February 16, 2016, 02:49 AM | #26 | |
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I am trying to keep the front sight square and level with the rear sights, and place the X on the silhouette about where the center of the front sight's dot would be. I suppose I'd have to say my trigger is centered between the pad and first joint of my trigger finger, possible more towards the pad? I'll have to try and pay more attention when I go shooting next. Thanks everyone so far for the replies. |
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February 16, 2016, 09:20 AM | #27 |
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OP, can you post a pic of your grip? That would be most helpful.
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February 16, 2016, 11:12 AM | #28 |
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(Just caught the initials ). Next range session, put up a blank sheet of paper or turn a target backwards and focus your attention on the front sight. Don't worry about where the hole goes. Just press the trigger so as not to disturb the sights. (I used to find it helpful to imagine I had balanced a dime on the font sight and wanted to drop the hammer without disturbing it.) Keep your eyes open through the discharge and watch where the front sight comes down. If if consistently lands left of the rear sight notch, you probably do have something in your grip biasing the muzzle. If that's the case, try shifting the gun slightly clockwise (from above) to see if you can adjust your hold so it naturally tends to return to a good sight picture, plus or minus a little tolerance. Also, I should have mentioned dry firing practice. In order not to disturb the sights the old rule of thumb for pistol shooters used to be to dry fire three times for every live round you put down range. This was to train the habit of keeping the sight alignment still through the firing pin strike. If your gun maker recommends against dry firing in an empty chamber, get some plastic dummies to do it with.
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Dry fire with a laser target system intalled. If the laser doesn't move when you pull the trigger it is probably your sights. If the laser mover high left you are doing something wrong.
Well, not really wrong, just not quite right. I've had people make claims just short of Gecko45 realm, then watched the shoot much worse groups. Whatever is happening, it is happening reasonably consistently. That usually means the fix isn't that difficult. Quote:
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And, as others offered, stay focused on the front sight. Implicit in that is avoid peeking at the target between shots. Peeking is a bad habit and a real accuracy killer. |
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