Jeremy L
“Tired of your buddies shooting better than you at the range or during competitions? I got to sit down with professional 3-Gun competitors Jesse Tischauser and Kalani Laker to talk about how shooters of any level can increase their shooting skills.
1.Know When To Call It Quits At The Range:
How many rounds should I shoot every time I go to the range to get better?
Jesse-Once you get past 500 rounds you’re probably just pulling triggers, unless you really got your own range with a serious setup and targets. I mean most guys cant even go and draw their pistol and its really difficult you know? For the average shooter I’d say more than 200 rounds you’re probably wasting time because a lot of guys are just trying to make one hole in the paper.
Kalani-Between 50 and 250 of each weapon. I’d say even more than 125 rounds of shotguns is a waste. Not to mention you’d be killing your shoulder.
Is it possible to shoot too much?
Jesse- At some point you’ll start to develop bad habits from shooting too much at the range at once. You’ll start doing stuff like mag dumps and trying to shoot a smiley face. Like I said unless you’ve got a really good range that has the stuff you’re trying to compete in , bulls eye, IDPA, whatever it is, unless you’re practicing that then its counterproductive. I mean I’ll go out with 500 rounds and by the end I’m hip shooting stuff lol and just trying stupid stuff because you get bored.
2. You Don’t Always Need To Be At The Range To Practice.
If we can’t get to the range every week what else can you do to get better?
Jesse-For USPSA, there are guys that all they did was dry firing and within a year they’re grand masters, the highest rank you can get.
Kalani-When I do dry fire, I’ll use everything. You know so whether its airsoft guns, laser cartridges, Xbox, Wii. Any kind of trigger pull is good but a perfect trigger pull is better. I mean you can go the arcade and play that Terminator game. It’s really going to give you that thousand trigger pulls. As long as your sight is correct, sight alignment is correct, and trigger pull is good, it doesn’t matter what you’re practicing on.
So Airsoft actually helps?
Jesse-You know Airsoft really works. I mean I have 3 airsoft guns and targets and all that stuff, its just more fun to shoot real rounds. I just don’t have the time to. One of the guys I shoot with in Oklahoma, he has like $2,000 in targets and $5,000 in airsoft guns. He shoots a lot of airsoft. He has a $600 airsoft JP rifle. I mean for the weapons manipulation that stuff is all the same. The weights are really close to your real gun and they’re blow back so you get a little bit of recoil. I mean its not the same recoil but the whole thing is just moving and shooting. You’re just trying to manipulate that trigger and line up the sights as fast as you possibly can.
Do I need to fire my gun a lot to get better?
Jesse-I mean a ton of people say nothing replaces live fire but man you can get pretty darn close. When I first started I dry fired every day for 30 minutes. With firearms, nobody shoots a lot of everything. If you’re a hunter, you shoot a few times a year. If you’re a tactical ninja in your garage you probably never shoot. Even law enforcement officers don’t use their firearms a lot.
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