Acquiring a target, lining up iron sights, and wrangling recoil can be harder for some shooters than others, especially accounting for varying levels of skill, familiarity, and resistance to recoil.
That said, these three pistol shooting drills should help build confidence, proficiency, and just as importantly, accuracy.
Fight Flinching: Balance the Brass
Unload and clear your weapon. Have a range partner balance an empty cartridge on your pistol’s front sight. Pull the trigger – in a straight line – until you achieve a clean break.
You should drill until you can do this consistently without knocking the brass off the front sight.
Why? Because if you drop the brass, it’s because you’re twisting or canting the gun, or worse, because you’re flinching.
Flinching before the trigger breaks will annihilate any semblance of accuracy, and it may even exacerbate muzzle jump, complicating your next shot.
Practice Proficiency and Precision: The One-Shot Drill
When one shot counts, the one-shot drill can help build proficiency. Clear your weapon and then chamber a single round.
Line your sights up and fire. Assess your shot. Practice the single shot drill until you feel comfortable acquiring the target and executing the shot, accurately.
One variant of this drill will also help you recognize and eliminate flinching. Clear the weapon, then load a single round.
Fire, then line up your sights and pull the trigger. If your sights move, it’s because you anticipated the shot. Drill until you eliminate this anticipation.
Acquiring Two Targets: The Failure to Stop Drill
This drill can help you improve target acquisition, target transition, and accuracy. You’ll need a silhouette style target for this.
Fire two shots at the center of the target, then one more final shot at the center of the target’s “head.” The goal here is to execute these three shots as rapidly, and accurately, as possible.
Though this drill is intended to assist you in training to neutralize a charging hostile target, such as an attacker or wild animal, it can help you improve target acquisition, rapid target transition, and accuracy under duress.
Combating Muzzle Jump: Install a Compensator
This final suggestion is not a drill, though it can be useful, especially for any shooter that struggles with recoil fatigue during long sessions at the range.
Consider installing a compatible compensator on your pistol, specifically one of the HK, CZ, Ruger, S&W, or Glock 17 compensators available at AnarchyOutdoors.com.
Installing a compensator on your Glock pistol not only reduces recoil but can help you keep muzzle jump to a minimum so you can make faster, more accurate follow-up shots. They can be the perfect shooting accessory for those that struggle with recoil management.
But why Anarchy Outdoors? Their Glock 17 compensators install easily, are made from high-quality materials, and do not adversely affect shot power. They are also compatible not only with G17 pistols but also with select G19, G19X, and G20 pistols, and come with Anarchy Outdoors’ Lifetime Guarantee.
For more information on these wrist-saving, accuracy-enhancing firearm components, visit Anarchy Outdoors via the link above or contact them directly at 833-980-0333.
