Like every shooting and gun handling book, the opening chapter is about gun safety. Once the author gets that out of the way, he immediately starts getting into pistol shooting instruction. Within short order, I saw things that I was doing wrong. First of all, was my off-shooting hand grip. I thought that the purpose of my off-hand grip was to serve as a counterpoise for my shooting hand so I pushed one hand against the other. The book’s author, Albert League, puts forth that the off-hand’s ideal use is to carry the weight of the shooting hand and the handgun.

The second error that I am making was not focusing on the front sight alone. Leage recommends that the shooter focus his eyesight on the front sight and let the target and the rear sight remain blurred. The front sight is to be kept pointed at the center of the blurry target and be kept even with the top of the blurry rear sight notch on the pistol. The mistake that I make is that I keep shifting my focus from the target to the front sight and then to the back sight. This, according to Leage, is impossible to maintain so the front sight ultimately comes off of the target so you miss.

Despite what you think you know; you’ll find yourself pondering your shooting technique as you get into this book. The Perfect Pistol Shot is definitely worth the read.