The Secret to Mastering the Handgun (complete video)
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- Опубліковано 17 вер 2024
- We show you the SCIENCE of why handgun shooting is difficult and the REAL fix for consistent accuracy. Learn the secret to mastery that others don't understand. It's NOT the usual orthodoxy of grip, sight-picture or trigger control. Get 'red-pilled' on the handgun.
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The best firearms related video on yt. As a LE firearms instructor AND as a shooter this is just pure gold.
There are two kinds of people who don't like the video: Tacticool /Seal Team wannabees, and people brainwashed into cultural marxism who think a literal interpretation of the Constitution is dangerous extremism.
I second that...and thank God for professionals like you who educate others!
first, i liked it, and agree. as a shooter it explain some things. perhaps that's why using a suppressor is so much more enjoyable. and a rifle is also.
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Agree completely with you common sense. As a ex deputy from the 1980's I never thought I would see a time when good law abiding citizens would be in fear of losing there rights to protect themselves. It's great to see such an inspirational and informing video such as this.
Having been a handgun practitioner for almost 50 years, this video is pure gold to a new shooter!
I wish that I had been able to learn these lessons when starting out instead of having to learn from practical experience!
I’m a Marine Corps vet, as is Clint Smith of Thunder Ranch. I believe he’s the person who said “A pistol is what you use to fight your way back to the rifle you should have had in the first place.” This is a GREAT video. Thank you for sharing your work. 🫡👍🏼
Clint Smith is priceless. Thank you for your service.
8 years ago & im just now seeing this.. great content
YouTUBE suppresses it probably due to the 'political' content.
IKR 🤔. Same here.
Amazing video!!! Every minute of it. Spot on. This video is over 7 years old and we need it NOW more than ever 🇺🇸
What a great film.
I'm British and I'm glad that my forefathers tried to disarm you. Without them, you wouldn't have made a stand and have the freedom that you have today. We Brits, on the other hand, have effectively been disarmed by successive governments. Fight for 2A - NEVER surrender your right to bear arms. I wish we hadn't.
I do appreciate your view and I wish that was taught in our schools in the states now a day's. When I was in school we were taught gun safety even though I was raised in the south, where we were raised to hunt and taught gun safety at home. Their were also 4h club in the inner cities but that was taken out of schools just like gun safety. I am glad we have the 2A but the kids nowadays don't want anything to do with it, like they talk about in this video.
@@georgeprice7046 We were taught gun safety in 8th grade agriculture class in school, 1977. Go figure where we have gone wrong today???
Great comment, and an important truth to pass on to others. Thank you
We are the light on the hill brother Briton! Fight for Brexit!
Thank you for your support, I am English transplant. 2nd generation American, WOW am I glad.
The last couple of minutes is so very important! Keep it up 👍
Went and shot my pistol today to employ what the video taught me. Out of (20) rounds I had (11) in the bullseye and the remaining (9) within a 6” diameter circle. Not ready to join the Olympic shooting team but a huge improvement from before. Thank you sir!!!
If you stick with this method, the shot consistency and speed will come naturally without any conscious effort on your part.
I just had my first experience shooting a 9mm handgun today. Coming from shooting rifles, I thought it wouldn’t be that hard. I walked away humbled. Everything you are saying in this video is so relatable to what I experienced today. Thank you for this info.
I wish I would have discovered this a long time ago! This is the new gold standard for training as far as I’m concerned.
Paul I couldn’t agree with you more.
I know you created this video a long time ago, but it just popped up for me, and I wanted to thank you for such a great explanation of the shooting process. I can't wait to try out your described techniques.
We are fairly certain that there is a bit of control and suppression going on by YouTUBE. We suspect that the day will come when ALL firearm content will be removed from the platform. We still get orders for the DVD despite the fact that it is free to watch on YouTUBE. Watch while you can.
DVD still available? I have been following UA-cam posts on shooting for years and I too have just discovered your channel.@@SilveradoShootingAcademy
Yes, we do still ship copies of the DVD but only after we clarify with people that they are getting the exact video that is under the same title on our YouTUBE channel.
I have been shooting for years........and was a pistol expert in the Navy as an aircrewman. I belong to our local gun club and shoot at least 3 times per week. Yet, I still wanted to shoot better. I have watched this video multiple times and can tell you that this is one of the best videos I have seen in making people understand the difference between physically lining up a target and knowing how to overcome our natural reactions as we pull the trigger......In short, this video is great for beginning shooters and also the most experienced shooters. Thanks very much for posting it!!
