Posted: 2/21/2005 7:16:53 PM EDT
| I may be crazy (or a bad shot), but i just can't seem to avoid shooting left with my Glock 23. I don't shoot left with any other gun. Anyone else have this problem? |
| a friend of mine (who also shoots left and is very experienced) attributed the issue to the polymer gun. i have tried shooting from sandbags, and the pattern is distictly left and a little high. i've learned to compensate by aiming low and right, but that seems stupid. i wish it was a fundamentals problem with me, but it really seems to be Glocks. |
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I always shoot low and left. It's a common issue with new Glock shooters. Breaking the low left hits. |
Excellent resource, thanks! |
| Very experienced shooter I know was explaining to me that every inexperienced right hand shooter will shoot low to the left. Because of the way the trigger is being pulled. Glocks are pretty light so that could conrtibute to the even more noticeable left and low situation. |
I'm a lefty, and until recently always was low and to the right with each Glock I own. Maybe this is just a left-handed manifestation of the same issue? I tried lots of different things to compensate, but only time took care of the problem. Now I seem to be right on target. (most of the time anyway
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Exactly! Glad your are on target now. |
| I've got a 19 that shot to the left. I also have 12 other Glocks that shoot true. I drifted the rear sight over pretty far to cure it but then found I could work up a load using plated bullets instead of Montana Golds which cured the correction without drifting the sight. Strange, huh? hinking.gif |
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Alot of guys shoot low left at the 7-8 O'-clock position. This is mainly caused by anticipating the shot and pushing the muzzle low and to the left for right handers. Also when holding the arm in the shooting position all the tendons run on the inside of the arm that control the palm and fingers. A gripping action on the pistol plus trigger "pull" instead of a "smooth squeeze" all contribute to shooting low left. I am a private shooting instructor and instruct a client shooting to lower left to not anticipate the shot, and to break them of this habit also intruct them not to blink. Your eyes should remain open though sight alignment, trigger squeeze and follow through. If you take a moment to think about it and picture what you look like from the front(I walk my students through this mental picture). You probably already have one eye closed during aiming, Then right before the gun goes off you anticipate the shot and recoil, push the muzzle lower left, AND colse your remaning open eye. Now think about it. You are trying to hit a bullseye while closing BOTH eyes while directing you muzzle away from a taget you cant even now see. This all happens in a split second. I have watched students and fellow shooters go from 12" to 6"-4" groups in the next round of shooting after having them consider this. I have a tendency to shoot generation 1+2 glocks ocasionally to the left for one simple reason. The grip tends to "roll" to the left in my dry hands when shooting. I simply work harder at keeping the pistol aligned with the target. There is also an AGI video titled "make your glock rock" The host actually claims Glocks shoot to the left. This is total BS! I have never had to adjust sights or shoot to the right to be on target with ANY quality handgun. |
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How about this for inconsistant: On paper at 15yds I tear a ragged hole just low/left of center. At the gravel pit however I can make plastic jugs jump at 25+yds. I can even hit objects on the 60yd backstop. I like that target BallisticTip. I think I'm gripping the gun to hard when I shoot at paper. |