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One other quick thought. Are you sure you know which eye is dominate? I am right handed but left eye. When I try to shoot using the right eye for sighting my patterns are always low and left. Just a thought.
...I've picked up the nasty habit of consistently shooting low left (call it 6:30, but any where between 5:45 and 7:15)....
If the dime is on the front sight instead of the slide it will tell him what he needs to know and he can still see the front sight.
It would save you time and money to spend a few hours training with this guy :
If you are pulling the trigger straight back and not disrupting the sight alginment during dryfire you are building a successful habit of pulling the trigger without a flinch or any other bad habit.
Sorry, I didn't learn it on the internet. When I struggled with my aim and flinch I picked up a book called "The Experts' Guide to Handgun Marksmanship" with excerpts from Jack O'Connor's Sportsman's Arms and Ammunition Manual (published in 1952). Page 65 covers positions for handgun shooting..."To apply correct trigger squeeze, the trigger finger should contact the trigger between the tip of the finger and the second joint (without touching the weapon anywhere else). Where contact is made depends on the length of the firer's trigger finger. If pressure from the trigger finger is applied to the right side of the trigger or weapon, the strike of the bullet will be to the left" The OP said he was low to the left so there is a chance his contact w/ the trigger needs adjusting.
I will be spending some quality time with the .22 this weekend.
I'm not totally convinced its a flinch because I do it with every pistol I pick up. I mean it could be, but I'm wondering if its more of a grip or trigger problem.
And yes, I do agree with the posters who have suggested learning to truly see the front sight and being able to call my shots.
Thanks to everyone for your suggestions. I've got my work cut out for me to get ready for the 2013 competition season.
load a snap cap(s) into your magazine along with live rounds but not let you know where it is. It will become VERY apparent whether you are flinching/slapping the trigger
Clarification: When doing "random snap cap" drills, focus on sight alignment, when u get to a snapcap, it will be very obvious if you are flinching.
adding a snap cap into a magazine of live rounds. This will give you immediate feedback. ... ad the above drill will give you immediate, humbling feedback as it has to me many times.
Dry firing at slow speed when you know you are dry firing will not fix your issue. You know there is no recoil coming. Mixing in snap caps with live ammo at the range will prove to you you have an issue.
So I struggle with similar issues. My issues are two fold. First is glance at the target during follow through. In this instance I am dipping the gun as I glance over the front sight. Second is just good old flinching as I anticipate recoil.
Dry firing at slow speed when you know you are dry firing will not fix your issue. You know there is no recoil coming. Mixing in snap caps with live ammo at the range will prove to you you have an issue.
To fix the issue go back to the basics. Start at the ground, build a good stance and grip the ground with your toes. Build a good forward posture. Punch out with solid arms, and a good grip. Then concentrate on the front sight and say to yourself front sight front sight and press the trigger to the rear.
Work on this and your shots will move up.
A flinch exists from fear. Take away the fear.
-rvb
Use of the word fear helps me not to do it. I would prefer to not be afraid of anything except running out of ammo, and so I have to man up and hold still. Tougher to do than to say.