Trying to shake the rust off my shooting.

I hit left because not holding arms and wrist straight, hit high with J Frame and 686 Snub with Magnum ammo

It is amazing how quickly one's shooting skill diminishes after a short break of not shooting. For me I like to warm up and remove the rust with a 22lr anything and than move up to center fire. As far as not being on center could also be your stance is not square with the target. Maybe your shoulders or feet are a tad rotated. All in all he is missing a lung.

daniel craig said:

50 rounds at 7 yards. Ooof. I need to get shooting more.

What do you think I’m doing?

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I think you need to bump the rear sight a tad right. Other than that, I think youre not doing too bad.

Focusing on the front sight/alignment, and not thinking about the trigger works for me.

ms6852 said:

It is amazing how quickly one's shooting skill diminishes after a short break of not shooting.

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I dry fire a number of different guns, and in a number of different ways, every day, shooting or not. Seems to keep the muscle tone and hand-eye coordination pretty much up to snuff.

I also try to shoot at least a couple of times a week just to make sure it is.

But seriously, dry firing is an important part of this if you want to maintain and improve your skills.

Too much finger

Not if you plan ahead.

trackskippy said:

I dry fire a number of different guns, and in a number of different ways, every day, shooting or not. Seems to keep the muscle tone and hand-eye coordination pretty much up to snuff.

I also try to shoot at least a couple of times a week just to make sure it is.

But seriously, dry firing is an important part of this if you want to maintain and improve your skills.

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Whole heartedly agree. I do confess that dry firing is not one of my routines but I do go to the range twice a week and substitute dry firing with 22lr shooting. I normally shoot a couple hundred rounds of 22lr as my warmup and than end with centerfire . I may shoot different guns but the last I shoot is my CC. I feel that it is important that the mind and muscle memory remain the most current with what I carry. No scientific data to prove it just a psychological one for me.

Was that slow fire, or were you shooting for speed?

Is this the G48? If so, I find myself pushing shots to the left too. It happened with both the factory plastic sights (blech) and the new Meprolight tritium sights I put on it. I have to really concentrate with that gun in particular to keep them centered. It's bad if I shoot my 1911 first then go to the G48.

Not knocking it though. I really like it. I have about 400 rounds through it and it gets better and better.

I had a day. I started a string of shots moving left in straight line almost with my one 22 rifle. Swapped rifles. Same thing. Just got in a bad grove that day. It happens.

Shooting is a perishing skill to a degree. And also there’s days where you’re on and days where you’re off. For whatever reason.

There’s also the possibility that sites need adjusting. But in my case, it’s usually something I’m doing that once addressed, fixes the issue.

Im the worst about too much trigger finger and causing shots to be off center.

It appears your are a right handed shooter that is over compensating thereby pulling your shots left of center. There are numerous issues that can cause this problem. First, are your shooting cross-eyed or with the wrong eye? Determine your dominant eye. Second, re-evaluate your hand hold. Find a more comfortable finger position which will give you a steadier hand, and help shift your POI more towards center of the bullseye. You may find changing your finger position will also bring the gun up higher into the web of your hand. Once you have better handling control, concentrate on closing up your groups by reviewing your stance, wrist and arm alignment with the rest of your body. Only then consider changing your site alignment, not before.

When my shooting starts going downhill I go back to the basics. In my case it's been proper grip and front sight focus that tightened my groups again. YMMV

md7 said:

Shooting is a perishing skill to a degree.

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As you age any of your skills perish. Practicing them as much as possible slows down the rate that they do so.

doubleh said:

As you age any of your skills perish. Practicing them as much as possible slows down the rate that they do so.

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Much truth in your words

for me, the first thing to go, and the last thing to come back, is follow-through.

luck,

murf

I catch myself flinching with handguns at times, and when I do the groups look just like yours… slightly left and sometimes down a touch.

Dry fire away from the range, shooting rimfires to warm up/cool down while at the range and a commitment to focus on my front sight and follow through help eliminate most of my hiccups with autos and revolvers of all sorts of styles.

I’m no shooting master by any stretch, and there are far, far better marksmen on this board and in society as a whole, but when I catch myself slipping into a flinchy mode I need to stop and reset with the above steps. It helps me, YMMV.

Stay safe.

OP,

This may or may not have bearing on what’s going on. But, maybe it’ll help?

I’ve noticed that I shoot mid sized handguns better than full size. Perhaps it has to do with me shooting Glock 19/23 sized pistols for so long. But I’ve noticed on a full size gun (like a 1911, Glock 17, Beretta 92, etc) that I have more “barrel wobble” near the muzzle. That doesn’t seem to happen, or perhaps rarely, with a 19 size pistol.

When I notice it, I usually check my stance, grip, etc. and observe that the wobble is reduced with corrections. Maybe that’s not a factor for you. But have you observed that in your recent experience?

Those splatterburst targets are great for practicing point shooting.
I'd be tempted not to look at the sights, concentrate on the target, and see what your groups look like at 5 & 7 yards.
Just sayin'

If you're shooting a Mini-14, that's not a bad group for 7 yards, regardless of your age.