New shooter needs training instructor

Chris54326 said:
Also, I might add that I lost the ring finger on my left hand a year and a half ago, and have been working hard to regain motor skills and strength.
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Did your shooting skills change in conjunction with losing your finger? Assuming you are a right handed shooter your support (left) hand is the most important in proper grip. Lance, Mike, Marshall and Eric taught me that at, yes, TDSA.

It sounds like your grip strength might have changed your grip
 
Thanks Burk, I think you may be right. I quit shooting about 35 or 40 years ago. Didn't pick up a handgun to shoot until just this past month, in preparation for concealed carry. I lost the finger a year ago this past June. Yes, I'm right handed, so the lost finger may well have something to do with it. I'm 69 years old and very physically strong for my age, but I'm beginning to think the problem is grip strength. I'm in the gym 3 days a week with resistance, weights and cardio. During my weight lifting session, I've been taking a 5 pound weight in each hand, holding them at my sides as if carrying a book down the street. Then I raise my arms as if presenting to shoot and hold them in that pinch grip for 60 seconds. Then I lower them for 30 seconds and repeat. Just started this last week, and haven't experienced any soreness as a result.................so don't know if I'm accomplishing anything or not, and it's obviously too early to see any improvement in my shooting as a result.
 
Chris54326 said:
Been using firearms all my life. Typical male ego, in that "I already know how to shoot", when in fact, I do well to keep handgun shots in an 8" circle at 7 yards. Don't know what happened because I used to keep my shots at 50 feet in one ragged hole with my 6" Colt Python. Now I'm shooting a Browning High-power and a Glock 27. Not doing so well with either and can't figure out why.
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Obviously, a professional at TDSA (Still not sure what that spells) is the way to go, but your support hand helps with recoil management more than anything. Unless you're doing a magazine dump with an initial sight picture and then closing your eyes, your grip isn't going to cause your rounds to disperse that badly. If your sight alignment, sight picture, and trigger press are correct, you can do better than 8" at 7 yards one handed. Definitely seek professional training, but it is also understandable that someone with a fixed income may not be able to afford quality instruction right away. I'm betting if you can post video of you firing with decent closeups, there are plenty of guys here who can give you some well-educated guesses on which fundamental(s) you are failing at.
 
Call Will at H&H (405) 947-3888. He might even be willing to do a one-on-one class.

Also, those little grip strengthener thingies that you squeeze are really good too
 
Burk Cornelius said:
Call Will at H&H (405) 947-3888. He might even be willing to do a one-on-one class.

Also, those little grip strengthener thingies that you squeeze are really good too
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I e-mailed him earlier this morning.
 
Marshal, with TDSA, just returned my e-mail. I explained, in detail. my problem and he said I should take the one-day Handgun Skills course. There's one coming on Nov 1st, but I can't make that one. Will stay on-course to a solution for my problem, but will try and take their next scheduled Handgun Skills course.

Will, with Handgun Shooting Sports, also just returned my e-mail and said to drop by H&H any afternoon and he'll critique and properly adjust my grip and send me home to practice. If that doesn't work, we can try some instruction.
 
Just got back from H&H. Will was running late today, so Deke helped me. Only took about 10 or 15 minutes, but boy were they ever fruitful. Can't wait to load up some rounds and get to trying out what he suggested.
 
Ran 25 rounds through both my Glock 27 and my Browning Hi-Power. Disappointment in both cases. Either I didn't do what Deke told me, or I'm an absolute klutz with a handgun! :( I'll keep trying, of course, because 25 rounds didn't really prove anything, but I'd hoped to see at least some improvement!
 
Zeke, not Deke.
And don't get flustered if results don't come immediately.
Keep trying and keep seeking out proper instruction.
 
Matt Rigsby said:
Zeke, not Deke.
And don't get flustered if results don't come immediately.
Keep trying and keep seeking out proper instruction.
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Deke taught me all I know.
 
Is it Deke or Zeke...........for sure? Can't tell with Mike saying Deke taught him all he knows. Never can tell when you guys are pullin' my leg! :o
 
Okay, my mistake. If you happened to see my mistake, Zeke, please accept my apology. I'm terrible with names................even forget my own sometimes. :sarcastichand:
 
Well, I just had an hour long lesson with Zeke Ernst, Mike, and I gained a lot. He pointed out many things I needed to pay more attention to and I think it was a fruitful lesson. Maybe I'll be able to get off the porch and shoot with the "big boys" some day! :laugh:
 
Chris54326 said:
Maybe I'll be able to get off the porch and shoot with the "big boys" some day! :laugh:
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Steel Challenge. Stand in a box and shoot five targets. Five times in a row. So easy that kids do it, successfully.
 
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