Folks on this forum like Old Cop, who have "been there and done that," are the guys to listen too. Shot placement is what he said.

My wife and I were shooting with a guest at the local range, and she was just starting out with her shield. We "played" a little training game from the low ready position, in which we tried to place 2 shots in the kill zone on a thug shaped target in the shortest time. Wife shot first, kinda slow but very accurate and I was somewhat faster and accurate. Our guest shot about 3 times quicker than we did, problem was, he missed the entire target. One shot was low, and the second one was high above the head. He was embarrassed and rightly so, but the point made was, and still is, shot placement.

Have a blessed day,

Leon