Good advice so far. And don't be too hard on yourself, that's not bad shooting for someone who doesn't shoot often. And for those who don't know, those targets at Red's are a fraction of the size of a standard DPS silhouette so even though you've got some flyers around the outer limits of the body outline, those would actually be at least a 4 score on DPS-size silhouette used in CHL qualifying.
That said, certainly room for improvement as you self-recognize. At 3 yards, with practice, you should be putting a single hole in the target. If that target was from 7 yards, I'd say "what're you complaining about?" Not perfect, but not half bad. If that target was from 15 yards, I'd be saying "stop your whinin' and show me how to shoot like that"
... anyway, you get my point.
For me (and I am by no means a "great shooter" - only above average at best, and then only on my good days and only from 10 yards in) the secret to any pistol shooting (bullseye or tactical) is to consistently replicate a solid, comfortable, accurate grip AND trigger control. But the grip comes first. If your grip is off or uncomfortable or somehow just "wrong", then practicing trigger control by dry firing is just reinforcing your bad grip which you'll have to overcome later.
Grips are very difficult to explain in print. But this is a fairly decent article explaining some good techniques
http://www.handgunsmag.com/tactics_trai ... tg_100306/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Not the ONLY accceptable grip, but a good one used by many pros.
I use above (or at least am still trying to perfect it for myself) for semi-autos, but a different grip for revolvers (crossing off-hand thumb over shooting-hand thumb).
