Shaky Hands/Heart Pulse in Sighting

boltthrower

OK, lets forgo all the wise cracks and medical humor that would tempt some to respond to this one. Are there any tricks anyone has for controlling hand shaking when shooting pistols one handed? I have strong hands and have been working on strengthening my upper arm, but that alone I dont think will stop the shaking of the sight when aiming. My pistols are specific to target shooting so their balance should be within tolerances. I've tried shifting the weight of the pistols more towards the palm of my hand and different things like that, but I still get more shake than I would like. Also...any tricks for preventing each heart pulse to your hand from showing up at the end of your sight. With each beat of my heart, I can see movement in my sighting when that pulse reaches my hand. I adopted waering a shooting glove but that doesnt help.

nononsense

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http://www.bullseyepistol.com/

Pay close attention to the section marked "Perfecting Technique". Each line is an article or booklet that is contained on that website. All you have to do is select it and a new window opens up with that article or booklet. Nothing to buy, just read. The whole center column is a list of articles contained there, that's 53 articles! Free!

Here's another one: http://www.usnst.org/How to Shoot a Ten.doc (How to Shoot a Ten, Time After Time)

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It's all out there...

captkirk3@dslextreme.com

You Need To Talk to Bobski...He shoots World Compitition and I'm sure he'll Have some take on the subject....

Captain Kirk, Tech Staff

perry shooter

Hello I have been shooting nra BULLS-EYE for 39 years EVERYBODY has some shake It is called ark of movement there is a good vcr tape by Allen Fulfort the big thing is to try to dry fire to build up your arm and the mental part of mashing the trigger instead of trying to pick them off as the sight goes by the 10 ring one trick on the mental part is get a pistol with shorter sight radius or if you are useing a red dot sight go to a 8 or 12 minute dot this will not make you shake less but you will think there is less movement. Go to the small arms pistol school Camp Perry this july best there is. Cheers Karl

bobski

trick to controlling shake...ignore it and watch the front sight. if you have your feet fixed with an NPA established, you have nothing to worry about. shoot the first shot within 6 seconds before your muscles start tightening from lack of blood flow. raise the gun on the word 'line,' not before. ensure the gun is not being grasped and is resting forward in the middle 2 fingers. dont let the thumb or pinky do anything except go along for the ride. dont rest the thumb on the gun. you will see the shakes most in the RF string. you know its coming. you know its gonna happen, ignore it. most matches i shoot dont allow gloves. lose it. its just a distraction. if you smoke, dont stop. stay away from suger 3 days before the match. chalk your palms. keep your arms down below your waist waiting for the match. hope it helps.

former air operations officer SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 2. former navy skeet team, navy rifle/pistol team member. co-owner skeetmaster tubes inc.. owner/operator professional shooting instruction.

boltthrower

All good stuff...thanks guys.