1911 tips needed
I bought a 1911 from a fellow gun member and I am having trouble hitting the target let alone the bull. I have a tendency to dip the muzzle when I pull the trigger and shoot as much as a foot to 18 inches low at 25 yards. The gun is accurate so I know I'm the problem, not the gun or ammo. Are Colt 1911s unusually hard to learn to shoot with ? As I will be using it for bullseye competition I have to one hand it. Any tips appreciated....TIA..Joe
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1911 is an easy gun to shoot. You are anticipating the recoil and flinching, or jerking the trigger. Try a magazine or 2 with the other hand and see what happens. Relax. Smooth pressure on trigger. It should come as a surprise when the weapon discharges. Don't try to fight the recoil. Let the gun move your arm up and to the right as it wishes, then bring it down for the next shot. 0 -
Hello even after shooting a 1911 for years some of us might flinch to try to keep from doing this take a friend to the range with you use one magazine and bend the end of the follower that contacts the slide stop pin down this will keep the slide from locking back when you fire the last shot in the magazine . Now get your friend to load a different number of rounds in the magazine each time he reloads it. You shoot the gun and when the hammer falls and there in no cartridge in the chamber you will see what you are doing. pratice until when you snap on an empty gun the sights don't move . another thing you might try are some light loads 185 Grain and wear double hearing protection. PLUGS & MUFFS believe iy or not noise will make you flinch more then recoil."PRAISE THE HARD-BALL GUN" 0 -
The best advice someone gave is the same I will give because it works.
Practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice. And then after you finish shooting, do some more practice.
Go home, sit in a chair, and practice some more. Stand up, and practice again. Walk around the house, and definetely practice some more. Laying in bed, or watching TV, by all means keep on practicing.
By now I hope you realize that you are practicing with an empty gun!!!!!!! In fact most of the times you ever pull the trigger should be on an empty gun. Or, as my friend used to call it: "DRY FIRING".
You can use "snap caps" to protect the firing if you wish, but 1911's were designed with spring loaded inertia firing pins which will not be affected by dry firing.
If you ever go to an IPSC match, and after hours stand by a competitors (motel room) closed door, or as you walk by, you will hear the dry firing going on. [:D][:D][:D][8D][8D][^]
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Hold below the target...bring it up to the "six-o'clock" position with a steady sight and squeeze. That's what they told me in Navy qualification school. We used 45s to defend our ships from bad guys before the terrorists got the kamikazi thing going. In my humble opinion the 12 gauge pumps (loaded with anything) were the most effective weapons in our shipboard armory. I currently have both in my home defense arsenal. No one wants to be hit with a 12 gauge. If you can smell their breath then the 45 is best.
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Joe,when i bought my first 1911 back in 1986 ,i had the same problems for which you have stated. What i did was to get a wilson beavertail grip safety(low rise) installed and some new wrap around grips(cost was 50:00 bucks back then). I took it to the range and i was amazed of what the gun could do with me, but also with who ever shot it! For the money and the way the gun feels in your hands,makes all the differance in the world and on paper! 0
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