Help, I'm shooting down and to the left

[Lisa82]

I shoot Bullseye with my .22 pistol and at 25 feet I have no problems. When I shoot other types of matches (USPSA, IDPA...) with hubby's Glock 19, again, I'm right on target if I'm within 15 feet. The problem comes in when I start to shoot at a distance of more than 15 feet (iron sights). My husband tells me I'm jerking the gun. Yesterday, I went to the range and shot 50 rounds. I'm shooting very slow and being very careful not to jerk and it's not noticeable to the eye if I am, but again, I'm not hitting my target. Any advice?

[Justin1911]

Dry fire a few times and you'll see the sights move down and left. Then keep at it until the sights don't move. Then continue to dry fire for the rest of your life in between trips to the range for practice. I often tell those new to shooting a glock to take up the trigger slack first until you feel that firm resistance to movement - then slowly continue to press the trigger to the rear (while maintaing sight alignment) with slightly increasing pressure until the shot "breaks". Like a 2-stage pull. Shots after this are from the reset position - that is the "2nd stage only" so you're keeping your finger on the trigger between shots on the same target and not allowing the trigger to return all the way forward to have such a long pull everytime.

[JerryC]

Also check that your trigger finger is not touching the frame when you press the trigger.

[Ben Stoeger]

I'm shooting very slow and being very careful not to jerk and it's not noticeable to the eye if I am, but again, I'm not hitting my target. Any advice?

You may be blinking when you shoot... try and feel for a twitch when you shoot slow fire. You may want to have someone else watch your eyes while you shoot.. it will be very apparent to them if you are indeed blinking.

To help eliminate flinching, try shooting faster. I mean rip off shots into the target as fast as you can. You cannot flinch as fast as you can shoot. Shooting faster will help you be aware of what a shot you don’t flinch on feels like.

I hope this helps.

[sidewinder6]

There is a drill you can try with a friend who balances a penny on your front sight blade while you dry fire. This drill will end much speculation about the common problem you have encountered. In fact in you look around here, you would find 10's maybe hundreds of posts on the same identical problem. There are also some diagnostic targets that give you rough ideas about your shooting when you miss high or low etc. The search function is your friend.

[lethal tupperwa]

Have your husband place a snap cap mixed in with the rounds in 1 or more mags.

If you don't know where it is, when the gun goes click and also moves you will have your answer. Lethal

[Krim52]

A drill we did was to place a bullet standing at the tip of the barrel, squeeze the trigger while trying to keep the muzzel perfectly still. Hopefully not allowing the bullet to fall. Then have someone charge the weapon for you, while you continue to stage the trigger and repeat the process. Btw... the bullet will fall off when they charge so have them replace it :) Hope this helps with trigger management. It helped me pretty good.

My instructor said one training he went to they used marbles. I couldn't imagine that...

[Lisa82]

Thanks for all the information. We went to the range again tonight. I shot about 45 rounds and wasn't shooting as low left as I have been. Then my husband (Jeff82) put the target about 10ft out and told me to aim dead center and forget everything else I'd been focusing on. I shot two rounds right through the center. He moved the target to 20 ft. Two rounds in the center (three inch circle). He did this two more times until the target was at 50 ft. I shot a total of eight rounds with him doing this, changing the magazine after every two shots, and all but one were in the center. One of the eight was upper left, about four inches off. I don't know what I did, but I hope I can do it again Saturday at the USPSA match:supergrin:

[Orlando Eric]

...

My instructor said one training he went to they used marbles. I couldn't imagine that...

I was in that class... and the marble was filled with a mixture of highly unstable explosive mixed with anthrax... talk about making you focus and concentrate....:whistling:

[9x45]

Low left is the most common new Glock shooter issue. It's all in the grip. Assuming you are right handed, and right eye dominant, grab the gun as high as possible in the web of your right hand, wrap your left index finger around your right middle finger, have your right thumb over your left thumb, sorta of pointing at the target, only use your left hand to steer the gun, and your right index finger to push on the pad of your trigger finger. Never use your right index finger on the trigger guard. And not in the fold of your finger (too right on the index finger) as that will steer the gun left. Try it. It allways looks good to your eyes, but your hands control the gun... Start at 3 yards and when you get several rounds in one hole, move out to 5 yards, and so on.