Shooting left: what causes it?

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theprisoner

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I have been having a problem with my new Glock 26. My shot groups are always to the left. Now I have been shooting pistols for almost 15 years now and I own quite a few handguns and have not this problem with most of my guns although there have been a few exceptions such as my Sig P228. Is it me? The gun? What can be done to correct this if it is me and how do I deterime whether it is me or the gun? Comment and suggestions would be much appreciated, thanks. P.S I feel selling the damn Glock. I can stand having a gun that I am not completly proficient with.
 
i would try shooting the glock from a solid rest to eliminate as much of the human factor out as possible. take your time and try for consistency as always. if the handgun is still shooting to the left you many want to drift the rear sight a bit to the right to correct this. good luck.

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cliff
 
Som eGlocks, like my G17, just shoot left. Glock says you just have to put on an adjustable sight and live with it cranked all the way oto the right. Bummer.
 
is it shooting straight to the left or is it high left or low left?..this makes a difference...if you are a right handed shooter, high left could be caused by heeling or anticipating recoil; low left could be caused by tightening your grip when you pull the trigger;dead left could be caused by squeezing your thumb when you pull the trigger or by too much trigger finger.
I have a Glock and I find that the trigger makes the gun jerk a little to the left for a right handed shooter and just the opposite for a lefty...the best thing you can do with a Glock is practice dry firing..it won't hurt it a bit...try balancing an empty casing on the slide and dry firing without disturbing the casing...then put two casings on the slide...head to head and dry fire...
Hope this helps.. :D)

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I have not had anyone else shoot it yet although I plan on doing that. I also plan on benching the gun i'll let you know the results. Thanks for the link for the targets. Does anyone know what range you are supposed to use them at?
 
I used to shoot to the left, as you describe. The cure? An instructor at a CQB course asked me why my finger was resting on the front of the trigger guard. I told him that was the way I always shot. He said then you have always shot to the left. After drilling it into me, I no longer rest a finger to the front of the trigger guard. It did away completely with this prob. Hopefully this helps.

Be Safe
Mike
 
I took the gun to my range today and shot it from a rest on a bench at 10 yards. And guess what? The gun shot dead left about 2" from point of aim. I am now convinced that it is the gun and not me. What to do now I do not know but I am tempted to sell it. BTY it has fixed sights does not seem to be much room for adjustment. So what to do?
 
Mine acted the same way. I drifted the rear sight to the right about 1/8" and it is fine. I drifted it by hitting a small screwdriver with a hammer, but I put the plastic screwdriver handle against the sight and hit the blade with the hammer. The plastic handle didn't mar the sight. The sight looks funny sitting off-center on the slide, but it shoots fine. Hit carefully if the sights have tritium inserts. And, oh yeah, take the slide off the frame before hitting it :) Good shooting.
 
Do not adjust your sights as suggested above (NO Offence). Take it to a smith who undoubtedly has a sight adjusting jig.The rear or front sight need to be adusted by mere thousandths of an inch (Front sight movement of .02" equals a 3" change at 25 yards. Rear sight movement causes a similar change. The numbers above are for guns in general, however, every model is different so play it by ear.)
 
I've had this problem too. Once I had the sights properly aligned (by a smith), I switched from a weaver stance to an isoceles stance. This change helped me center my shots. In my case, a problem with my left eye caused me to switch to my less dominant right eye. The isoceles stance helps me to keep both eyes open while focusing the right eye on the front sight. My accuracy at 15 and 25 yards has improved considerably. Of course, sticking with single-action autoloaders helps too.
 
Siggy, you're right. Beating on the sight with a screwdriver & hammer is probably not the smartest way to move the rear sight. If the bullets are 2" to the left at 10 yards, then, with about 5.375" between the front and rear sight on the G26, the sight needs to move to the right by about .0298" (if my math is any good). If a smith can measure the movement closely, then that should straighten the shooting. Or, borrow/rent a proper Glock sight pushing tool to take to the range to zero it in more gently than my original "caveman" technique. Anyway, Prisoner, the windage is adjustable, even with so-called "fixed" sights. And shooting it is more fun when the holes are in the middle of the target. (but in case all else fails, keep a hammer handy :))
 
Very Strange...I can get to the Target Gallery with no problems, but when I try to get either the single or double correction chart, it won't bring it up. I tried saving the image and opening it in another program, but it says that it's not a valid image file. Anyone have a copy they can post, my brother is trying to figure out his Sig.
Thanks,
Bill
 
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