Thank you for your service.
Hear hear my friend..... I've been throwing lead downrange for a year or two (76 years old now!) but watching this video has done my scores no harm at all! Cheers.
I'm ex-military, sniper, combat vet and now LEO firearms instructor and I must commend you on addressing the psychological effects of shooting. Using Zen like or meditation type example is outstanding. Airsoft is a great platform to begin muscle memory fundamentals without being interrupted by the shock of sound and pressure. Veryyyyy well explained, I'll be sharing this video to my guys before our next comp.
Thank you for your service, Chris.
The most thoughtful and cogent explanation of the shooting process. No "gun goon" bravado or attitude...
Great advice. The instructor at the range I frequent used to tell me, "Let the shot surprise you, don't anticipate it." This seems similar to your instruction; the problem is in the anticipation. My problem was that I began to anticipate the "surprise."
I tried to make an appointment at the range last week, but they're full up for the next month. I live in Israel.
In reality, it is impossible to surprise yourself unless you have a gun that can randomly change the trigger break pressure. The only value in the "let the shot surprise you" gimmick is that it promotes a slow trigger pull that allows you to observe what is happening in the milliseconds prior to the trigger break. Use our technique when you train. It works. Best wishes to you in Israel, from us here in the USA.
@@SilveradoShootingAcademy Thank you.
I've been shooting for 65 years and your video is priceless, you have nailed it, I know.
I've been an instructor since the seventies and this is one of the better videos I've ever come across. Excellent work.
Although the beginning is a little boring, this is the best video for mastering the handgun. This is the only video I've ever seen that addresses the single most important factor as to why we miss. 100% correct
There are really no words to describe how good and important this video is. You have to watch it and understand how important the content really is. . . . We've been losing the battle for the true original American culture.
This has to be the most informative and comprehensive videos on this topic -- ever! How I missed this for 8 years I dont. know
It's not that you missed it for 8 years, it's that UA-cam works very hard to keep it out of sight. Otherwise we'd have around 8M views. We've seen ample evidence of shadow banning of our posts and channel.
Outstanding, I will recommend this to anyone learning to shoot. It’s very easy for novices to get frustrated by their lack of skill, and far too often they think it’s because they suck and won’t get it. So much of it is mental, and can be overcome.
Probably the best basic video on understanding the process of firing and mastering a handgun I've ever seen. Great presentation!
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This was the clearest, most revealing, most convincing, and most compelling exposition of the roots of inaccurate handgun shooting I have ever seen.
Many thanks for this video.
Wow I have never watched 25 min vid with out skipping forward!!!!! This video needs to be seen by every red blooded America!!!! Absolutely phenomenal technique and approach to firearms!
I have 4 channels I subscribe to....this makes 5!!! God bless America!
I've been shooting for over 50 years and subscribe to a lot of UA-cam firearm channels. But I was very impressed with your philosophy! Thank you for the tremendous support you give to our community!
Extremely impressed with this video; gotta be in the top 3, if not #1, of any I've seen and I've been heavily involved with shooting for decades. I learned some things!
My father-in-law gave me his gun which is this old SW with the longest, heaviest, creepiest, crustiest trigger you ever saw. 💕 it for training. It's wildly improved me on everything else.
A trigger like that will force you to slow down and not snap off the shot. Competition triggers are difficult to train with, because people will blow past the break point too quickly in a unconscious attempt to terminate the anxiety state associated with the impending explosion.
Watching from the UK. Jealous. Expressing opinions like yours in my country would probably get you on a government watch list. Somewhere along the way we lost our freedom.
You think our NSA is sitting around playing with legos? I'm confident this made the Big Brother 'watch list' and we're just a few miles behind you Brits on the road to neo-feudalism. But, then along came Trump... stay tuned to see how it all turns out.
We have many traitors to the Constitution here in the United States.
@@busaman5261 this is how it will go - the 2nd Amendment will never be repealed - it will just be ignored. Along with the rest of the document.
It's a kingdom. There's never freedom in a monarchy.
@@busaman5261 The traitors tried to overthrow the government on 1/6 to keep a dim-witted fascist as POTUS.
As a relatively-new gun owner, I've researched and researched and researched almost anything and everything I can find about handguns, including videos. This video is the most intelligent I've seen. Throughly impressed. Well done! Bravo! Just subscribed.
