Hi Folks-
I'm hoping to find someone with advice or recommendations to help me improve my shooting, specifically drills or practice techniques I can try at home or at the range.
I usually shoot a Glock 17 with Meprolight night-sights. I use an isosceles stance, but I am right handed and left-eye dominant. I consider my grip to be firm, but not a death-grip type of thing.
I've been practicing at 10 yards, and have been hesitant to start increasing the range until I resolve my "shooting left" issue. My groups have been consistently within 5" or so (improving slowly), but *always* left. Seriously, if I shoot 50 rounds, I'll get maybe 3 or 4 right of centerline. I don't seem to have a problem with a high/low trend...just left.
After looking at "error" targets, I tried working on trigger-finger placement, and now contact the trigger either on the distal knuckle crease or between the center of the finger pad and the knuckle crease. This has improved my problem slightly. I've also tried increasing the grip with my right hand, and slightly relaxing the grip with my left. Still, however, the tendency is to shoot left. I find these two corrections to be a little uncomfortable, but would gladly train myself to get used to them, if they helped. I tried using my right eye for sighting, but I was all over the place. (BTW, I shoot rifles with my right eye, and don't have a particular problem...go figure!) I've shot a SIG P226 and an HK USP Compact with similar left-sided shot placement (although only about 50 rounds with each, on 2 different training sessions)
I usually shoot "strings" of 3 shots, with the first shot aimed after bringing the weapon up from a rest/ready position, and then 2 shots maintaining the strance and using the Glock "trigger set." There seems to be no difference among each shot...all have a left trend.
In my dry fire practice, I feel comfortable with my grip, sighting and trigger squeeze. I don't notice a significant tremor or drift during practice. Certainly, there's always room to improve consistency and smoothness, but I don't notice a particular trend.
Due to the consistency of my error, I'm really convinced that I have some grip or trigger-pull tendency that's causing the problem. Anybody have some suggestions to improve?
Thanks in advance,
-sb
I'm hoping to find someone with advice or recommendations to help me improve my shooting, specifically drills or practice techniques I can try at home or at the range.
I usually shoot a Glock 17 with Meprolight night-sights. I use an isosceles stance, but I am right handed and left-eye dominant. I consider my grip to be firm, but not a death-grip type of thing.
I've been practicing at 10 yards, and have been hesitant to start increasing the range until I resolve my "shooting left" issue. My groups have been consistently within 5" or so (improving slowly), but *always* left. Seriously, if I shoot 50 rounds, I'll get maybe 3 or 4 right of centerline. I don't seem to have a problem with a high/low trend...just left.
After looking at "error" targets, I tried working on trigger-finger placement, and now contact the trigger either on the distal knuckle crease or between the center of the finger pad and the knuckle crease. This has improved my problem slightly. I've also tried increasing the grip with my right hand, and slightly relaxing the grip with my left. Still, however, the tendency is to shoot left. I find these two corrections to be a little uncomfortable, but would gladly train myself to get used to them, if they helped. I tried using my right eye for sighting, but I was all over the place. (BTW, I shoot rifles with my right eye, and don't have a particular problem...go figure!) I've shot a SIG P226 and an HK USP Compact with similar left-sided shot placement (although only about 50 rounds with each, on 2 different training sessions)
I usually shoot "strings" of 3 shots, with the first shot aimed after bringing the weapon up from a rest/ready position, and then 2 shots maintaining the strance and using the Glock "trigger set." There seems to be no difference among each shot...all have a left trend.
In my dry fire practice, I feel comfortable with my grip, sighting and trigger squeeze. I don't notice a significant tremor or drift during practice. Certainly, there's always room to improve consistency and smoothness, but I don't notice a particular trend.
Due to the consistency of my error, I'm really convinced that I have some grip or trigger-pull tendency that's causing the problem. Anybody have some suggestions to improve?
Thanks in advance,
-sb