Powderman
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YEP shooting is a skill and it takes practice. Advise is to get a ruger mark III 22/45 for range and a CO2 pistol for home practice. I have gotten markedly better with all my real guns by putting lots of BBs down range with a daisy co2 with a sucking double action trigger.
Quite possibly the best advice in this thread.
When it is reduced to its lowest terms, there are two important facets--and ONLY two--that count in accurate handgun shooting; and those two are sight alignment/sight picture and trigger control.
Center the front sight in the rear notch, tops of all three even, and centered on where you want your bullet to hit. Now, roll the trigger straight back without sideways pressure while maintaining the perfect sight slignment and sight picture.
Don't worry about recoil. You already know that the gun is NOT going to buck out of your hand. Simply seat it down as far as possible in your hand, with a good firm grip.
Sights and trigger. That's what counts.
Now, guess what? You're going to have to start reloading. Competency with a semi auto pistol almost demands it.