04-26-2016, 07:44 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 6
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As If Posting For the 1st Time Isn't Awkward Enough, Now I Have to Think of a Title?
New Kimber owner here and also new to 1911s and handguns in general. I wanted to purchase something for home and personal defense that would also be fun and challenging to shoot. I also found the 1911's design and history intriguing. In hindsight, I was probably disproportionally influence by Kimber's marketing and didn't really look at other 1911 manufacturers; however, I have no regrets.
I recently moved to South Carolina after working in New York for the past 21 years and found the gun culture here to be both a blessing and curse. The blessing is that there is no shame in owning a gun down here and I can now, for the first time, obtain a CCW permit (just finished the class last week) and carry if I want. The curse is that there seems to be a lot more gun violence down here, especially involving domestic violence and robberies. Law enforcement down here seems to be (understandably) quick on the trigger. There is also a larger meth problem that what I was exposed to up north.
However, after a few weeks still I find myself feeling like a fish out of water with a gun in my hand. The last time I held a handgun, I was a cocky 15-year-old on on vacation in California with my family. To make a long story short, I was up in the mountains with my uncle who carried with him a western-type six shooter in case he ran into any dangerous snakes or whatnot. He took some time out to teach me to shoot, and in the process I blew a hole in my leg. That experience swore me off of handguns for the next few decades.
I have now only shot about 200 rounds and my shot placement is all over the paper. I get both encouraged and discouraged seeing range results posted on here. I am seriously thinking about hiring an instructor for private lessons in hope that it will improve my accuracy. I know that I need to train and practice, but I want to know that I am training and practicing in a correct way, and not just spending hundreds of dollars shooting and developing bad habits. Being left handed probably doesn't help, and I am not sure which is my dominant eye, as I use my left eye for close up and right eye for distance. I guess I could learn to shoot right handed if necessary
Perhaps I am overthinking all of this?
Anyway, I don't post much on forums, but I saw Chuck 43's "Hey, you, new guy" post and thought I would give it a try.
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