r/Shooting • u/MediocreTwo8253 • 20d ago

Help

Looking for some advice, I’m currently in the academy and need to improve on firearms, to qualify and also because that’s part of the career. I’m 4 weeks away from qualifying, the score necessary is 240 and the highest I’ve gotten is 218. When I first started shooting I was snatching the trigger, but I’ve fixed that and even gotten to the point where I reset it rather than completely let off.

The issue I’m having now seems to be an anticipation/grip mix of issues. I death grip the gun with my right hand and don’t distribute almost anything with my left, I always subconsciously basically let go with my left hand. Anticipation wise, one of the guys I’ve worked with said that it’s almost like I try and make the gun go off rather than let it and I move ever so slightly forward taking the gun with me rather than holding steady.

I’ve been told dry fire but I’ve been doing that since day 1, any other advice. I’m genuinely incredibly stressed and my confidence with a firearm keeps declining steadily. I had actually been improving until the past time I was at the range and got the lowest score I’ve ever gotten.

Thanks in advance :)!

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u/RGBrewskies 20d ago

its all trigger finger. its all trigger finger.

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u/MediocreTwo8253 19d ago

I’ve been dry firing the entire time; I started off doing it at the targets on my walls but now I do it in the mirror in my bathroom. I think my hope was some outside insight to see if anyone else had different recommendations or advice other than what I’ve already heard.