Best Ways to Hone Your Shooting Skills

The Range

▪ Going to the range is vital for any shooter wanting to improve and maintain skill.

▪ Just going to the range and shooting a few boxes of ammo isn’t going to help you improve much.

▪ Variety in shooting practice will be the most effective way to improve essential skills.

▪ Here are some of the ways you can add variety into your practice

▪ Remember if you are working on concealed carry training, ccw training is not the same as target practice.

Holster Practice

▪ This probably wont be the most exciting part of your experience, but it is an important one to practice.

▪ Being smooth in both your draw and holstering actions will come in handy when the time comes.

▪ Although you can do this practice from home, it is best to do it at a range when actually shooting so you can practice the whole routine.

Holster Practice

▪ Practice drawing your weapon as much as you can until it is your second nature and muscle memory has set in.– After that, keep on practicing

▪ Once drawing your gun is second nature, start practicing the draw with some actual firing following afterwards.

▪ This will help speed you up and make your practice more effective.

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Range Variety

▪ Everyone has a favorite range for practicing shooting

▪ The only downside to this, is you don’t practice elsewhere and them may not feel comfortable shooting in other situations.

▪ Practice your firing at multiple ranges to increase your comfortability with firing in new locations.

▪ The last thing you want to do is become so comfortable in one place that you relax cause when the moment comes you wont be relaxed.

Range Variety

▪ Location isn’t the only thing that should change

▪ You should also change your target range every so often

▪ You may be able to have good grouping in 1 specific range, but when the time comes it may not be the same as your typical practice distance.

Challenging Shooting Targets

▪ Stationary targets are great for two things– General shooting practice– Sighting in

▪ It is important to utilize other types of targets as well as stationary.

▪ There are many types of targets that will provide unpredictable shot distances and angles.

Challenging Shooting Targets

▪ The targets that provide a bit more difficulty are fairly inexpensive but are extremely valuable.

▪ This type of target improves– a shooters accuracy– a shooters ability to determine range– the ability to reliably place shots in a stressful situation

▪ These targets are for outdoor use so be sure to find a safe area and always be sure of your background.

Tape your Shooting Practice

▪ Being able to look at training afterwards and evaluate areas for improvement is priceless.

▪ This applies for shooting especially

▪ After a day of shooting, being able to discover flaws in your process can help you correct them and become a more accurate and effective carrier.

Tape your Shooting Practice

▪ With the prevalence of smart phones, almost anyone has access to a video recorder of some sort.

▪ If you are shooting alone try to set up a tri-pod

▪ If you have a shooting partner have them film you while you are shooting so you can review it later that day.

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