Help Glock Shoots Low And To the Left
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Have a friend load some magazines without telling you how many rounds he puts in it.
You will rather quickly see what you are doing wrong when it only snaps when your were expecting a bang.
Squeezing is good if you ever intend to hit anything with a pistol.
Jerking the trigger will pull the gun off target every time.
rc
Have a friend load some magazines without telling you how many rounds he puts in it.
You will rather quickly see what you are doing wrong when it only snaps when your were expecting a bang.
Squeezing is good if you ever intend to hit anything with a pistol.
Jerking the trigger will pull the gun off target every time.
rc
I would probably have to see it in person, but sounds like the right idea. Glocks are aqquired taste some people can shoot the crap out of them some people can't shoot them at all. Make sure you use the end of your finger rather than the bottom of it. A lot of people try put to much finger through and that hurts accuracy also.
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http://home.earthlink.net/~potomac00...ol Wheel.htm
Top Eleven Bad Habits of Shooters
1. Not Looking at the Sights. This quite frequently is listed as "looking at the target." A shooter may be focusing his eye on neither the sights nor the target, but since he does not see the target in clear focus he assumes he is looking at the sights. You must concentrate on sight alignment.
2. Holding Too Long. Any adverse conditions that interrupt a shooter's ability to "hold" will cause him to delay his squeeze, waiting for conditions to better. The disturbing factor about this is that you will do it unconsciously; therefore, you must continuously ask yourself, am I being too particular?
3. Improper Grip or Position. Suffice to say that you cannot fire a decent score with any gun at any range if you continually change your grip or position.
4. Jerk or Heel. The application of pressure either with the trigger finger alone or in case of the heel, pushing with the heel of the hand at the same time. Apply pressure to the trigger straight to the rear and wait for the shot to break.
5. Anticipation. Anticipation can cause muscular reflexes of an instant nature that so closely coincide with recoil that extreme difficulty is experienced in making an accurate call. Anticipation is also the sire to flinching.
6. Loss of Concentration. If the shooter fails in his determination to apply positive pressure on the trigger while concentrating on the front sight his prior determination needs renewal and he should rest and start over.
7. Anxiety. You work and work on a shot, meanwhile building up in your mind doubt about the shot being good. Finally you shoot just to get rid of that particular round so you may work on the others.
8. Vacillation (Plain Laziness). This is a mental fault more than a physical one, which results in your accepting minor imperfections in your performance which you could correct if you worked a little harder. The end result being you hope you get a good shot. Just like you hope you will get a gratis tax refund, and you will get one just about as frequently as you get the other.
9. Lack of Follow Through. Follow through is the subconscious attempt to keep everything just as it was at the time the shot broke. In other words you are continuing to fire the shot even after it is gone. Follow through is not to be confused with recovery. Merely recovering and holding on the target after the shot is no indication that you are following through.
10. Lack of Rhythm. Hesitancy on the first shot or any subsequent shot in timed or rapid fire. Develop a good rhythm and then have the fortitude to employ it every case. Frequently many shooters will have fine rhythm until the last shot of a string and then hesitate, doctoring up that last shot.
11. Match Pressure. If there are 200 competitors in a match, rest assured that there are 200 shooters suffering from match pressure. So what makes you think you are so different? If you are exerting all your mental energy toward executing the correct fundamentals rather than the arithmetic evaluation, your shooting match pressure will be what you feel when people congratulate you on a fine performance.
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Last updated: 11/14/07.
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Quote:
http://home.earthlink.net/~potomac00...ol Wheel.htm
Top Eleven Bad Habits of Shooters
1. Not Looking at the Sights. This quite frequently is listed as "looking at the target." A shooter may be focusing his eye on neither the sights nor the target, but since he does not see the target in clear focus he assumes he is looking at the sights. You must concentrate on sight alignment.
2. Holding Too Long. Any adverse conditions that interrupt a shooter's ability to "hold" will cause him to delay his squeeze, waiting for conditions to better. The disturbing factor about this is that you will do it unconsciously; therefore, you must continuously ask yourself, am I being too particular?
3. Improper Grip or Position. Suffice to say that you cannot fire a decent score with any gun at any range if you continually change your grip or position.
4. Jerk or Heel. The application of pressure either with the trigger finger alone or in case of the heel, pushing with the heel of the hand at the same time. Apply pressure to the trigger straight to the rear and wait for the shot to break.
5. Anticipation. Anticipation can cause muscular reflexes of an instant nature that so closely coincide with recoil that extreme difficulty is experienced in making an accurate call. Anticipation is also the sire to flinching.
6. Loss of Concentration. If the shooter fails in his determination to apply positive pressure on the trigger while concentrating on the front sight his prior determination needs renewal and he should rest and start over.
7. Anxiety. You work and work on a shot, meanwhile building up in your mind doubt about the shot being good. Finally you shoot just to get rid of that particular round so you may work on the others.
