Shot the Sig....

Millie, there are two points that haven't been touched, combat accuracy and sights. Yes, my comment was meant to be very positive. Keeping the majority of your hits in center mass fairly ensures you are going to damage the bad guy. That's what is supposed to happen.
In broad terms, there are two types of handguns. There are guns specifically designed and optioned for bulls eye kind of accuracy. The other kind of gun is designed for combat and/or personal defense. Your P238 is a personal defense weapon, I also own one and carried it for a while. It was not designed for accuracy and target shooting (although mine is very accurate), it was envisioned as an up close protective tool. If you take a close look at the Sig night sights, they are fairly large and easy to see when trying to get on target. They are not target sights, but what I call combat sights. Over time I decided they are too large and with enough practice and trigger time others think so too.
Shooting a handgun, as you are discovering is not an easy task. But the best thing you can do for yourself is to continue training with a professional instructor.
You guys always amaze me with your responses to my questions, and I learn something from every one, and everyone!
I like the explanation about my gun and what its purpose is. As for the sights, right now they're sized just fine! Meaning I can see them pretty well! Lol. I have no idea if they're the original ones or if the previous owner did some changing out. They do glow in the dark, which might be a good thing if I'm attacked at night.
But I'm very glad I like the gun as much as I thought I would, and plan to keep taking classes of various types, even though I may have to drive some distance. I want a well-rounded gun education!
Thanks for taking the time to respond! Every piece of info is helpful for a newbie.
If I may ask, what do you carry now, since you used to carry the p238 and now don't.
 
Best proficiency will be gained with a 22lr target pistol and those skills will transfer over to a combat pistol. From what I'm reading you're beginning this journey and it's hard to go back and un-learn bad habits and muscle memory which are quickly picked up by shooting a subcompact combat pistol and little grasp of basic fundamentals. I know you want to shoot your P238 but you really should be spending more time behind a tool that will better develop your fundamentals and that's gonna be a 22lr pistol. All of the advice and feedback on fundamentals means nothing if you're training on the wrong tool....it's liking teaching a new driver how to drive with a compact car that's light on weight and high on horsepower.

You're doing the right things it sounds as far as actually getting out and shooting and getting training but at this critical time you need to train with a tool more appropriate for learning. This is the most valid reason for buying another gun that you'll find...lol.


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Well, I do plan to buy a .22, but it's not exactly in the budget right now. Lol.
Not to sound snotty, but my coach didn't mention that I should be training with a .22.....
I guess I could rent one, though....
My thinking has been that I need to get fairly proficient with the gun I'll be carrying all the time, so if I ever do have to use it, I'll know what it can do, and what I can do with it, and won't get a rude surprise when fire it under stressy conditions. Is this not a valid point?
 
Well, I do plan to buy a .22, but it's not exactly in the budget right now. Lol.
Not to sound snotty, but my coach didn't mention that I should be training with a .22.....
I guess I could rent one, though....
My thinking has been that I need to get fairly proficient with the gun I'll be carrying all the time, so if I ever do have to use it, I'll know what it can do, and what I can do with it, and won't get a rude surprise when fire it under stressy conditions. Is this not a valid point?

The .22 gives you all the positives of working on form without developing negatives from dealing with more recoil. It's just easier and less stressfull. I always start a new shooter on a .22. And I also still shoot one a lot. It's fun and you can focus more on the mechanics of shooting.

Shooting your carry gun is also a great idea. I thinks Wahoos point is that all the skills learned on the 22 will easily transfer to a carry gun. I'm sure he will be back to say more. Basically, he's got a good point though. BTW, the guy you are paying to teach you to shoot will work with what you bring in most cases. It's not a knock on him, your are the customer and it's your gun so he's going to work with what you bring.
 
Millie, After the P238, I switched to a small 1911 in 9mm. However now I carry a Shield M.2 in 9mm. Very light weight and easy to conceal. 9mm is less expensive than .380 and has a bit more punch.
 
The .22 gives you all the positives of working on form without developing negatives from dealing with more recoil. It's just easier and less stressfull. I always start a new shooter on a .22. And I also still shoot one a lot. It's fun and you can focus more on the mechanics of shooting.

Shooting your carry gun is also a great idea. I thinks Wahoos point is that all the skills learned on the 22 will easily transfer to a carry gun. I'm sure he will be back to say more. Basically, he's got a good point though. BTW, the guy you are paying to teach you to shoot will work with what you bring in most cases. It's not a knock on him, your are the customer and it's your gun so he's going to work with what you bring.
I'm going to text him and see if he thinks I need to work with a .22, we'll see what he thinks. I'd like to think he'd have told me if he thought I should, but it's not like we're buddies, so who knows? Lol.
 
Millie, After the P238, I switched to a small 1911 in 9mm. However now I carry a Shield M.2 in 9mm. Very light weight and easy to conceal. 9mm is less expensive than .380 and has a bit more punch.
I actually did fire a Shield in 9mm, and it wasn't as bad as the others, and I plan to give 9mm another try because I hadn't shot very much before I tried all those guns. What about a Sig in 9mm? I held a couple today and one was really nice-feeling! Nice and solid, and I could work the "parts"!
 
I actually did fire a Shield in 9mm, and it wasn't as bad as the others, and I plan to give 9mm another try because I hadn't shot very much before I tried all those guns. What about a Sig in 9mm? I held a couple today and one was really nice-feeling! Nice and solid, and I could work the "parts"!

The P938? Shoot it first. Generally consensus is that it's really snappy and not as nice to shoot as the P238. I have a buddy that has both and that's what he tells me. But if you can shoot it, it's better to know how you feel about it.
 
The P938? Shoot it first. Generally consensus is that it's really snappy and not as nice to shoot as the P238. I have a buddy that has both and that's what he tells me. But if you can shoot it, it's better to know how you feel about it.
Oh, most definitely shooting first...learned that one the hard way! And so far, for me, nothing has been as nice to shoot as the p238!!! (I'm not giving up on 9mm just yet though, and also trying to find a way to be friends with my revolver, but that'll be after I do lots of shooting with my Sig.)

(The one I held, which was the 938 I'm pretty sure, was very pretty, though!! LOL. Easy-to-work slide.)
 
P938 or P365?
Pretty sure it was the 938, because he said they were expecting some new gun, he might have said 365. I need to take notes or pics when I do these fondling missions!
 
good for you Millie, keep up the good work. personally I would recommend the I-target system for practicing dry firing. very convenient and will show you instantly how you are doing. I think it is great for training muscle memory, focusing on sight picture through the entire trigger pull, exercising racking the slide, and more, in the comfort of your own home, at any time ( practice shooting from bed)...all without recoil/ noise/ ammo cost compared to 3000 shots per set of batteries/ having to travel. easily worth more than the 105 bucks it cost me.
good luck
 
The P938 is just like the P238, it's just 9mm.

The P365 is completely different and holds more rounds. It weighs less, and is snappy with recoil, but the extra 4 rounds is worth it to me.
 
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