Went shooting today

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You're happy about a failure to feed?

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Nah I was just expecting more.

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You're happy about a failure to feed?

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He did buy a Taurus..

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Any tips from the wise men of the OB?

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Yea, apparently dont post here if you arent shooting all 10's with Glocks or a 1911.

Stance and grip are big factors, but you really need to put the time in at the end of the day.

Hardest part of our marksmanship training was getting guys that only fire two weeks out of the year and expecting us to work miracles with them.


ETA Malfunctions often happen with cheaper ammo, dont short yourself in that dept.

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Yea, apparently dont post here if you arent shooting all 10's with Glocks or a 1911.

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& Judge

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You're happy about a failure to feed?

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Taurus

one...



ETA: Germans

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My buddy gave me his pistol and said shoot, unbeknownst to me it was unloaded, pulled the trigger while simultaneously pushing the gun toward the ground (to adjust for kick I assume). He told me that's what one of his superiors did to him in the marines.

Anyway now I just gradually pull the trigger with a firmer grip. Don't know exactly when the gun will fire and will lead to more consistency.

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Give a newb a revolver and watch them push that 7th round out...

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Give a newb a revolver and watch them push that 7th round out...

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I've seen it!

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Put 150 round through my Taurus Millennium Pro .40, only 1 failure to feed :frickyea:, and I was shooting way low all day. I started to notice I was jerking the gun when I pulled the trigger so I know that had something to do with it but I couldnt keep a firm grip on the gun and hold it steady while squeezing the trigger. As I went on I was getting a lot better and was at least hitting the target at 25 yards but was still shooting a little low.

Any tips from the wise men of the OB?

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Never claimed to be wise, nor a good shooter. But I have trained under some who are considered to be.

Here are a couple of links.

The first one will elicit squeals from the Weaver guys. Sorry. But virtually every top competition shooter on this planet uses the isosceles stance (obviously modified when shooting from behind a barricade).

The second link illustrates some of the points made in the first one.

LINK 1 (Originally published in American Handgunner)

LINK 2

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Any tips from the wise men of the OB?

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One more thing I failed to mention -- don't underestimate the value of taking a lesson in "handgun marksmanship fundamentals" from a good instructor. I don't know where you live, but there is probably someone within a reasonable radius if you check the NRA instructor website.

Shooting a handgun is pretty simple if a person gets some good basic instruction, before he develop bad habits.

I'm certainly not an exceptional teacher. But to illustrate my comment about the "difficulty" factor, I've had 6 women come in for an individual private lesson in the past month (prior to taking their Concealed Handgun Permit class).

Two of the women were LSU coeds. The third lady was in her mid-late 20's, and her mother was the fourth student. The other two were grandmothers in their mid-late 50's.

Two of the women had shot handguns "once or twice, a few years ago." Three had no handgun experience at all, but had fired a shotgun or a rifle "a few times." The sixth girl had never shot any sort of firearm -- not even a BB gun.

What these women had in common were (1) none had any bad habits and (2) none had any reluctance to seek and accept coaching.

Each women, at the end of one private lesson, could place 90-95 out of 100 rounds of 9mm FMJ ammo into a 3" group at a distance of 21 feet. Of the 5-10 rounds that fell outside that circle, all hit within a few inches, and were the result of getting tired or losing concentration.

[BTW -- I don't have a lot of examples of results from guys who come in for a lesson -- because guys rarely take lessons. They come straight to CHP class knowing that the live-fire exercise isn't too difficult, and they all pass. But most of them are still pretty lousy pistol shooters. Most of the male shooters who actually request a private lesson are coming in to get help with a specific problem, such as a flinch.]

I use the example of the women shooters as a way of reiterating to the OP that he might want to look into this option somewhere in his area. I'm sure any one of his shooting buddies might be able to give him some tips or pointers -- but very few of those buddies will be able to coach, diagnose, critique, etc. to correct any deficiencies and get him (keep him) on the "straight & narrow."

The only other thing I'll offer as a comment to the OP is that starting out with a .40 S&W (especially those with short barrels)commonly leads to a flinch. And flinches need to be diagnosed and stopped quickly, because they get worse in a hurry. And if you reinforce a flinch enough times, through repetition, it's very difficult to eradicate. Yes, it can be done, but it gets harder and harder over time to get rid of one.