Blackhawk shooting way right

[Quoheleth]

I finally got to spend some time with the 6.5" .41 Magnum Blackhawk on Monday. I'm the 2nd owner. I was using once-fired Remington brass (my 2nd loading with this brass), Winchester LPP, and 8.0gr Unique under a 215gr lead Keith-style SWC bullet.

I'm a lefty shooter with left-eye dominance.

At 12 yards, POI was 3-4" right of POA.
At 50 yards - as you can imagine - POI was 2'+ to the right.

This was after I drifted the rear sight to the left as far as I could without the sliding notched piece sticking out of the sight bracket.

I'm using a semi-Weaver grip; left hand relatively low on the grip with my left pinky tucked under the grip. My right hand palm is slightly lower than my left hand, contacting the right grip panel with the palm area at the base of my thumb and the outer palm edge (below my right pinky) is rolling up under the grip, sort-of cupping the grip slightly.

I'm new to the single-action game. Best guess as to what's going on?

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[MikeJackmin]

Load two rounds, and leave an empty chamber between them. Leave the loading gate open and give the cylinder a spin. The idea is to shoot a few rounds without knowing if the gun will go 'bang' or 'click'.

If you see your sights move off-target when you pull the trigger on an empty chamber, you're flinching (welcome to the club! We meet Friday nights, at the bar). If you see your shooting dramatically improve, you _were_ flinching. If the sights are right where they are supposed to be, even after the trigger is pulled, and the gun is still shooting too far to the side, I'd consider sending it to ruger for a look-see. I have heard they are very good about it, and will fix the gun for you if there is something wrong.

 

[BlkHawk73]

VERY often found in most cases such results are shooter related not gun related.

 

[Quoheleth]

Assuming for a minute it's software and not hardware, I would be in the "too much/too little trigger finger" zone.

What does that mean?

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[MikeJackmin]

It means your finger is either touching the trigger too near the fingertip, or touching it too near the joint.

The trigger wants to come straight back, towards your eye. Any lateral forces are bad.

 

[greyling22]

try shooting with your off hand and see if you're still shooting low right. I'm a lefty and I have a terrible time with shooting low right. especially with my 1911. but I'm getting better..... I have long fingers and I was using the pad of my finger and pushing the gun. (and flinching low) when I moved back closer to the 1st knuckle my grips improved.

if flinching is and continues to be a problem, load lighter loads, get used to them, then gradually move to hotter.

good luck!