MBaban Posted February 27, 2003 Share Posted February 27, 2003 I need pointers to be consistent in hitting where I aim. I seem to drop my hits about 4 inches below from where I aim at 7 yards. I have both thumbs pointing towards the target. I shoot the Glock 35. I semto shot better if I donnot take my time. Am I anticipating my shots? what drills should I do to improve? Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Dunlop Posted February 27, 2003 Share Posted February 27, 2003 Mark, assuming your gun is zeroed correctly, (so that the bullet strikes where its aimed) then there must be a flaw in the way you release the shot. If you are watching your sights until the shot is fired you will see any movement, perhaps caused by anticipation, grip tension or bad trigger control. If you are not, that may well be your problem. hope that helps, P.D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBaban Posted February 28, 2003 Author Share Posted February 28, 2003 Phil, thanks, I can't remember where my front sight was on each shot, I will keep that in mind. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattBurkett Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 Mbaban, you most likely have your eyes closed if you don't recall the sight lift. (hence flinch) Have someone watch your eyes while you are shooting to see if they are closing or use a video camera to check for it. You might want to try this on your trigger contol: Press the trigger straight to the rear, feeling it the whole way. When the sear breaks, hold the trigger back through the recoil. Then count One thousand one, and SLOWLY release the trigger feeling the reset. IF you don't feel the click, you already released the trigger. Do it until you get it right. Most likely you will have to relax your strong hand to do this as it will probably be too tense to get a good feel of the trigger. Good luck, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBaban Posted February 28, 2003 Author Share Posted February 28, 2003 Matt, thanks, I'm pretty sure it is the flinching. I will try the trigger control and video the shoot. Thanks for the pointers guys, now I'm aware of some of the things that I'm doing. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHughes Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 Do some ball and dummy drills to really find out if you are flinching or jerking. At the range during you practice put several dummy rounds with you live rounds in your hand and without looking load the rounds into the magazine. Or have a friend load your mag for you with the dummy and live rounds. Start shooting slow fire drills, always look for a second sight picture as soon as possible. Try to press the trigger to the rear without disturbing the sights. If you press the trigger on a dummy round and the sights move at all, you are anticipating the shot. Most times with a right handed shooter you shots will be low left. You can also do dry practive. Take your empty gun and balance a dime on the sight or top of the gun. Try pressing the trigger to the rear without having the dime fall off the sight or top of the slide. These are old bullseye drills we did in the military but they still work. At 7 yards it is almost always the shooter and not the sights on the gun. Good luck and always double and triple check you firearm when doing dry practice. Also dry practice at something that will contain the round if for some reason a round goes off. That leaves out the big screen TV, the cat or dog and of course the wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted April 5, 2003 Share Posted April 5, 2003 You also may be "looking for the hits". You gotta learn to read the sights, and trust what the sights tell you. If not, you end up "looking for the hits", which leads to dropping the gun down at about the split second that the bullet is traveling down the barrel. Try closing your eyes (safely) when you shoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBaban Posted May 11, 2003 Author Share Posted May 11, 2003 Thanks for the pointers, after a frustrating few weeks, the flinch is gone and I'm seeing the front sight, therfore hitting the target. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimel Posted May 12, 2003 Share Posted May 12, 2003 Another possibility: If you have a fiber optic front sight you may be putting the "dot" at the bottom of the rear notch instead of aligning the sight properly. I speak from experience on this one. I have been working hard on sight picture in dry fire and group shooting at the range for awhile and that seems to be clearing it up for me. Time will tell. I discovered this in a stage where there were a lot of head shots and I ended up with nice C shots instead. I thought that maybe my sights were screwy but in slow fire I was able to hold very nice, tight groups. Then one of my shooting friends suggested that maybe I was holding the "dot" at the bottom of the notch. I tried it and this reproduced, exactly, my head shot failures. So goes the life of a shooter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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