Posted: 3/25/2012 12:40:33 PM EDT
| I have just go into shooting pistols in the past years. I have taken classes and different courses on basic handgun technique, grip, and form. I am having a problem with my groups all going to the left? I will have my sights lined up perfectly with the target and yet all my shots still group an 1" to and 1.5" to the left every single time. What could be my problem? Trigger control? It's driving me nuts! Thanks. |
| My guess is a combination of trigger control and flinch. Dry firing a lot will help. You can test it on the range with some dummy rounds or snap caps. Load one in your mag at random and you will see what is going on when the trigger breaks and nothing happens but the front sight moving. |
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If you are a right handed shooter, you are squeezing the gun too tightly with your right hand. Try a 60 /40 grip. 60 % hold with support hand; 40 % hold with your trigger hand. Without watching you shoot, that should work. This is my guess, too. You're flexing your right hand fingers as you pull the trigger. Concentrate on gripping and driving the gun with your support hand, and let your shooting hand just go along for the ride, with its only job being to pull the trigger. |
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If you are a right handed shooter, you are squeezing the gun too tightly with your right hand. Try a 60 /40 grip. 60 % hold with support hand; 40 % hold with your trigger hand. Without watching you shoot, that should work. This is my guess, too. You're flexing your right hand fingers as you pull the trigger. Concentrate on gripping and driving the gun with your support hand, and let your shooting hand just go along for the ride, with its only job being to pull the trigger. This but also look at how much of your finger you are using on the trigger. You finger should only have the last pad on your finger touching the trigger. This will prevent your metacarpals from moving when you squeeze the trigger. When you incorporate anything past the first crease on your finger you will notice when you squeeze the trigger your metacarpals move in your hand. In simple terms do not hook the trigger with your finger just use the tip. I like to call it just the tip. 
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what kinda gun/trigger combo you using
? one of the first things i'd check is to see if the section of your finger past the part that is suppose to stay in contact w/ the face of the trigger (the lower digit sections) are pressing into the side of the frame as you press the trigger |
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If you are a right handed shooter, you are squeezing the gun too tightly with your right hand. Try a 60 /40 grip. 60 % hold with support hand; 40 % hold with your trigger hand. Without watching you shoot, that should work. I've always thought these techniques were a bunch of BS I hold the gun as tight as I can with both hands, but not so tight that it will cause me to shake or jerk the trigger. This always makes my groups tight and minimize recoil Just remember the trigger is not your pecker. Stop jerking it around and squeeze it straight to the rear. I don't do anything crazy like a pull push BS technique with a a rifle either. I just pull it into my shoulder and concentrate on the trigger Really focus on the front site. Doing this will easily tell if your jerking the trigger. |
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If you are a right handed shooter, you are squeezing the gun too tightly with your right hand. Try a 60 /40 grip. 60 % hold with support hand; 40 % hold with your trigger hand. Without watching you shoot, that should work. I've always thought these techniques were a bunch of BS I hold the gun as tight as I can with both hands, but not so tight that it will cause me to shake or jerk the trigger. This always makes my groups tight and minimize recoil Just remember the trigger is not your pecker. Stop jerking it around and squeeze it straight to the rear. I don't do anything crazy like a pull push BS technique with a a rifle either. I just pull it into my shoulder and concentrate on the trigger Really focus on the front site. Doing this will easily tell if your jerking the trigger. It might sound like BS until you start trying to do fast splits and you develop a case of trigger freeze due to a death grip. Recoil management is 70% proper grip style, 30% strength. |
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I have just go into shooting pistols in the past years. I have taken classes and different courses on basic handgun technique, grip, and form. I am having a problem with my groups all going to the left? I will have my sights lined up perfectly with the target and yet all my shots still group an 1" to and 1.5" to the left every single time. What could be my problem? Trigger control? It's driving me nuts! Thanks. Are you shooting a Glock? EDIT to add: same points other members have said but with visual reference. 
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