Handgun Marksmanship: Teach Yourself To Shoot Bullseyes

According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a marksman is someone skilled at shooting at a mark or a target.

This is a book for readers who want to be marksmen. If you are not already hitting bullseyes, this book is for you.

Shooting bullseyes is not just about building skill. It is also about acquiring knowledge.

This book will help you execute a smooth trigger press while holding sights steady over the intended point of aim at the instant the shot breaks. That’s skill. It will also show you how to choose the best training target, interpret bullet-hole patterns, measure precision and accuracy objectively, specify the correct point of aim at any distance, find your natural point of aim, and practice effectively to improve performance on the range. That’s knowledge.

When you complete this book, you will be a better shooter and a smarter shooter.

This book emphasizes dry fire practice. You will develop fundamental skills – sighting, trigger control, grip, breath control, stance, and follow-through – mainly through goal-oriented dry fire drills that you practice on your schedule, at no cost, in the convenience of your own home.

The skills that you develop in dry fire will produce tight shot groups in live fire, whether you shoot recreationally at your local range or competitively in sanctioned precision pistol matches.

By the end of the book, you should be able to hit bullseyes 80 to 100% of the time from a respectable distance.

This book uses two free training aids to track, measure, and analyze shooting performance:

• A marksman's target. The target that you use for marksmanship training makes a difference. The right target will facilitate learning; the wrong target will inhibit learning.

• A target analysis spreadsheet. To assess shooting performance, you need to measure shot group precision and accuracy. This spreadsheet does that for you.

Used to identify problems and diagnose solutions, these tools are invaluable training assets. Readers are encouraged to download the target and the spreadsheet from the book’s website.

Why This Book?

This book applies best practices in instructional design to marksmanship training. It covers all of the important topics in logical order, so one lesson builds on another. Training is delivered in small chunks that are easy to understand, so you can quickly acquire the skill and knowledge you need to hit the bullseye (almost) every time.

Bottom line: By following the step-by-step training program described in this book, you really can teach yourself to shoot bullseyes.