Hi all,
Slowly improving my pistol shooting. I've heard follow through is very important. I heard a member from a European team say, "it's all dry fire and follow through". So for the top shooters out there, how long is your follow through?
I am trying to length my follow through to about 4 seconds as will help me with the correct holding position. I do tend to drift around a little.
Thank you all in advance for your advice.
Regards
Bret
Follow through; 1, 2, 3, 4 seconds or longer?
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Re: Follow through; 1, 2, 3, 4 seconds or longer?
Too long, follow through long enough to see your foresight recover from recoil, see where it settles on the target and to call your shot position /value.
Then check your screen or scope to see if your shot call is correct.
Should be 1-2 seconds at the most.
Then check your screen or scope to see if your shot call is correct.
Should be 1-2 seconds at the most.
Re: Follow through; 1, 2, 3, 4 seconds or longer?
As long as you hold for a second or so, the pellet/bullet has time to get out of the barrel without any added disturbance. What I coach is to re-align the sights as if you were going to take a second shot, and then bring the pistol down.
This is not super critical for air pistol, but if you ever plan on shooting a sequence of shots with a firearm, practicing good recovery technique is essential. Students who get in the habit of relaxing immediately after an air pistol shot have to un-learn that when they move on to shooting Standard Pistol, and that can take a lot of work.
This is not super critical for air pistol, but if you ever plan on shooting a sequence of shots with a firearm, practicing good recovery technique is essential. Students who get in the habit of relaxing immediately after an air pistol shot have to un-learn that when they move on to shooting Standard Pistol, and that can take a lot of work.