My 14 yr old son :(

[mavrck71]

My son just started shoot hand guns about a month ago w my g19. He did decent at 10 feet putting about 80% in a 8" group. Well he fell in love with the feel of a Sr9c at the shop so I surprised him early this week. When we went to the range he didn't do as well with the new ruger. He was quite down on himself. I thought it might be the gun so I shot it a little and found it to be dead nuts which didn't help matters any complicated further by my 11 yr old son drilling the Target with the Sr22. Anyone know of good fundamentals shooting dvd? I'm thinking the anticipation of recoil is getting the better of him. Thinking just getting more rounds down range will help. He is not taking well to my suggestions with breathing, trigger pull and grip techniques. Any suggestions?

 

[neimess]

As I always tell my 12 yr old. Front sight, front sight, slack, pause, squeeze.

Just an off day and the excitement of the new gun. Taken him back quickly and he'll do fine.

 

[bryanf23]

Sounds like you are doing the right thing with your son, he just needs to put several hundred rounds down range. I got my wife out to the range yesterday for the first this year and she forgot everything I had taught her last season. I had to keep reminding her about the sight picture and trigger control. After about 100 rounds she was finally getting it right. It only took her putting at least 1000 rounds down range to get her to that point last season out of her SR9c, she also loves it too.

 

[Glocker001]

I found the "ball and dummy" drill to be second to none if anticipation is the issue. If you don't know, the "ball and dummy" drill is when you randomly place a snap cap or a dummy round in the magazine, when the hammer is dropped on the dummy you and the shooter can clearly see the flinch. Reinforce the fundamentals and practice, new shooters pick up habits, help him pick up only the good ones!

 

[BKG203]

My son also had the same problem with the SR9C. I had no problem with it. In fact, it is one of the most accurate pistols I have ever fired. I think it was the Glock-like trigger that was throwing him off (he had never fired a pistol with that type of trigger before). He wasn't doing too bad considering we had the target at 10 yards, but he was a little disappointed in himself. I told him we will just have to keep practicing, and that his shooting will improve. That's why we practice, right?

 

[Glocker001]

BKG, I agree on 2 points. 1- yes this is why we practice, to get better and master these skills. 2- the " Glock-like trigger" yes thats the problem, he should have been behind an actual Glock trigger! ( personal opinion lol )

 

[Glock Fan]

My son just started shoot hand guns about a month ago w my g19. He did decent at 10 feet putting about 80% in a 8" group. Well he fell in love with the feel of a Sr9c at the shop so I surprised him early this week. When we went to the range he didn't do as well with the new ruger. He was quite down on himself. I thought it might be the gun so I shot it a little and found it to be dead nuts which didn't help matters any complicated further by my 11 yr old son drilling the Target with the Sr22. Anyone know of good fundamentals shooting dvd? I'm thinking the anticipation of recoil is getting the better of him. Thinking just getting more rounds down range will help. He is not taking well to my suggestions with breathing, trigger pull and grip techniques. Any suggestions?

Have him train under a different instructor. A lot of times children and spouses don't do well when trained by parents and spouses as some may be intimidated or too tense to relax and shoot naturally. Have him train under someone else and see what happens.

 

[cjs]

It's very common for new shooters to do great the first time or two out, then decrease quickly as their body realizes that you're setting off an explosion a couple of feet from yourself...on purpose. With weekly indoor .22 bullseye for most of the winter, I was surprised to see how well I did my first time out shooting something bigger last weekend as my focus was so much more where it needed to be and not on the boom going off. Of course my poorer shots also reflected problems I saw shooting bullseye...so with that in mind, training and practice, even with a .22, can work wonders over time.