Thanks for the feedback. As of now, I am assuming that the accuracy would not degrade with a little more speed, but if it did I would back it down. And also as of now, the pistol is just short of infinitely more accurate than I am. I am making some slow and steady progress (maybe "very slow" is more accurate). While I am enjoying the journey, I joked with a friend that as far as my results on paper go, I have some bad days and then I have some horrible days . . . . The targets that tear are the official competition B-40 10M air pistol ones - not ones I print myself. The results get a bit better if I put some masking tape on the back, and really good if I tape one of the square Gamo or AirVenturi "cardboardish" targets to the back of the official targets, although that is a bit of pain to do on every target. For most of my practice right now I am using the Gamo and AirVenturi targets, as those do produce very clean holes.Thanks again!
AC12,Thanks for all that - lots of great advise there, some of which I am following, but other bits I need to start doing. So far I have just been working to keep all the shots in the black, and I only have successfully done it on one ten shot card. I just need to keep reminding myself to expect the progress to be slow.And I will certainly get some of the Kruger targets to see how those work for me. But I guess if I am honest with myself, the tearing is a minor issue until my shooting improves enough to get to a small enough group that I start scoring the targets.