A couple of thoughts;
- There is no question in my mind that type of target affects how well you shoot it. Example; take a 3 inch dot and sight at it at different distances. The size of the dot in relation to the width of the front sight varies and some variations make it easier to center left to right than others.
- This will also affect shooting low or high.
SIGHT Images by
craig stuard, on Flickr
My pistols are set for picture 2. If you are using picture 1, then distance and/or size of target circle will affect POI height.
- When shooting at longer distance or at smaller targets I only shoot maybe 3-4 shots in a string. After that last shot, it is comfortable for me to bring the pistol back to my chest, aimed up at about 45 degrees and relax my arms. I breath a few cycles to get back to normal because I was usually holding my breath while shooting.
- You don't mention if any of your shots are in double action mode. If they are, and if they happen to be the shots that hit low, welcome to the club. What helps me w/ that is increasing the grip strength of my support hand.
- I agree w/ lwt16. No matter how good your eyes are, focus on the front sight only, and let the target be fuzzy. If you wear glasses, what has really helped me was getting a pair where my dominant eye lens (the entire lens) is set to focus at front sight distance.