I had another lesson at Jim's this morning. I had a list of things to bring up and we got them addressed.
1) I did put the gun back together properly after cleaning it!
2) If I stand to the left of center a bit in the lane, my cases will hit the coach and not me! (Except for one out of about 75.)
3) My wrists are not bending.
4) I'm flinching a bit, but not every time! (?) He loaded up some snap caps mixed with live rounds and had me go for it. Sometimes my hand would dip, sometimes not....mixed bag. Working on it. Good practice for clearing out problems, though, and keeping focused. Also good for racking the slide "up" instead of lowering the gun a bit to do it.
5) Groups were a bit perplexing....some nice and tight, some not. Thinking about my breathing helped, and slowing down.
6) Used new earmuffs and they were ok turned off while shooting, but turned on I can hear talking, which was a nice change.
7) Put a solution on glasses called Spit, worked pretty well keeping the fogging out.
So all in all a good day, and I have to say I loved shooting in the cold! It was still kind of hot for me in there, but you could see your breath....my kind of "weather"....
I was given some stuff to work on before the next lesson, so we'll see what happens.
I think I'm progressing well. It's going to take time, as y'all have told me. Feel free to make any suggestions you might have.
1) I did put the gun back together properly after cleaning it!
2) If I stand to the left of center a bit in the lane, my cases will hit the coach and not me! (Except for one out of about 75.)
3) My wrists are not bending.
4) I'm flinching a bit, but not every time! (?) He loaded up some snap caps mixed with live rounds and had me go for it. Sometimes my hand would dip, sometimes not....mixed bag. Working on it. Good practice for clearing out problems, though, and keeping focused. Also good for racking the slide "up" instead of lowering the gun a bit to do it.
5) Groups were a bit perplexing....some nice and tight, some not. Thinking about my breathing helped, and slowing down.
6) Used new earmuffs and they were ok turned off while shooting, but turned on I can hear talking, which was a nice change.
7) Put a solution on glasses called Spit, worked pretty well keeping the fogging out.
So all in all a good day, and I have to say I loved shooting in the cold! It was still kind of hot for me in there, but you could see your breath....my kind of "weather"....
I was given some stuff to work on before the next lesson, so we'll see what happens.
I think I'm progressing well. It's going to take time, as y'all have told me. Feel free to make any suggestions you might have.
