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mndelta25 · 04-13-2006, 01:07 PM

I've been noticing an accuracy problem at the range. Maybe somebody here would be able to help. The first 50 shots or so each day seem to go about seven inches low and left, then after that it seems to be much closer to point of aim. Has anybody else had this problem or heard of it? It's not just my shooting either, it's anybody I let shoot the gun.

jednp · 04-13-2006, 01:15 PM

Are you right handed, and are they right handed? Maybe it is you, and after 50 rounds you start picking up on what's being done wrong and you change it.. even if you don't realise you do that? It took me over 1000 rounds through my XD before my hands got enough muscle memory to be fairly consistant with accuracy.

Unless you can tell that your sights are off, any low left, low right, is almost always something to do with the shooter. Most left handed shooters shoot low right, and right handed go low left. Just takes practice with the gun to get the technique down good so you overcome that. All has to do with trigger control, and not flinching. Buy some dummy rounds, have someone mix as many as htey want in with live ammo in your magazine at the range then shoot. Once you hit the dummy round, and have no clue where it is beforehand.. you get a click, but no fire. If your muzzle dips down, you're flinching. And trigger control is the way to keep your shots centered up. Just have to make sure your grip is tight and you aren't tightening it while you are pulling the trigger. Make sure your finger is in the trigger somewhere in the center of your finger pad. Take things slow, slowly take up the slack in the trigger, then give a nice steady pull clear to the back until the gun fires. Moving the fingertip in and out on the trigger can help bring shots in or out.

Also make sure you are staring at your front sight. Focus ONLY on the front sight. You can tell where it is aimed at on the target. Keep staring at that front sight while you are pulling the trigger, and keep staring at it after you have fired the shot. Watch the sight fall back down after recoil. Only then should you even look at where the shot hit. If you were focused on the front sight, and aimed properly at the target it should hit where you wanted it to. But you really have to make sure you stare and focus only on that. And make sure to keep that grip nice and tight, you won't break it.

mndelta25 · 04-18-2006, 08:26 AM

I'll keep all that in mind today when I go to the range. Thanks for all the help.

04-13-2006, 01:07 PM	#1
mndelta25 XDTalk Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 69	Accuracy I've been noticing an accuracy problem at the range. Maybe somebody here would be able to help. The first 50 shots or so each day seem to go about seven inches low and left, then after that it seems to be much closer to point of aim. Has anybody else had this problem or heard of it? It's not just my shooting either, it's anybody I let shoot the gun. __________________ Springfield XD 9... Rounds through: 1100, FTF: 0 Remington 870 Express Magnum Remington 710 Remington 597

04-18-2006, 08:26 AM	#3
mndelta25 XDTalk Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 69	I'll keep all that in mind today when I go to the range. Thanks for all the help. __________________ Springfield XD 9... Rounds through: 1100, FTF: 0 Remington 870 Express Magnum Remington 710 Remington 597

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04-13-2006, 01:15 PM	#2
jednp XDTalk 4K Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 4,691	Are you right handed, and are they right handed? Maybe it is you, and after 50 rounds you start picking up on what's being done wrong and you change it.. even if you don't realise you do that? It took me over 1000 rounds through my XD before my hands got enough muscle memory to be fairly consistant with accuracy. Unless you can tell that your sights are off, any low left, low right, is almost always something to do with the shooter. Most left handed shooters shoot low right, and right handed go low left. Just takes practice with the gun to get the technique down good so you overcome that. All has to do with trigger control, and not flinching. Buy some dummy rounds, have someone mix as many as htey want in with live ammo in your magazine at the range then shoot. Once you hit the dummy round, and have no clue where it is beforehand.. you get a click, but no fire. If your muzzle dips down, you're flinching. And trigger control is the way to keep your shots centered up. Just have to make sure your grip is tight and you aren't tightening it while you are pulling the trigger. Make sure your finger is in the trigger somewhere in the center of your finger pad. Take things slow, slowly take up the slack in the trigger, then give a nice steady pull clear to the back until the gun fires. Moving the fingertip in and out on the trigger can help bring shots in or out. Also make sure you are staring at your front sight. Focus ONLY on the front sight. You can tell where it is aimed at on the target. Keep staring at that front sight while you are pulling the trigger, and keep staring at it after you have fired the shot. Watch the sight fall back down after recoil. Only then should you even look at where the shot hit. If you were focused on the front sight, and aimed properly at the target it should hit where you wanted it to. But you really have to make sure you stare and focus only on that. And make sure to keep that grip nice and tight, you won't break it.