[EddieF]

15 feet, I know, not very far. But I was just trying to get some practice in with my new front sight and lighter trigger. Trigger felt GREAT and worked every time. If I throw out these two low ones I'm pretty happy with the rest of the group.

25 feet a little looser but still not bad, I don't think.

On both of the targets above I shot many of these rounds pretty quickly. This GP is a very comfortable gun to shoot pretty fast, I think. But I really had fun with my Marlin lever gun, you can check out those targets in the lever gun forum.

 

[EddieF]

Yeah, this was double action, and not more than a couple seconds between shots. It is fun. And I do see improvement. But I know I have a long way to go!

 

[EddieF]

Thanks Ratgunner! I am going to try Deputy's suggestion next time and try just a small target on a sheet of paper. Maybe I'll miss smaller.

 

[EddieF]

Thanks Snuffy, I will try that. I'm also going to try some single action next time.

 

[EddieF]

Okay boys. I'm going again today. My goal? Aim small, miss small. I got a pack of 3" stick-on targets and will put those on regular paper. I also brought my holster for the first time, I might as well give that a go, see what it's like to draw and shoot.

And Snuffy, I was doing some dry firing last night at the TV and, now that you've brought it to my attention, I can see that I do squeeze the gun to the right while pulling the trigger. So between working on that and trying really hard to aim small, I think I'll just keep things at 7 yards today and focus on those fundamentals.

 

[EddieF]

Well I totally disagree that under 1" c to c for a five shot group at seven yards is "not great!" I think that's awesome!

When I took my class at the NRA range where I'm going today, we started with a smallish dot stuck on regular paper and I did pretty good (though nothing close to 1"!). Then he put the silhouette target up, much larger, and I couldn't see where the shots were going. He brought the target back and my "group" was much, much larger. Funny, you think you're still aiming at a single point, you know? But my stupid brain is overriding it, going, "hey it's a big fat torso, you can hit that easily!"

I'll keep you posted!