Shooting to the left

[Blazen]

When shooting my Glock 26 or my Glock 27 I always shoot to the left of what I am aiming at and I can't figure out why. Now if I shoot my Gock 31, 9 times out of 10 I can shoot what I am aiming at. I can't figure why I can do the same with my sub Glocks.

It seems the more I concentrate, the worse I do. If I just point and shot, I am usually on center. The longer I aim and adjust, the shot will be to the left.

I think my trigger finger is pulling the gun to the left, thus why the shots are going to the left, but I have not figured out why I do it just on the sub guns. My only reasoning is the fact that I am dealing with a short grip.

Any thoughts/feed back would be appreciated.

[dws1117]

Do you have large hands?

Do you get all of your fingers on the grip or is your pinky hanging off?

Have you tried using the magazine extenders that could give you the
extra at the bottom giving you a better grip on the gun?

BTW welcome to the forum.

[Blazen]

I have med to large hands. On both of my sub Glocks I have the +1 or +0 grip extenders on them. So I can get all of my fingers on the grip. If I shoot a full size gun, I can seem to shot good for the most part. I just need to figure out how I am moving the gun to the left before I pull the trigger.

[Johnny Van Etta]

Are you right handed or left handed?

[Blazen]

I'm right handed. I am going to try some dry fire exercises and see how that helps.

[Braden]

Are you sure your rear site is centered where it's supposed to be?

[Blazen]

I am pretty sure the rear sites are centered correctly.

[Johnny Van Etta]

If you are right handed, and your shot groups are to the left, that usually indicates you have too much trigger finger being used. If you look at your grip while holding your weapon, see if the inside of the trigger finger is touching the side of the weapon. If it is touching, as you compress the trigger, your finger is "pushing" the weapon to the left. It doesn't take much to make your point of impact off. Try it & let me know if this helps. You really need to position your trigger finger with the pad of your finger on the trigger, allowing a gap between the rest of your trigger finger & the side of the weapon.

JVE

[Blazen]

Thanks for the input JVE. :P

[Mike Cornell]

Blazen,

One of the two main causes, pushing the trigger finger, has already been discussed. If you shoot right handed, the other cause is squeezing the grip tighter as you execute the shot. This is a fairly common problem for many shooting compact pistols.

I shot pistol competitively many years ago while in the Marine Corps. Our pistol team coach, an old USMC warrant officer, would look at our targets after shooting a string of fire and ask if we'd like him to squeeze a certain part of our anatomy like we were squeezing the grip. We all got the point and learned how to properly grasp our weapon while executing a shot.

Check out "error analysis" at http://www.bullseyepistol.com.

Mike Cornell

[Blazen]

Thanks for the input Mike!

Seth