I realize I can Google and read a lot of answers, but part of why I joined the forum was to drive conversation among members. With that said, I'll gladly take links to any blogs/videos that elaborate on the topic (and hopefully other readers will benefit from the same links):

Question 1: Compensating for bullet trajectory

I'm shooting 9mm, 115g...running about 5.2 grains per reload. I've been targeting primarily at 5, 7, and 10 yards. Today, I also added 20 yards based upon some of the pistol drills someone provided me in an earlier post. Up to 10 yards, I seem to be shooting true to where I'm aiming...while still battling the tendency to cluster bottom left of center. However, shooting at 20 yards definitely had everything in the lower left quadrant - and off the target (imagine the size of a paper plate...hitting the rim). Do I need to be compensating for bullet trajectory, or are my mistakes simply being magnified at a greater distance...and trajectory hasn't entered the equation yet?

Question 2: Training grips and stances

My normal grip/stance is a right-handed, 2-hand Weaver stance (and cross-dominant, so sight using left eye). As I'm going through these pistol drills, I'm wondering what should be the order of priority with training other grips and stances. How would you prioritize the following:


  • Normal Grip - top priority
  • 2-handed grip on weak side
  • 1-hand grip - strong hand
  • 1-hand grip - weak hand


I intend to try the 2-hand grip, weak side using the same Weaver stance. When training 1-hand, do I go ahead and keep the same Weaver stance...just drop the support hand...still using the left eye for all targeting since it is the dominant eye? I haven't developed a comfort level of trying to keep both eyes open - afraid I'll hit the guy's target in the lane next to me!!

Thanks for being a great resource, folks.