8. Vacillation (Plain Laziness). This is a mental fault more than a physical one, which results in your accepting minor imperfections in your performance which you could correct if you worked a little harder. The end result being you hope you get a good shot. Just like you hope you will get a gratis tax refund, and you will get one just about as frequently as you get the other.
9. Lack of Follow Through. Follow through is the subconscious attempt to keep everything just as it was at the time the shot broke. In other words you are continuing to fire the shot even after it is gone. Follow through is not to be confused with recovery. Merely recovering and holding on the target after the shot is no indication that you are following through.
10. Lack of Rhythm. Hesitancy on the first shot or any subsequent shot in timed or rapid fire. Develop a good rhythm and then have the fortitude to employ it every case. Frequently many shooters will have fine rhythm until the last shot of a string and then hesitate, doctoring up that last shot.
11. Match Pressure. If there are 200 competitors in a match, rest assured that there are 200 shooters suffering from match pressure. So what makes you think you are so different? If you are exerting all your mental energy toward executing the correct fundamentals rather than the arithmetic evaluation, your shooting match pressure will be what you feel when people congratulate you on a fine performance.
Copyright 2001 2006- 13th Confederate Infantry
For problems or questions regarding this web contact the webmaster
Last updated: 11/14/07.
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Lets try this. Post 5 has the chart open this link.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=333223&highlight=target+chart
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=333223&highlight=target+chart
SDC
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Jerking the pistol low and left is the single most common habit among shooters who aren't used to the Glock trigger, so the single biggest thing you can do to improve your trigger pull technique is lots and lots of dry-fire; if you can balance an empty rifle cartridge case on top of the slide and pull the trigger all the way through without knocking the case off, you're part-way there.
As a new shooter the best way to learn to shoot is with an experienced instructor. This assumes you don't already have an experienced shooting mentor, such as a family member, to show you the ropes.
Look for a NRA Basic Pistol class near you. They are the standard class for learning to shoot handguns and are pretty easy to find. Check out the NRA website under Training Opportunities and ask around at local shops and ranges to find a class.
You'll learn the fundamentals and have someone who can explain and demonstrate the right way to shoot. He or she should be able to diagnose your problem as well.
The hardest way to become a good shoot is to be self taught. A little instruction at the start of your shooting career goes a long way.
Look for a NRA Basic Pistol class near you. They are the standard class for learning to shoot handguns and are pretty easy to find. Check out the NRA website under Training Opportunities and ask around at local shops and ranges to find a class.
You'll learn the fundamentals and have someone who can explain and demonstrate the right way to shoot. He or she should be able to diagnose your problem as well.
The hardest way to become a good shoot is to be self taught. A little instruction at the start of your shooting career goes a long way.
fineredmist
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It appears that you have too much finger on the trigger. You should place the trigger half way between the tip and the first joint and pull straight back.
if ur a rightie that is normal for lack of trigger discipline. More rounds down range will solve it. I would not mess witht he sites as you will then be constanly moving them back and forth as your shooting imporves...
Get some snap caps. that willshow your shooting error real fast. Have some one load ur magazines with a few of those caps in there somewhere. It will make a believer out of you, for sure..
Good luck and just shoot it like you stole it..
Get some snap caps. that willshow your shooting error real fast. Have some one load ur magazines with a few of those caps in there somewhere. It will make a believer out of you, for sure..
Good luck and just shoot it like you stole it..
Some great advise, follow some of them and let us know the results.Lol no don't own a 1911 but i want one eventually.. my first gun range visit consisted of me and my cousins Colt Gold Cup 1911.. and his wife's BHP.
anyhow i'm due for a range visit the only problem is our range far away and makes us shoot what they sell and were not aloud to shoot our own ammo.. american eagle is not very clean.
ty all again for the advice i will be looking it over and tell you how it goes.. might take a class as mentioned by Trebor.
anyhow i'm due for a range visit the only problem is our range far away and makes us shoot what they sell and were not aloud to shoot our own ammo.. american eagle is not very clean.
ty all again for the advice i will be looking it over and tell you how it goes.. might take a class as mentioned by Trebor.
gga357
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You may be squeezing the grip as you squeeze the trigger. This will pull you left. You may be anticipating the shot and that will cause both low and left sometimes.
HippieMagic
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it isnt the gun... my first time out i shot low and left bad... my second time out I tightened it up but ended up with this:
ALL of my shots are in the black the others were there before I put the target up. You can see my low and left came center and left... I was concentrating on not squeezing the grip, getting the right amount of finger, and not "pulling" but "squeezing" the trigger. It helped me out quite a bit... those are 15 yards away so I am not too good of a shot but I am not horrible. I will improve.
ALL of my shots are in the black the others were there before I put the target up. You can see my low and left came center and left... I was concentrating on not squeezing the grip, getting the right amount of finger, and not "pulling" but "squeezing" the trigger. It helped me out quite a bit... those are 15 yards away so I am not too good of a shot but I am not horrible. I will improve.
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