shooting to the left...me or the gun?

I didn't mean it was more likely, I meant it was a possibility. Stranger things have happened.

Anyway, all the advice, charts and links are useless without knowing the sights are on. Simple logic. Not one post with all that helpful info mentioned checking to make sure the sights are actually correctly aligned.

So much regurgitated info on here, with so little thought.
 
Not likely that sights on ALL three guns are aligned to shoot low/left. Most likely is 'driver error'!

It is a good idea to have someone else shoot your guns....someone who is good. If you can, get a lefty (like me) to shoot them.
Also, learning good trigger control is a better idea than just adjusting/realigning/zeroing the sights on all three guns. If you just 're-sight' them all in (to accomodate for poor trigger habits) then you will likely never learn proper trigger control.

Try this.... PRETEND you're holding your gun with your trigger finger on the trigger. Now squeeze your the lower three fingers.
See how your index finger moves to the left (for RH people)? That's what your barrel is doing. When your forearm muscles tighten it causes the right hand to move to the left and slightly down.

Concentrate on holding the handgun 'just firm enough', then pull the trigger STRAIGHT back, inline with the barrel.
Your groups will improve, and become more centered.
 
Oh, and another thing..... You may be flinching, as someone said. To help with this do the following.

Have a friend stand behind you while you are loaded, cocked and aiming at the target. Have him tap you on the back at random intervals. AS SOON as you feel the tap, pull the trigger. (talking tenths of a second here). The reason you flinch is because you are anticipating the noise and recoil. With the tap drill you don't have time to anticipate.

Another drill is to load live rounds and snap caps in your magazines at random, then mix up your mags. Insert a mag without looking at the top round. When you pull the trigger you will get a click or a bang. (if you get a click, then rechamber the next) This may cure a flinch.
I used to practice this with a revolver, using live and spent rounds randomly loaded.

Let us know how things turn out.
 
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