This guy really is a teacher. Wished instructors were all this knowledgeable
Excellent video! My dad started taking me hunting nearly 50 years ago at age 7 and thus I grew up with guns. Anyhow, I became a highly proficient shot by the time I was in my teens. At that time, my preparation had become fully automatic and my focus/concentration had become such that it was entirely on the task at hand; which was to make an accurate shot on a deer I had chosen to take. So I learned at a very young age that concentration/focus was extremely important to marksmanship and even more so for the experienced shooter. You rarely see that mentioned so I applaud your video because a significant part of marksmanship has nothing to do with physical capabilities at all.
I actually just finished a massive debate with a few self proclaimed prominent gun Instructors on a very popular forum. They are all about trigger control and place little value on stability (stance/grip) or even aiming. They also make no mention of the importance of mental focus; all of which I was arguing. For them, in order to become a good marksman you just need to learn trigger control. Trigger control is very important but that is the wrong approach because there is so much more involved with marksmanship which would include mental training.
God Bless.....
This is the BEST presentation of the Secret to Mastering the Handgun I have every watched! I can learn from this man because he Knows what he is talking about and has the communication skills to present this video.
Excellent !!! I'm not even an American but I can feel what your founding fathers fought for your liberty. Protect it !!!
Me too... live down in New Zealand..... I do so wish we had something like the wonderful US Constitution to affirm our innate rights as free beings. We don't, so our ability to own and shoot firearms is that much more difficult to defend against those that would disarm us.
Still, the laws in NZ are livable, just, but really most are unnecessary.
LOL.... I'm actually a gun smith, so my retirement years are very 'gunny'....and I shoot everything from AR15s and AKs to flintlock rifles...
Come here and become an American, We need people to immigrate here who understand what you do, Instead we have people bringing their third word shit hole and big Government mentality with them from other Countries.
I left the police states of Europe to live with more liberty in the USA but now sadly my adopted homeland is looking like the nightmares I escaped.
@@darrinrentruc6614 that would be fine. ..but I am too old and lack the finances. .😊
An Excellent 25 minute video on how to Improve your hand gun use. Superbly explained with the causes of failure and actions for improvement.. Well Done Mate... Stay Safe...
I've been in IPSC shooting since the '80s. This is still the best training video on handguns I have seen...... "Who's buying the ammo anyway?" Mabuhay kayo!
I’m subscribed to plenty of UA-cam channels about guns over a 10 years period since I came to the States from Cuba escaping communism and gaining the freedom that is kidnapped where I was born but this is the first channel I see that encourage real values of patriotism where this amazing Nation was built, thanks.
Please let everyone know that if we lose our freedom there is no other place for us to go. We must at any cost hold on to our freedom and the constitution that describes what was given to us by GOD. Thanks.
What am excellent video. Even more relevant today than ever !
Man, I tell you what, it is so hard to find an instructor who can talk for 20 minutes and EVERY word carries meaning and holds your attention. I just got my first pistol with the intent carry. Fortunately I have put less than 500 rounds downrange. This video is exactly the information I was looking for. This instruction will put me on the path to becoming a highly proficient, professional and responsible member of the concealed carry community. I am eternally indebted to you Sir!! And to the Super sharp Lady, what a fantastic closing.
I've been shooting handguns since I was a kid and as an adult in the military and civilian...just a lover of the handgun, and I have ALWAYS wondered about this aspect of handgun shooting..the psychological aspect...one of the best "short" training videos I ever watched! Thanks!!
I've been working on this issue for about a year, in the way that occured to me as I noticed the rise of anxiety throughout the shooting session. I'm so glad that I found this video. It has confirmed the notion that I've had and clarified a more concise method that I can use to remedy this particular problem. I believe firearm ownership requires, demands the highest level of education and it's an ongoing process.
This is hands down the best advice, information and thought process I have ever heard when it comes to handgun control and technique. Great video! Thank you.
Nice job, well done. Good overall production, and explanation of action.
"Meditation with a loaded gun". Man, this philosophy alone is worth giving this man your attention. This is such a great video! It cannot be said enough that training is the only way to acquire any real skill and discipline. This video is worth more than any class you can physically attend!
If we ever need a PR person, you've got the job. 👍
Silverado Shooting Academy Well, thank you for the confidence but you guys don't need me to sell what many are already buying from you willingly! You guys seem to have the best common sense approach to shooting. 👍🏽 I'm so happy I clicked on this video!
I agree. There is a difference between a Range master and a range instructor. This Guy is a real teacher / instructor
Copy that +I am Nobody This information has helped my improvement, and understand the reactive interference animal within disrupting my shooting. I focus on the front sight and smooth trigger pull, letting the 'surprise shot' happen when it wants, reset and repeat. Drill that into your shooting habits and speed will come.
