Nephrology
10-02-2011, 01:52 PM
Howdy,
So I am not exactly a high speed low drag megahero of the tacticool world but I do a decent amount of shooting for the little free time that I have- usually shoot some sort of pistol match once a month and try to get out to the range at least once or twice other than that. I can generally hit what I am aiming at and place middle of the pack in my local IDPA/IPSC matches. So I clearly have a lot of room to improve, but I am not making 20" groups at 5 yards either.
That said one thing that I have found to consistently be a problem, across all manner of pistols but particularly Glocks (which are my go-to guns for most everything) is that I pull my shots left by roughly 1" at 7 yards, sometimes low as well. The groups themselves are usually pretty tight (unless I am shooting Wolf which causes them to open up remarkably even at short range, perhaps not surprisingly) but they are always and consistently to the left. at first I thought maybe I had installed my sights incorrectly, but I did it today with a range buddy's 1911 as well - not quite as far to the left and even a little tighter than my glock groups are usually but still, I was disappointed.
What could be causing the problem? I dry fire pretty religiously and dont notice much if any jerking of the trigger but of course I am sure that changes when my heart gets going and I have loud noises going off close to my head. Any tips on how to fix it? I don't want to proceed if I am simply going ot engrain a bad habit that I have not yet identified.
Any help is appreciated, thanks!
edit: Wow, I just saw there was a similar thread right here on the forum already... I can close this if need be, though if it makes a difference I really don't use much finger on the trigger at all.
So I am not exactly a high speed low drag megahero of the tacticool world but I do a decent amount of shooting for the little free time that I have- usually shoot some sort of pistol match once a month and try to get out to the range at least once or twice other than that. I can generally hit what I am aiming at and place middle of the pack in my local IDPA/IPSC matches. So I clearly have a lot of room to improve, but I am not making 20" groups at 5 yards either.
That said one thing that I have found to consistently be a problem, across all manner of pistols but particularly Glocks (which are my go-to guns for most everything) is that I pull my shots left by roughly 1" at 7 yards, sometimes low as well. The groups themselves are usually pretty tight (unless I am shooting Wolf which causes them to open up remarkably even at short range, perhaps not surprisingly) but they are always and consistently to the left. at first I thought maybe I had installed my sights incorrectly, but I did it today with a range buddy's 1911 as well - not quite as far to the left and even a little tighter than my glock groups are usually but still, I was disappointed.
What could be causing the problem? I dry fire pretty religiously and dont notice much if any jerking of the trigger but of course I am sure that changes when my heart gets going and I have loud noises going off close to my head. Any tips on how to fix it? I don't want to proceed if I am simply going ot engrain a bad habit that I have not yet identified.
Any help is appreciated, thanks!
edit: Wow, I just saw there was a similar thread right here on the forum already... I can close this if need be, though if it makes a difference I really don't use much finger on the trigger at all.