JustPlinking
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- Oct 11, 2018
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It had been about fire years since I had shot a semi automatic pistol and wanted to get back into it.
I purchased a laser lyte practice pistol and LED target with the pistol being modeled after a glock 19 I think (link).
After reading a handgun shooting guide I got to the point with the trainer where I had a solid small grouping about 75% of the time I shot, with 40% of that 75% being dead center. If I was not dead center, I was to the lower left of the bulls eye which I read was my trigger pull (too much finger on trigger).
After getting to the point where I had my groupings tight consistently, I purchased a real pistol (Walther PPQ M2 9mm) and went to the range and proceeded to do terribly.
The first 4 mags (9rds per mag, they are 10's but for some reason will only fir 9) were all at the bottom of the paper with a lot not even hitting the paper.
I thought this might be me anticipating recoil and pushing down on the gun so I tried to just let the gun come back but then I was shooting high.
Long story short by the end of my time at the range (150 rounds) I was on paper about 70% of the time, always to the left, and all over the place (top, center, and bottom) with some bullseyes.
I am sort of lost and seeking any input to help me reproduce the accuracy I have with the practice gun with a real one.
Any advice would be welcomed.
Also, when aiming, am I supposed to cover where I want to hit with the front site dot or am I suppose to put the top of the front post right below where I want to hit?
From what I read online it seems to depend on the gun but I did not see anything in the owners manual stating how the sights were set up.
Thank you for your help.
I purchased a laser lyte practice pistol and LED target with the pistol being modeled after a glock 19 I think (link).
After reading a handgun shooting guide I got to the point with the trainer where I had a solid small grouping about 75% of the time I shot, with 40% of that 75% being dead center. If I was not dead center, I was to the lower left of the bulls eye which I read was my trigger pull (too much finger on trigger).
After getting to the point where I had my groupings tight consistently, I purchased a real pistol (Walther PPQ M2 9mm) and went to the range and proceeded to do terribly.
The first 4 mags (9rds per mag, they are 10's but for some reason will only fir 9) were all at the bottom of the paper with a lot not even hitting the paper.
I thought this might be me anticipating recoil and pushing down on the gun so I tried to just let the gun come back but then I was shooting high.
Long story short by the end of my time at the range (150 rounds) I was on paper about 70% of the time, always to the left, and all over the place (top, center, and bottom) with some bullseyes.
I am sort of lost and seeking any input to help me reproduce the accuracy I have with the practice gun with a real one.
Any advice would be welcomed.
Also, when aiming, am I supposed to cover where I want to hit with the front site dot or am I suppose to put the top of the front post right below where I want to hit?
From what I read online it seems to depend on the gun but I did not see anything in the owners manual stating how the sights were set up.
Thank you for your help.
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