Okay, you and those who replied have me completely intrigued and sold. I'm flat exhausted now, but its at the top of my viewing list...
I have to tell you how impressed I am with this video. I'm no spring chicken, as the calendar likes to remind me, and have been shooting all my life, but more serious handgunning; just over the past 12 years or so. As part of my interest and self-improvement, I've watched many hours of instructional and opinionated UA-cam videos. So I was quite surprised to coming across this video for the first time today. From my experience and cognitive assessment, this video hits the nail on the head. This is such good information and so different from the majority, if not all, the other videos that are out there.
The second half of the video was totally unexpected but again, so on the mark. I think this video should be promoted wherever, however possible. A must-see for its quality educational, historical, and training values.
As a final surprise, in reading over some of the comments, is to find that you folks are last-stand holdouts in California ... of all places! As someone else said, wish you were more centrally located.
Job well done. Keep up the fight and excellent work.
I never knew such videos existed. I am way into my 70's and I have discovered my passion for handgun shooting. Surprisingly no one ever told me not to start with a Desert Eagle AE 50 or 44 Magnum. The best starting point is to practice with a 22lr gun which is more reliable (don't keep on jamming). Once someone understands what this video explained (I wish every range in the country has videos like this and the range-masters encourage newbies to watch them). I wish I can find videos which explain how to control breathing and focusing (Zen part). A major reason we are losing this battle because we the adults are unable to bring the young ones and teach them properly this art and craft. I am a member of a gun-club, in our monthly meetings average age of participants is mid-sixties, I can see this fine place becoming a ghost club in next few decades or so. Fear of guns is deliberately instilled by those who do not want us to have guns. We are blamed to be anti-social and our ORGANIZATION is portrayed as anti-American, anti-Peace, I see very little to counter it. IInd amendment may not be dissolved but local authorities (I don't want to name them) are doing their best to make it ineffective, and that will take away an important part of the American Heritage.
Best video on the internet... everything he says makes perfect sense.
Nice. You basically replicated my old mans method when i was a kid. Pellet guns and BB guns. Then .22s and shot gun when i got older. Big rifles and hand guns when i was a teenager. Good work.
The first shot is one thing, but maintaining control through a six round (rapid fire) string is another. You taught me it's in my head and not my grip. Thanx!
You are describing what we call "the speed of control". Think of it as a speed limit beyond which you lose shot to shot control. Grip, no matter how good, will not prevent that. That speed limit increases with practice.
BRILLIANT! The most useful shooting advice yet on the tube. Thank you.
Literally 90% of this video pertained to the exact issues I am having with my pistol marksmanship.
Excellent video. Thank you.
I'm from the UK, we do have issues acquiring hand guns, even those with very long barrels and backend extensions to make them over 24" in total.
However, there is much to learn from this indepth analysis. So I'm going to apply as much as I can of it to allowing my grandkids to shoot air arms.
My name is Juan and i´m from Argentina (sorry for my english).
I want to thank the people who made this video, seriously. I think is one of the best tutorial i ever seen. Thank you very much and congratulations.
Hola Juan, yo soy Mexicano y vivo en Phoenix, AZ Estados Unidos. soy instructor de armas de fuego para una agencia de policia aqui en Arizona. Gracias por su comentario, por cierto, su ingles is bueno.
Juan Russo
Your English is great
Probably the BEST video on UA-cam. Period.
Love this video, just saw it in my recommended videos. I have 2 comments: I hear perspective new handgun buyers always ask the same question ... what is the best handgun to get/shoot/use for self defense and always the dealers go into makes and models of what they recommend or specific calibers and i always interrupt looking directly at the dealer saying to both them and the customer "the one you don't miss with." 9 times out of 10, the customer starts talking to me then. Second comment is if I'm on a watch list just now, the watchers are lazy.
It's nice of you to be the obnoxious guy who interrupts strangers in conversation. What's not so nice is that advice is misguided. People don't simply "not miss" with a certain gun. People need to be trained to shoot effectively before they can. Additionally, the guns that are most effective for self or home defense are not the best guns to train with.
Watching this 7 years after it was uploaded and I am amazed by the depth of subjects it covers. A job well done!
This is one of the best videos I’ve ever seen on UA-cam. As a father, I will apply your advice. Many thanks Silverado Shooting Academy!
A wise decision, Dad. Encourage your kids to shoot, enjoy the sports, and teach them significance of the Right to 'keep and bear'. Take them shooting. Avoid coaching or training them yourself. People think this is a marketing angle we take. It's not. We don't care who trains them. You can have your beer drinking buddy train them provided he or she is competent to give instruction.
