop and felt better at night with a pistol under the register, and the other to make purchasing a gun at a gun show easier) and have slowly been trying out different pistols to see my liking.
However, I am clearly doing something wrong and I'm not sure what it is. I could never hit the broad side of a barn from inside it with a shotgun, and I'm almost as good with a handgun apparently. I've tried several pistols in many calibers. A high point 9mm was my first (it was cheap, lay off. I wasn't going to turn down $100 gun for my first pistol) and I couldn't hit crap with it (I attributed it to it being cheap) then I got a CZ72 in .32.. holy crap that is a ****ty round. I did like the weapon however. Then I got a RIA 1911 .45 because I always wanted one.. and I was almost as good with it as I was the High Point, I came across some Llama .380 that was a much smaller 1911 that I loved, and I could hit within what I considered to be a reasonable grouping with it (in other words at least I always hit the paper at 25 yards). I ended up selling it and being without for a while after my shop closed and I didn't need a weapon anymore, and I needed the money more. I hate that, I loved that gun and want another one.
Anyway fast forward to now. I have a Sig Sauer mosquito and a Walther PK380 (I like the round, hate how expensive it is) and I'm still only as good as well, I can hit the paper at least at 25 or so yards (the limit of my vision open sights anymore to see the bullseye in the paper) I love both guns, and I am sadly a much better shot with the .380 still. But my friend can consistently hit the bullseye with my pistol and put shots on top of shots and I just cant. I'm sure its something I'm doing wrong but I cant figure out what. I'm using a proper grip on the weapon, pulling the trigger with the tip of my index finger, I just don't get it. My friend cant teach me because of time, and because he just doesn't know how to teach the same as I play guitar well but I couldn't teach him how to do it because I don't know how to instruct him to do so. Is there some kind of class I should go to? Anybody have any tips, or that could help me out?
The second question I have is, while I am not accurate at all once I do get things settled in I would love to do competition shooting in some aspect, and I've no idea how to start or where to even look to get into it. Can someone point me into that direction as well?
Again, I apologize for the longwindedness of my post
