My compliments - You are WAY AHEAD of most typical gun owners.
Most Don’t shoot much and almost NONE get actual “Training”.
My quick recommendation for you to get better:
Look into Shooting IDPA Competition.
They cater to beginners and 1st time shooters.
They shoot Nation Wide - usually at a local Gun Club.
Look up IDPA, find a club near you that sponsors IDPA
talk to them, go watch a match.
Talk to the Match Director tell him your experience and you want to just watch 1st.
“We” always have a “New Shooter Meeting” before each match.
To explain rules, “how too” etc.
Shooting IDPA:
You get to “shoot your way thru” Real Life, Combat type Scenarios.
Say 5-6 Threat Targets. Moving Targets, more.
Lot of Shooting “From Cover” - around corners etc.
Like Special Forces train to do.
Locally we have 1 match/month at my club.
“My” Certifications and Experience
So you will know where “I” am coming from":
State, DHS and NRA Certified:
I am also Certified to Teach State Conceal Carry Course -
and have with Police.
“Real Life” Experience
I have been Shot-AT at least 4 times and survived,
not actually “hit” - but close.
Have used my guns to defend myself 3-4 times.
Mostly to intimidate threats and escape.
Mostly up in the Very Remote Mountains of N. Ga.
Deliverance River area. Me a Kayaker at one time - long ago.
Past 10 yr:
Weekly Combat Competition Shooter in
- IDPA/Combat Pistol
- Combat Rifle
- Multi/3 Gun
I have shot a Combat Competition Match most every week for the last 10yr.
Shooting and moving. Shooting “while” moving, etc. Moving threat targets, more.
So roughly 4-500 Matches with typically 5 Stages/Match.
Not much in Combat Shooting Scenarios I have not seen and done.
Most any shooting Position you can think-of or name. And while moving, 1 hand, etc.
Including Day and Night and all kinds of weather including Pouring Rain and 4in snow and ice.
Vehicles, cars, vans, jeeps, boats, moving platforms, etc.
Flat on the ground, upside-down, moving, moving 1 hand, from vehicles, around vehicles, more.
SO my DRAW is Literally - Automatic and Lightning fast.
I dont have to “think” about it, it just “Happens”.
AND I “Practice” shooting about 1k rds/mo for last 10yr.
To some issues at hand:
Definition - Shooting : "From Retention"
Draw Pistol, from say 3 oclock holster position.
As soon as muzzle clears holster, turn muzzle to threat,
Place (heal of your gun hand) on your hip or low right side. (For RH shooter).
Tilt gun over at say 30-45deg, and up at your threat high center chest.
Shoot 2-3 rds.
NOTE you will get some “Surprise” “blow-back” in your face so expect it.
Hold steady.
May even blow your cap off.
Shoot from that position - “Retention”:
A quick shooting position when the threat is too close for you to extend your gun out.
Usually done at say 3ft apart/or arm’s length from threat.
Place Off-Hand on Your-High Chest or on Your-Forehead to protect head from a strike/blow.
And keep it(Off-Hand) out of your field/lane of fire.
ie ALSO - This Shooting Position - “RETENTION” - So “Your Gun” cannot be taken away from You
when you are shooting in such close proximity to the Threat. Say 3ft.
Speed Shooting:
I “have” “in the past” - shot 6rds into a 3in circle in 1.9sec at 20ft.
Including “Draw” from holster.
I Prob cannot do it “Now”. I am now 74yo.
“DEFENSIVE SHOOTING”
It is a Balance between Speed and Accuracy. And use of “Cover” as available.
Wall Corners, cars, vans, etc.
ie Shoot as fast as you can shoot but get most or all hits inside say an 8in circle.
Why 8in circle? The avg size of a grown man High Center Chest - considered a
threat stopping hit area. Heart and Lungs.
See an IDPA Target for Scoring Zones ie (Threat Stopping Zones).
COMBAT SHOOTING BALANCE - Shoot as fast as you can shoot but get all your hits inside
the 8in Circle. Or 3in Head Box. Whatever your target is.
DEFENDER
