lousy pattern

[church]

Got some range time in today, @25 yds I had a 14 in pattern.. I know its not the gun. Any advice?

 

[giovani]

What are you shootin?

 

[church]

1911

 

[WebSnyper]

Got some range time in today, @25 yds I had a 14 in pattern.. I know its not the gun. Any advice?

So you have shot this gun better than this previously? Or someone else has?

Just curious.

Try moving closer to start with? Try some dry fire and see if the front sight moves when the hammer drops. Mix in a snap cap and then mix up your mags. When you hit the bad round does the front sight dip? Trying to see if you have developed a flinch.

Is this a 45, or another caliber 1911?

 

[bigkahunasix]

How about some useful details??

-manufacturer and model of firearm
-caliber and type of ammo
-two handed hold or duelist (single)
-picture of target (makes it easier to figure out if it's a flinch,trigger control,anticipation,sight picture problem- or if you just sucked today)

Details help fix things.

 

[vwfred69]

Did you try any other guns?

 

[hoosierdoc]

You live in Margaritaville, Buffett concert just happened....

 

[church]

Les baer, custom carry, .45acp Wwb. Two handed hold, target @ 25yds. Someone else has shot 5 inch groups @ 50yds. I have not been able to shoot with that great of accuracy. No photo available, I threw the target away. The target was mostly hit in the lower left area.

 

[Fishersjohn48]

First guess is to make sure you are not burying your finger in the trigger. In other words use the pad of your finger midway between your finger tip and the first knuckle to pull the trigger straight back.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

As a heads up, "pattern" refers to how a shotgun throws shot. "Group" is how your individual shots land.

Low and left often indicates a right handed shooter is milking the grip. Like the motion of milking a cow, all of the fingers are squeezing the grip when you pull the trigger. Try some dry fire and work on isolating your trigger finger, don't change the tension on the other fingers at all.

 

[WebSnyper]

As a heads up, "pattern" refers to how a shotgun throws shot. "Group" is how your individual shots land.

Low and left often indicates a right handed shooter is milking the grip. Like the motion of milking a cow, all of the fingers are squeezing the grip when you pull the trigger. Try some dry fire and work on isolating your trigger finger, don't change the tension on the other fingers at all.

I took it he was saying the group was so bad, he could not call it a group?

 

[Mr. Habib]

This may help. http://www.efgarso.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/ShootingWheel.pdf

 

[BehindBlueI's]

I took it he was saying the group was so bad, he could not call it a group?

Maybe, but until he clarified it was a 1911 I thought we were discussing a shotty or a Judge or the like.

 

[church]

It looked like a pattern. Thanks for the help!

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

As a heads up, "pattern" refers to how a shotgun throws shot. "Group" is how your individual shots land.


Yeah, I saw 14 inch pattern at 25 yds and I was picturing a shotgun with a really long barrel.

 

[CountryBoy19]

As a heads up, "pattern" refers to how a shotgun throws shot. "Group" is how your individual shots land.

Low and left often indicates a right handed shooter is milking the grip. Like the motion of milking a cow, all of the fingers are squeezing the grip when you pull the trigger. Try some dry fire and work on isolating your trigger finger, don't change the tension on the other fingers at all.

14" at 25 yds could certainly be considered more of a "pattern" than a "group"....

Just messin' with ya OP

 

[Spike_351]

it happens to all of us sometimes even though we won't admit it. Keep practicing, especially dry fire practice, it can tell you what problems you may have that you wouldn't notice on the range.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

I took it he was saying the group was so bad, he could not call it a group?

That sounds almost like a Henny Youngman one-liner. "His group was so big.....we had to call it a Pattern" (insert rim-shot) "Take my Glock... Please".

 

[PGRChaplain]

What Big Box Said^^^^^ LOL