Newbie shooting targets...

I'm just recently getting serious about handgun marksmanship, and don't really have a mentor, so I'd very much appreciate suggestions or comments about training.

Right now I have only an indoor range to shoot at.

Right now I'm shooting 100-200 rounds 3-5x per week, nearly all of it slow aimed fire; some of that presentation from low ready, some of that slow double taps (i.e. concentrating on getting my sight picture back on target fast). I'm mostly shooting 9mm, some 38 Special, some 44 Mag. The 38 is a 3" Chief's Special, the others are heavy and/or long.

I'm shooting nearly all offhand, with maybe 10% one-hand on each side. My left hand is alarmingly shaky, but it's interesting to practice with different physical constraints.

I started with Weaver stance, but isosceles seems to work better for me.

I use standard 25-yard pistol targets (very cheap at my local range). I mostly limit myself to 10-shots per bull, since that helps to keep my concentration up.

Eventually I want to add rapid-fire action (maybe even low-level IDPA/IPSC etc.), but my plan is to try to get the basics of sight picture, grip, stance, breathing and trigger control first.

I feel I'm maybe halfway toward getting a start on those things, maybe a little less, but I want to keep working the present plan (at least as long as I'm improving) up to a decent minimum level.

My best 25-yard target so far is an 80, and I haven't gotten a 100 at any distance over 10 yards - not great, but that will give you some idea where I am.

I've done some country plinking in the past, and love it - I'm just trying to build some basic skills right now.

Any comments/suggestions? Thanks!

Thanks! sportshooter.com is a WONDERFUL web site.

I read Ayoob's Combat Handgun book and liked it a lot - much of it isn't oriented to what I'm trying to do right now though.

The Army handbook which sportshooter.com links to has some really good stuff, including a lot of discussion on focussing on your front site. So far (I'm only 1/3 through it) it's pretty much oriented to one-hand shooting, which I guess is how they do service qualifications, but of course lots of their stuff is relevant to two-hand shooting too.

I keep hearing about "bullseye" pistol competition - does that require one-hand shooting? What target is that shot on, and what's a good score? Are there separate divisions for .22 and .45?

I am working on front-site focus and breathing, but I'm not nearly done with those yet!

Another question is: if I put a red-dot sight on one of my guns, would that be useful for developing my shooting skills? I know it makes speed shooting easier, but aside from that, I'm thinking that a red-dot might make it easier for me to spot trigger and breathing problems?

And similarly I'm thinking that installing a laser on one of my my guns might be useful for dry-fire practice at home?

Thanks again,

There are some interesting-but-not-cheap videos on Brian Enos' site -
http://www.brianenos.com/pages/videos.html -
any comments on which might be most useful for a semi-novice?

Thanks,