Shooting problem (me, not the gun)

[Lobotomy Boy]

I've noticed that when I have a gun that is dead-nuts accurate for me, my shooting buddy always shoots high and to the left with that same gun. With his guns, I shoot low, and to the right.

Last night while dry firing my new G21, I noticed that when I squeeze the trigger, I move the gun down and to the right ever so slightly (enough to account for the 2-3 inch discrepency between my point of aim and my buddy's at 10 yards). I worked at it a long time and was finally, with much effort, able to squeeze the trigger without moving the gun. But it seems like whenever I squeeze my index finger, the lower part of my palm twitches involuntarily. This is what is upsetting my aim.

I'm practicing squeezing my index finger without twitching my palm, and also steadying my palm with my left hand.

Anyone have any other advice?

Thanks in advance.

 

[middy]

With a 2-handed grip, try using a tighter grasp with your support hand than with your trigger hand... about 60% - 40%.

 

[Satch]

Practice trigger pull

To help to learn to sqeaze the trigger and not pull or jerk it,try what G.Gordan Liddey said he done in his book "Will". He was in the F.B.I.and wanted to learn to shoot well and straight.He put a empty book of matches cover in his shooting had with the flat (top) end on his trigger finger where the finger would press on the trigger and the pointed part of the match book in the space of his hand between the base of the thumb and the base of the index finger. He then would squeeze the match book but not hard enough to make the book collapse between his fingers. He done this for hours whenever he could became a very good shooter.

 

[BigG]

1. No two shooters will have the same point of impact with the same gun unless it is a fluke.

2. If your TECHNIQUE is flawless, you should be able to shoot any fixed sighted QUALITY firearm to point of aim with factory ammo it is regulated for. This would mean 9mm 115 FMJ; 38 Special 158 RN, 45 ACP 230 FMJ, etc.

3. If you get a lot of trigger time and pay attention to what you are doing you will get better in a hurry. Try to get a GROUP with your shooting, disregarding whether it is centered or not until you are sure you are making a minimum of TECHNIQUE errors, then adjust your sights to the group.

4. I'm not trying to make this harder than it seems, but shooting is a SKILL and it takes time to build it up. It probably does not come naturally to many. But, lots of men do not want to be helped and that introduces a whole nother set of roadblocks.