Sidearms & Scatterguns Help - quick YouTube video on Not anticipating the shot

[practical]

Hi gents

Its a cry of help from across the pond

Does anyone know of a quick YouTube video that has some top tips on how not to anticipate the shot when shooting a glock,

A friend is on a training course and their rounds are going low because of the above issue.

It would be great if I could direct them to a video to help them out, just to Give them a confidence boost to calm the nerves.

 

[thrusty]

Start out with dry firing exercises and then one round at a time.
If they are especially new to firearms, then probably a smaller, more manageable caliber would be in order until they get over the flinch....say a .22LR.

Unfortunately, You don't just watch a video and cure yourself of the bad habit...it takes lots of familiarization, practice and trust in the firearm.

 

[Pester]

I am with Thrusty and I am sure he has much more experience in knowledge sharing than I.

Not sure there is a You Tube video I can recommend. That being said there are a bunch of them out there. Hickock45 seems to have a following and I would say that most of the videos from the NSSF (National Shooting Sports Foundation) are pretty good. At the end of the day there are a bunch of people of all types (female/male, large/small, strong/weak, etc) learn to shoot and I suspect most of that happens with good instruction and practice.

smaller calibers, dry fire, dummy rounds, slow fire, help from a knowledgable friend/instructor and practice/practice/practice.

Best of luck to and nice of you to help a friend

 

[Veer_G]

... just to Give them a confidence boost to calm the nerves.

What sort of godawful caliber from hell are you using that would create a case of nerves in a pistol shooter?

Tell your instructors (who are the ones who should be diagnosing and remedying) to break out the snap caps and go to town.

Explained: pistol-training.com » Ball & Dummy Drill

 

[practical]

Hi gents

Thanks for the quick replies, I must admit I know I'm asking for the miracle easy way out.

The background is my friend is on a police firearms team selection course and being the uk the first chance to use a real pistol is on the course. I'm the guy that's supposed to know how to fix things and I ain't shot a pistol in years last time I trained with one (army) was 7 yrs ago. I did buy them a airsoft pistol to practice the drills, just dont have access to a real one.

Don't forget in the uk pistols are banned / not allowed for civilian use.

Oh and not that it matters their female .

All the best

 

[Victory]

I had an issue with flinch, and it wasn't so much the felt recoil as it was the sound. I doubled my hearing protection and did a lot of dry firing, it helped a lot.