I have been trained and shooting my entire life. My father was a cop just about his whole life. I was trained by him other cops and other trainers. I think this is probably one of the best training videos I've ever seen in my life. When I was the age of about 6 years old I was shooting a large caliber rifle. I believe it was 30 ought 6. As I pulled the trigger the scope kicked back and hit me in the eyebrow. I think subconsciously that accident has been haunting me my entire life. After watching this video actually caught myself slightly flinching as I pull the trigger. I should have been taught this concept many many years ago. My son is a shooting instructor for the Marines. I'm going to send him this video and see what he it says about it. Thank you for posting this video. I'm going to share this with all my shooting partners and both my children.
Age 6 with a .30-06 will not end well. A 6 year old doesn't have the body weight or strength to control that much energy. Sarah didn't shoot a bolt action high power rifle (8mm Mauser) until age 15. This was after years of shooting Olympic air -rifle, 4 position small-bore rifle and pistol caliber lever action rifles.
@@SilveradoShootingAcademy yea...I know but my dad was a cowboy .He put me on bucking horses,bulls and dirt bikes at young ages. His favorite saying to me was " Are you a cowboy or a candy ass"!!?...I asked my family and they said it was either the 30 ot ..or maybe 243 I don't really think a 243 kicks that much.. haven't shot one in twenty years... My family well on my irish mother's side..I have pictures of me smoking cigarettes and drinking beer at like f****** four
@Billy Jones
What has your Marine said of this video?
7 years old and still the best tutorial on UA-cam. Wow I’d love to attend such training! Can barely afford the ammo to go behind my barn and shoot, but I think this technique will help me SAVE ammo by not simply blasting away. Got a new Shield Plus as a carry gun and need to practice this. As for the politics, wow, it’s like he had a crystal ball. When voting fails, not much else is left. Thanks so much for this video. I’m sure I’ll watch it yet again.
My gratitude to you for this video is inexpressible. Thank you. God Bless you and those you love, and God Bless America.
I am so pleased that you were not afraid to get political with this. Anyone considering learning to shoot needs to be aware how badly our right to do so is under attack. ALL Americans NEED to be made aware of this and also the critical nature of the 2A, and the people actually exercising it, to the defense of the entire nation and it's constitution. THIS is why that one amendment contains those words "shall NOT be infringed". These great quotes you included from Jefferson, Washington, Henry, Webster, and others should be posted in all govt. offices and schools across the land as a constant reminder to everyone, especially those with the power to "infringe".
People who are afraid to get political on the real meaning of 'freedom' are just biding their time until confiscation day - the day they'll give up both their guns AND their freedom.
@@SilveradoShootingAcademy Roger that!
Best handgun vid I've seen out of hundreds
this is one of the best shooting management videos I have ever seen. thank you so much, Sir
Haven't found a single case where trigger pull and reset made a difference in a defensive shooting, there are features on firearms that are overrated and exaggerated and trigger pull and reset are some of them. Your firearm video is excellent and very helpful.
Instructors who don't grasp the concept always go back to treating physical mechanics to try to solve the problem. Which is why we get so many people showing up saying they've trained with many 'experts' who couldn't help them.
This is The Best common sense hand gun crash course training video I have ever seen… OUTSTANDING !
I've been shooting for 3 months, 9mm. Watched the video a few times, took notes, reread them. The next day I was shooting 40 rounds in 2" x 3" group at 20'. Before the video 40 rounds in 10" x 10" group at 20'. Use the Silverado method - it works!!! Thanks so much for helping my shooting!
I keep coming back and watching. This is probably one of the best, if not THE BEST, video on this topic.
I must have watched a dozen videos on how to be a better handgun shooter and I was still only hitting the target about 40% of the time (6" target at 15 yards) after going through 1,000 bullets. After watching this video my next 200 shots hit the target 81.5% of the time. Thank you so much for posting this video. Now I need to improve my speed while maintaining my accuracy.
Great statistical record keeping. It sounds about right. We train people to put rounds through a four inch circle cut in a steel plate at 21 feet. Six inches at 15 yards equates to 3 inches at 7.5 yards. 80% + is a good start. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Here’s a story, at 13 I begged my dad for a BB gun. He said no and that Christmas I had my first 22. He trained me and told that a BB gun will get you in trouble. I trust you to know a 22 will take a life. My dad trusted me with life and death. I never felt so proud and like a man. Some will understand that story and some people will not.
