How do I start shooting faster?

[wtturn]

Dry fire with a timer is the best way.

Get Ben's dryfire book ASAP.

[Lomshek]

Once you find a range that will allow it doing things like the Bill Drill, FAST, Presidente and other "speed" drills with a timer setting a progressively faster par time will help immensely.

Do a mix of shooting a par time you can just barely beat while seeing the sights for each shot and separately set a par time that is far beyond your ability (4 seconds instead of 6 for instance) and try to beat it even if that means not seeing the sights every time. Once in a while burn it down firing as fast as you can pull the trigger without losing control of the gun (.2 or .15 splits for instance) for a 5 or 6 shot "burst". Brace yourself for maximum recoil control and really crank down the grip when doing that.

Do everything else suggested by others too. I just hadn't seen anyone suggest the burn it down or fast par time strategy yet.

[rojocorsa]

"Crank down the grip"


Well how hard should one be gripping a pistol?

I always assumed you wanted a firm grip, but nothing too thight or nothing where your knuckles turn white.

[scw2]

"Crank down the grip"


Well how hard should one be gripping a pistol?

I always assumed you wanted a firm grip, but nothing too thight or nothing where your knuckles turn white.

I've been told to grip as hard as I can. If the front sights start shaking then ease off a bit until they stop.

[Luke]

I think firmness should be determined by how well your gun comes BACK DOWN from recoil. I can roll .13-.17 splits into the A at 7 yards but when reviewing my video my gun doesn't stay flat, on a good day it just comes back down to where I need it. A strong grip is good, and gun that comes back on target every time is gooder.

[rojocorsa]

I think firmness should be determined by how well your gun comes BACK DOWN from recoil. I can roll .13-.17 splits into the A at 7 yards but when reviewing my video my gun doesn't stay flat, on a good day it just comes back down to where I need it. A strong grip is good, and gun that comes back on target every time is gooder.

I will pay attention to this next time I shoot and notice how the guns come back down.

[HopetonBrown]

Ben Stoeger says skin comes off his dominant hand from his support hand gripping so hard.

[Sal Picante]

I always assumed you wanted a firm grip, but nothing too thight or nothing where your knuckles turn white.

Tastes great, less filling... You've found one of the holy-wars of pistol shooting.

All kidding aside, that sounds pretty good what you described there.

[rojocorsa]

Tastes great, less filling... You've found one of the holy-wars of pistol shooting.

All kidding aside, that sounds pretty good what you described there.

Maybe I could be wrong (since I am self-taught more or less) but I tend to keep the entire body (arms, core, etc) firm but relaxed since when one shoots rifles they want to stay relaxed.

I think what I really need is a timer at this point, so I can start measuring things objectively.

[ranger]

I can shoot really fast in USPSA and IDPA - the problem is hitting the target. Shooting fast and getting solid hits is a lot harder that it looks in TV!