Bad Habits

[Lazy R]

I shot my XD9SC again today. This time I just shot 100 rounds, loading 5 at a time in the magazine. This seemed to help when analyzing my mistakes.

Bad habit 1 is a tendency to completely release the trigger after each firing. Honestly, I didn't even know this was a bad habit until reading a sticky this last week. I worked on breaking that bad habit.

Bad habit 2 is anticipation. Anticipating the recoil had me hitting high left. Why I do this is a mystery to me. The SC recoil is nothing! But I keep wanting to compensate for it. One piece of advice I got off the website this week was to squeeze the trigger 10%, let up, then squeeze 20%, let up, and continue increasing the squeeze incrementally until I was surprised by the shot. I appreciate whoever gave that advice, and sorry I don't recall your name.

I shot my first 40 rounds at 50', then finished the last 60 at 25'. Improvement at 50', with the slower paced shooting/ thinking and correcting my mistakes, and was much more control at 25'.

Many thanks for this great website, the knowledgeable members, and a great handgun that I enjoy shooting more than any other I've ever fired.

[mhillsing23]

Realizing the bad habits is so important. You are on the right track! Worry about the anticipation first and then work on the trigger release.