BB guns should be treated no differently than a firearm. The minute any kind of gun becomes a 'toy'; they become dangerous.
I started my kids on fake, went to airsoft (skipped nerf, they need sone toys) then BB then 22. They were 6 and 8 when they started, by 10 my girl is shooting .22lr (boy has some spectrum type issues but is getting there)
I was honestly hoping they would ND with the weather guns, maybe some people never ND but it's a hell of a learning experience if you don't get it trouble or hurt someone (I doubt many a man have two ND's under their belt, I'll admit to bouncing a 9mn around my bathroom......classic "clearing the chamber" *before* dropping the mag ....)
I guess I kind of rambled, your dad sounds cool but I think when you start earlier it's good to "step up"
But also there us nothing wrong with a first timer learning on a harley, I happen to get a shadow first but live riding so much I would've persevered. I think the same applies for guns, it's nice to start with 22's and BB guns but not necessary.
Last year I got my 5 year old nephew a lever action cap gun for Christmas. When he opened it, I explained that he was not allowed to point it at the dog, the appliances, or any of us who didn't agree to play with him. I also told him that if he started pointing it where he shouldn't or getting careless with it, I would take it away (I lived with him so it was an actionable threat). I saw a cap gun as a fun toy and a training tool that could help instill good habits.
Out of all the videos I've watched regarding tricks to improve my shooting, this is hands down the best one; mainly because it doesn't try to teach you a "trick" but hits fundamental points that I wish everyone mentions. Hadn't even thought about some of these. Couldn't put a point on one of the things I've been doing wrong but you sure did. I'll be starting shooting classes soon here in NJ, so looking forward to hearing what they say but until then, as I started to learn how to shoot earlier this past year, I've been watching a lot on YT and having friends who are experienced shooters teaching me at the range. Thank you so much for this video- it's extremely articulate.
I didn't expect the in-depth "Neurophysiology 101" explanation starting at the 4:00 mark.. but it turned out to be the most useful aspect of this video.. explained big-time why I could shoot my 30-06 but balked at firing a handgun. Great video!
So true for me as well. I am accomplished rifle shooter, mediocre handgun. I am going to practice with my handguns to get to that breaking point with that same mental state that I can obtain when shooting one of my rifles.
As a fairly new handgun owner, looking for the best way to become competent, I have been searching through multiple UA-cam videos. This one is the absolute best, and most-encouraging. As a veteran and a lifetime member of the NRA, the quotes from several American Patriots included in this video are especially inspiring and help me to realize how critical it is that I learn this skill, and help others to understand the importance of not allowing the gun control activists to make any more progress. Finally, I really appreciate comments about how to encourage young ladies to get interested in the shooting sports. Many thanks. Tom from Columbus, NC
I am awaiting delivery of my first handgun: a Heckler & Koch VP9. I can't wait for its arrival to start putting some of your techniques into practice! My wife came into our marriage with a Taurus .38 caliber and she has only fired it once. It is hoped that I can "fire up" her enthusiasm to join me at the range and become more comfortable with her firearm. Thanks for the excellent video. Well done.
We teach that people should handle their guns aside from only taking them to the range once or twice a year to shoot. Dry handling (not dry firing) is a way to build safe and competent handling habits that are the foundation of REAL safety.
I have a vp9 long slide, had it for a few years, if you want a nice upgrade go get a Zahal spring upgrade system. It’s an Israeli company I believe. Pretty nice little upgrade imo
@@AlphabetBoisAreSmelly I just got my VP9, can you explain what that Zahal spring upgrade is? How does it affect the gunm
I want to Thank You all for this Video. Well done. BRAVO
In my life there have been many people contribute a lot to train me. Thousands spent personally, my father also in the thousands, the government in the tens of thousands. This video is the word! The microseconds of flinch, blink, jerk and brace are the effects that cause misses. I learned in zen archery to throw each shot. It helps you pass many of the moments and tightens the group amazingly. These guys are on point.
Man, you should be doing at least 50% of all youtube gun videos. Outstanding!!!
Give us time, brother. We're working on it.
@@SilveradoShootingAcademy you will be going up against some pretty stiff competition from world champions to retired army snipers!
The competition you refer to is all a rehash of the same thing. People train what they were trained in. All the Blackwater, Special Ops, Ranger, SEAL team stuff is pretty much a generic product. Great stuff if you want to be the aggressor, but it's irrelevant to most civilian firearm use when you factor in what is a legally defensible use of deadly force.
excellent video. raised in Alaska i was taught how to shoot, hunt by my 15 y/o cousin when i was 12. later i joined the Marines and was the second highest scoring shooter behind a kid from Kentucky. i love guns and believe every law abiding American should own at least one...
