{"id":3517,"date":"2021-01-21T08:18:43","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T08:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/?p=3517"},"modified":"2021-01-21T17:31:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T17:31:00","slug":"getting-over-shooting-low-and-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/getting-over-shooting-low-and-left\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Over Shooting Low And Left"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Common Marksmanship Problems: Shooting Low And Left<\/span><\/h1>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the best things about the shooting sports, especially pistol shooting, is that we get immediate, visible feedback every time we send a round downrange. In an instant, we can tell if our stance, aim, grip and trigger control were up to the task of hitting the target, or whether we fell short. The targets, much to our chagrin, don\u2019t lie. Correcting issues with our marksmanship, such as shooting low and left, is a process. The process isn\u2019t difficult, but it does take time and effort. That\u2019s the bad news. The good news is, it works. You can stop shooting low and left. I\u2019m living proof of that, and I\u2019ll tell you how I conquered this common marksmanship problem.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<div id=\"attachment_3521\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/spotting_the_problem.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-magnific_type=\"image\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3521\" class=\"wp-image-3521 size-medium\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/spotting_the_problem-300x248.jpg\" alt=\"recognizing the problem\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/spotting_the_problem-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/spotting_the_problem-1024x847.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/spotting_the_problem-768x635.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/spotting_the_problem-1536x1270.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/spotting_the_problem-610x504.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/spotting_the_problem-1080x893.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/spotting_the_problem-627x518.jpg 627w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/spotting_the_problem.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3521\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Understanding what is happening on your target is key<\/p><\/div>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s talk about the good news first. If you realize that you\u2019re shooting low and left on your target, it means that your skill has progressed to where you are shooting discernable groups on the paper. This is a good thing, because that means you\u2019re developing some consistency in your grip, stance, aiming and trigger control. Shooting consistent, repeatable groups is the foundation of improving your skill with a pistol. Shooting groups is important, even if those groups are not where you want them. Being able to shoot groups means you can achieve some level of performance on demand and gives you a starting point for improving your marksmanship.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fixing Shooting Low and Left Requires Time And Some Work<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, the bad news. You\u2019re shooting groups with your pistol, but some of those groups are winding up off-target. There are reasons why you are shooting low and left. Once you understand those reasons, you can make some adjustments to your shooting, and with a little practice, get all your shots where they are supposed to be.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I should tell you this isn\u2019t an academic exercise for me. I have had a problem with getting my groups on-target with a pistol ever since I started getting serious about my pistol marksmanship. It took consistent practice and some patient analysis of what I was doing as I pulled the trigger, but I eventually emerged victorious, and I moved on to correcting other issues with my pistol skills.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You Call It Trigger Jerk. I Call It Shooting Low and Left<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shooting low and left is known by a number of other names in the shooting community such as \u201ctrigger jerk\u201d or \u201cslapping the trigger.\u201d These phrases make us believe that the solution to our problem lies (literally) in our hands. However, one of the first things I realized is just how involved our minds are involved in the process of curing this problem.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<div id=\"attachment_3523\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/holding_a_pistol_during_recoil.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-magnific_type=\"image\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3523\" class=\"wp-image-3523 size-medium\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/holding_a_pistol_during_recoil-300x246.jpg\" alt=\"movement of the pistol\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/holding_a_pistol_during_recoil-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/holding_a_pistol_during_recoil-1024x840.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/holding_a_pistol_during_recoil-768x630.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/holding_a_pistol_during_recoil-1536x1260.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/holding_a_pistol_during_recoil-610x500.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/holding_a_pistol_during_recoil-1080x886.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/holding_a_pistol_during_recoil-627x514.jpg 627w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/holding_a_pistol_during_recoil.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3523\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The gun has fired, but the bullet is only now leaving the barrel.<\/p><\/div>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are not made of stone. We are physically incapable of keeping a gun locked on-target without some measure of movement. The amount of movement can be reduced by properly gripping the pistol and our stance, but the sights will always move somewhat, no matter what we do. At some point in their movement, they\u2019re going to cross our aiming point, and that\u2019s when we think \u201cAh-HA! I have to pull the trigger right NOW!!!\u201d What happens next is that our shots downwards, to the left of the target center. It\u2019s not that we jerked the trigger, it\u2019s that we were impatient and didn\u2019t believe that the sights on our gun will ever settle down and stay on target.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sight Picture Isn\u2019t A Sight Picture\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sights wobble. It\u2019s a fact of life. We talk about \u201csight picture,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/aiming-a-pistol\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">but what we really have is \u201csight video<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d Understanding this and doing it while firing a pistol is a big part of getting over shooting low and left. However, it isn\u2019t all in your mind, there is a physical element to it as well. After all, it is our finger on the trigger, not our brain, and how we move the trigger when we shoot affects the results on the paper.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It takes time for a pistol to fire. There is a fraction of a second of lag between the time when the motion of the trigger starts the firing process and the bullet leaves the barrel, on its way to the target. Activating the trigger is the final movement in this process, and so any movement to the gun that happens as you pull the trigger is going to affect where the gun is pointed as the bullet leaves the barrel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Press Your Way Forward<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is why a smooth trigger press is an essential part of curing this habit. As my friend Jeff Street from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stepbystepguntraining.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step By Step Gun Training<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> says, a trigger is not a light switch that you quickly flick it on and off. Rather, it\u2019s a dimmer switch that you dial up to where you want. Pulling the trigger quickly when you see your sights on-target results in a sharp, jarring motion that can move your gun right before the bullet leaves the barrel. This, in turn, results in a shot that lands down and to the left of where you were aiming.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<div id=\"attachment_3524\" style=\"width: 202px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/shots_on_target.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-magnific_type=\"image\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3524\" class=\"wp-image-3524 size-medium\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/shots_on_target-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"End state\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/shots_on_target-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/shots_on_target-657x1024.jpg 657w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/shots_on_target-768x1198.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/shots_on_target-985x1536.jpg 985w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/shots_on_target-610x951.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/shots_on_target-627x978.jpg 627w, https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/media\/shots_on_target.jpg 1026w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3524\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There you go. That&#8217;s what your target should look like.<\/p><\/div>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are other things you can do to help you solve the problem of shooting low and left. A strong grip on your pistol can minimize the wobble of the sights. A strong grip also reduces the amount of movement that happens when you pull the trigger sharply. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/dry-fire-practice-makes-close-to-perfect\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dry fire practice<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is probably the best thing you can do to get over shooting low and left. Watching how your sights move (or better still, don\u2019t move) as you pull the trigger teaches your body what a good trigger press should look and feel like. Regular dry fire practice will install good technique, and good technique, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoman.com\/blog\/slow-is-smooth-smooth-is-fast-or-is-it\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">when performed quickly<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, produces great results.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Practice First. Progress Later.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you think that becoming a better pistol shot is a never-ending journey, you\u2019re right, it is. Shooting a pistol is a perishable skill. It goes away without regular practice, and old bad habits soon start to reappear. Spotting the issue when it happens and keeping it in check with regular practice is the only really effective solution to solving this problem. There is no \u201cmiracle cure\u201d to being a better shot, there is only good technique and regular practice. The end result of all the effort is worth it. Being a good shot is a rewarding feeling, and it\u2019s a skill that just might save your life one day. <\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Common Marksmanship Problems: Shooting Low And Left One of the best things about the shooting sports, especially pistol shooting, is that we get immediate, visible feedback every time we send a round downrange. 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