Pistol Pete
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I'm having problems shooting left of target. I know that its probably flinching, but how do you correct it. I'm not really shooting low, just left. Thanks for your help! Pete
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Shooting left
- Thread starter Pistol Pete
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Sounds more like trigger engagement, i.e. not enough of your index finger in front of the trigger causing you to torque the gun to the left.
I prefer to have the right edge (I shoot right handed) of the trigger nestled into the first joint of my trigger finger. This puts the trigger centered in the first pad of my index finger.
Try dry firing (no ammo of course)with your sights centered on a light switch or wall outlet and see what happens as you pull the trigger. It shouldn't move nor should you have to struggle to keep the weapon on target if you have proper trigger engagement/grip.
If you have adequate trigger control, it could just be the gun needs to be sighted to your point of aim with a simple windage adjustment.
Flinching usually prints low and left.
Hope this helps,
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Rick
[This message has been edited by Bandit (edited September 20, 2000).]
I prefer to have the right edge (I shoot right handed) of the trigger nestled into the first joint of my trigger finger. This puts the trigger centered in the first pad of my index finger.
Try dry firing (no ammo of course)with your sights centered on a light switch or wall outlet and see what happens as you pull the trigger. It shouldn't move nor should you have to struggle to keep the weapon on target if you have proper trigger engagement/grip.
If you have adequate trigger control, it could just be the gun needs to be sighted to your point of aim with a simple windage adjustment.
Flinching usually prints low and left.
Hope this helps,
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Rick
[This message has been edited by Bandit (edited September 20, 2000).]
If the sights are not off, its probably your trigger pull. Concentrate on pulling directly to the rear and squeezing. Also you can interchange live ammo with snap caps or dummy ammo (do it blind folded or have another person load your mags so you don't know where the dummy rounds are) in your magazines and go out and fire. This will give you live rounds intermixed with dummy ammo. When you get to a dummy round and the gun flinches you have a problem. This will help with the flinching if that is the problem. Good luck!
Check this site out. It gives a chart to analyze your shooting. Ive taught marksmanship and this chart is user friendly and informative. Hope it helps.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Dreyer_infonet/training.htm
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Dreyer_infonet/training.htm