"shall not be infringed upon"!
I wish everyone had an opportunity to see this video. Makes me proud to be an American again.
Makes me proud to be Croat, after seeing our weapons being used. Around 15:32 :)
And if I may add, I really admire the normal way you folks in USA have a developed weapon culture. In Croatia it is very much on downturn and being neglected as well as being negatively talked about. It's a shame, we were known soldiers and mercenaries in the past and our culture is very intertwined with this heritage. Also, in the 50's 60's 70's and 80's we had a nation-wide guns handleing and shooting classes obligatory as well as obligatory army service for men. Shame they shut all that down... today you see a lot of youg people that dont know how to use handguns and or rifles. So, they can injure them selves almost instantly if they are put in the situation of need, and they really never grow up if you know what i mean...
Well, I hope your ways and spreading the knowledge will continue. Cheers!
Going back to Mexico again?
Finally someone know the proper mechanics and balance of beginners shooting the first time. Thank you.
This is the most reasoned and intelligent explanation of shooting I’ve ever seen! I have no doubt I’ll be better! Thank you!
This is actually one ..no...THE Best video I’ve seen in a very, very LONG Time!
Thank you and God bless for making this video, especially towards the end when the young lady spoke about what is important to the conservative American….!
Very well made video. Thank you so much for these critical lessons.
May good health and peace always find you.
Love and regards.
Nationals qualified rifle shooter from India.
Best video I've seen in a VERY long time!
Stan Robertson I
First, I want to thank you for your patriotism, your understanding of the Second Amendment and the importance you place on teaching family members, especially young women, how to properly use firearms. Second, thank you for conveying the correct mindset necessary to accurately shoot a handgun. At 55 years of age and having been shooting since age 5, it was only recently that my inaccuracy was solved by concentrating on correcting my reactive interference. The pre-shot flinch is the enemy of the well-placed shot. I was never afraid of the gun, but my brain was reacting adversely in anticipation of the shot.
Reactive interference is a very primitive response to protect our head and face (vital neurological equipment) from stimuli that is a threat. It is a primitive response because you can even do the same classical conditioning on a snake with the concussion from a gun. This is in addition to the anticipation of recoil.
Wow, I can't believe it took me 4 years to find this vid. I wish I could upvote it 10,000 times. Superior work. Kudos to you.
Share it all you can before YouTUBE censors it. I suspect they are already messing with the view numbers. They just terminated Rush Limbaugh's channel on some BS pretext.
I have been a shooter for many years and have been through lots of training. I feel that I am qualified to share that this video, the instructor, the information and presentation is is excellent. Among the best I have ever seen. Bravo Silverado!
excellent information. I am a progressive and a life long gun owner. I grew up in the suburban gun culture where men, women, and children were armed. No one shot anyone. The 50's and 60's were hopeful bountiful times. People had hope based on real opportunities. I believe that mass shootings and opioid addiction are rampant because despair is their inheritance. The people who have grown up with no hope is based on objective realization of their circumstance. It isn't the guns that are the problem but the social reality that leaves so many with bad situations and no way out.
Despair is a mental state of ones own construction. No one is a victim unless they choose to be. People inhabit the hells of their own making and liberalism gives credence to what is just dysfunctional cognitive habits.
honora lovall I wish there are more progressive people like you out there. A big number of them keep blaming guns for everything.
Well stated. I continually find it amazing that more people don't realize how there were FEWER shootings when there were FEWER gun restrictions - and nobody wants to stop and ask "why?"
Science, History, Civics, combined with most excellent team. I learned a lot. Wonderful presentation. Thank you 🙏
Finally found someone to explain what I need to do to correct my issue of flinching, it explains that dry practice won’t solve my issue.
I really enjoyed the video. I have had my firearm for 3 years. I practice dry firing and know how to disassemble it to clean and reassemble. A year after buying it, I finally went to the range, and a few clips in, my gun had a misfeed which greatly scared me because I didn't know how to clear it, but my brother in law did. I only had the little foam ear inserts and it was super noisy and stressful for my first time. That was my one and only visIt to the range for 2 years. So the gun sat in the drawer for over a year, but I continued to watch videos especially how to clear a misfire/misfeed. Finally, in September of 2023 I went to range and I had the range to myself for 15 minutes before another person came. I was able to adjust to noise and startling factor of the gunshots and this time I had much better ear protection. It was really a great experience this time and I used the technique mentioned here and plan to go again. I only have shot about 180 rounds through so far. I still have much to learn.
