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Marksmanship Tip #2: Understanding Parallel Error: Drunken Sailor Drill
Shooters move in only two main ways while executing a shot. One is parallel error and the other is angular error. While shooting the pistol, parallel error nags us, and angular error hides from us. Parallel error is a natural movement of the gun that happens because shooters are alive. There is nothing you can do about your natural movement. Because of the visual angles of this natural wobble, the movement looks huge. It is not huge because it is largely parallel error from
Apr 53 min read
Marksmanship Tip #1: Percentage Press Drill
The vast majority of substantive pistol marksmanship errors occur as a result of angular error movement immediately prior to the bullet leaving the barrel. This movement is a conditioned behavioral adaptation to the environment of recoil. The shooter can overcome this problem easily as long as their mind stays with the following drill. This drill can be run by the shooter alone or directed by an instructor. It is designed to get the shooter to move the trigger in increments w
Feb 265 min read
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