ERROR CORRECTION

1. Check your equipment for accuracy and sight alignment 

A. Start at a close range, about 5 yards.  Secure your pistol in a vice on a bench or on a rest to remove your errors.  

B. Shoot 5-10 shots without changing your point of aim. If all the shots are in or near the same hole then your pistols accuracy is not in question and your sights are aligned.  Adjust as necessary and increase range to make further refinements.  

2. With an adaquately accurate pistol and properly aligned sights, 90% of your shooting errors will come from: 

A. Poor trigger work. See Trigger Mechanics page   

B. Poor or no sight alignment. See Pistol Sighting page 

C. Inconsistent grip pressure through firing . See Trigger  Mechanics page  

YOU ONLY DO TWO THINGS WITH A PISTOL

1. MOVE IT

2. SHOOT IT

You should always be doing one of the two above steps, not both and not neither.

Wherever the pistol lives (drawer, glove box, holster) it probably isn't pointed at your attacker, so you must move the pistol to point it at the target. Drawing, grip and sighting are all used to MOVE the weapon to the correct place. Once its aligned properly on the target...stop moving the gun!  Now its time to SHOOT without moving. Trigger mechanics and recoil control are used during this phase. 

-You must be able to move the weapon to the exact position

-Shooting before the gun has stopped moving and is not properly aligned will render a miss

-Waiting after the weapon is aligned with the target to shoot is a waste of time

Use the charts above to help you with your error analysis  

Please contact Viper Weapons for any questions, advice or to add your techniques. email: ViperWeaponsTraining@gmail.com

For private instruction and error correction please see our list of available courses.