Find an outdoor range to shoot at if you can. Indoor ranges tend to expose you to more concussion and noxious fumes. We always train at outdoor ranges and teach handling and malfunction clearing before any live fire. We wish you the best and feel free to contact us if you have any questions.
@@SilveradoShootingAcademyyes! Indoor concussion is way worse than outdoor. Also, I wasted $500+ of ammo before I was even conscious of my trigger breaks, and still need to proactively remind myself on each shot. This video is outstanding for us beginners
"...a few clips in..."
Revolvers may be reloaded from "clips," but automatics use "magazines"; "mags" for short. (You can also load magazines from clips, called "stipper clips.)
@@seikibrian8641 not just pistols, but many bolt action and a few semi-auto rifles were clip fed as well.
This video is a must for everyone wanting to improve their handgun skills. Having taught handgun basics to novice shooters for the better part of the past thirty years, I cannot recommend this video highly enough. Understanding the process and learning to control reactive interference is a top priority for acclimating shooters to proper technique. Practice, practice, practice and then practice some more. Use every tool at your disposal to truly master the handgun.
A shooter for 30+ years. This explanation about the animal brain made sense to me. I was able to shrink my groups down my first trip to the range. Thanks for sharing this info!
Agreed with the commentator below, this is by far the best advice I have gotten. I've been discouraged lately, and stopped going to the range. Now I have a method to follow and will return to regular shooting range time this week. Thanks so much.
This is the first time I’ve ever felt the need to comment on a video. Very, very well done. Saving this for many rewatches and sharing this with everyone I know. Thank you for this.
I 100% agree with you. I've always said that anticipating the shot, is what makes you miss. I always take a very firm grip, and then trick my mind into thinking that the gun is empty. Then I pull the trigger, as if I'm dry fire practicing. I shoot very good, on days when my imagination is on point. But, I always shoot bad, when I'm trying to time the trigger, with the ignition of the round going off, simply because I'm anticipating the recoil of the explosion. Confidence in your grip will also take your mind off of recoil. After several rounds, with a firm grip, you will realize that you have total control of that firearm, and it never feels like the gun is overpowering you. These are just a couple of the things that have helped me become a better shooter. And also just like you stated... Repetition will slowly train you to ignore the explosion going off in your hands. Very good video!!!!
What an awesome video ! As the father of two teenage daughters , I could not agree more.
Fantastic video! I don't comment often but your breaking down the fundamentals of what makes for accurate shooting is the best explanation I've heard. I'm relatively new to handguns as they're heavily restricted in Australia, but I've just joined my local pistol club and I'm looking forward to practising as much as I can.
Thanks again and never take your gun rights for granted:)
The purpose of gun laws is to effect a gradual disarmament of the citizenry. It has no effect on crime and that's not the real purpose of it despite how it's sold. Politicians know this. They aren't afraid of armed criminals. They're afraid of armed CITIZENS. Armed criminals don't have political motives behind being armed.
robert mckinley sadly, self defense is not a valid reason for owning a gun here and your license application will be rejected if you mention it when applying for a firearm 😕
Thank you! not only for the shooting teachings,also how to include my daughters and nieces! And demonstrating your love for our country!!!!!
I’ve already commented once but I can’t help doing it again, the difference is so amazing! I had no idea why I could shoot a long gun with better than average accuracy but just plain sucked with a pistol. I blamed my eyesight, pistol, short barrel on pistol (Glock 27), iron sights and ammo. Turns out it was none of these. It was all me getting tense right at the millisecond before the striker released. I’ve learned to recognize this and calm myself before pulling to the break point. I’m putting nice groups in the bullseye consistently now. I hope the tension will eventually be completely gone and I can speed my shots up. Thank you so much for this video!
Consistently focus on the technique and don't think about speed. The speed comes by itself from practice. The minute you focus on speed, things fall apart.
"3.) The phrase: 'pro-gun, constitutional conservative' is not a reference to party politics.
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Well said! I myself am not Democrat or Republican, but an American Constitutionalist.
LOVED the video!
^5
Well done. 24 years of military service and many of those years were in special operations. I learned something today. I look forward to more of your videos.
Thank you for your service. More videos will be coming soon.
Yes very educational video, knowledgeable instructor. 2 years military experience (none special secret operations) and some of those weeks hitting 40/40. Learned a lot from your videos and looking forward to more.