Shooting low and right, need help with trigger. I'm a lefty.

ajayofcanada

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I shoot a M&P in 40S&W, I have never had any formal pistol training. But my RPAL instructor was a RCMP firearms instructor at F Division. So he showed me proper grip and stance. I downloaded the "wheel of misfortune" target made for lefties. And the portion I continually hit says that I am pushing the trigger too lightly. Not sure exactly what they mean by that,I start at 10 feet and the farther I move away from the target, the bigger my drifting to the left gets. I have no current plans to shoot in competitions, but I would like to be able to shoot properly, and a few good targets always lifts the spirits. :)

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
 
Don't jerk trigger, squeeze the trigger with the pad of your finger until it breaks. If you anticipate the recoil (flinch) then you push the gun down.
 
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I'm also a left and had the same issue. It was severe, I'm alot better now, especially depending on the gun I use. I have a thread here called 'dissect my pistol shooting' or something that has alot of great info including pics of my targets from when I started shooting through about a month and you see my groups progressively tighten.
 
It is very normal for a new left hand shooter shoot low to the right and a right hand newbe shoot low to left. The more you want to control the muzzle jump and result over control and shoot low, Jerk the triggle result shoot to the right. Practice is the only key. But always stick with the same ammo.

Trigun
 
Dry fire, dry fire, dry fire.

Then, if that doesn't help you to learn how to get the trigger pull smooth with live ammo, try mixing a dummy or two into your magazine with live rounds... You'll see right away if you have a "flinch".

I mean no insult to anyone's bravery, but .40 does have quite a "pop", and you may not consciously be afraid of it, but your nervous system may be unimpressed by the assault!

Neal
 
It sounds like the grip is to big and not allowing you to get enough trigger finger on the trigger. That will cause you to "push" the trigger.
Can you maintain a proper grip and place the first knuckle of your trigger finger on the trigger?
 
first, burn those "diagnostic" targets. then start at 3yds, watch your front sight, you don't want it to move when you're pulling the trigger. do whatever you need to do, to stop the sight from moving when you pull the trigger, less finger, more etc. the front sight is god. once you can put all your shots through one ragged hole, move back to 5 yds, repeat.
 
1st step with any pistol is to "sandbag" it. Shoot off a sandbag supportto ensure the pistol sights are dead on.
Once you are sure that the sights are well adjusted, then start to work on "you".

Start at 5 yards and when you are proficient at that distance, increase the distance to 7 yds, 10yds, 15 yds etc.

If you are training for self defence, 5 to 10 yds is plenty with 15yds as a maximum.

If "target shooting" you can go to 25 yds. If you want to shoot beyond 25 yds, get a rifle! LOL

You should find yourself getting pretty accurate in no time with the M&P, it is a great service pistol. I love mine!
 
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