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I went to the range with a buddy over the weekend and finally tracked down the cause of a chronic grouping issue I have with all handguns (always low and to the left), but never with long guns. I was able to ID the left-ward drift myself (I kept rolling my wrists a smidge left), but the consistent downward pattern stymied me. I thought I was just over-adjusting for recoil on follow-up shots, but standing off to the side my buddy quickly noticed that it wasn't an issue with recoil compensation...but me literally pointing the muzzle lower a moment before every squeeze of the trigger. After he pointed it out I dry-fired a couple rounds while looking at the gun instead of the target and it was blindingly obvious now that I was looking for it. I'd start to squeeze the trigger --> muzzle drops --> firing pin goes click.

I've gone through waaaaay too much ammo trying to figure this out. I should have asked a buddy for a second set of eyes sooner.

I went to the range with a buddy over the weekend and finally tracked down the cause of a chronic grouping issue I have with all handguns (always low and to the left), but never with long guns. I was able to ID the left-ward drift myself (I kept rolling my wrists a smidge left), but the consistent downward pattern stymied me. I thought I was just over-adjusting for recoil on follow-up shots, but standing off to the side my buddy quickly noticed that it wasn't an issue with recoil compensation...but me literally pointing the muzzle lower a moment before every squeeze of the trigger. After he pointed it out I dry-fired a couple rounds while looking at the gun instead of the target and it was blindingly obvious now that I was looking for it. I'd start to squeeze the trigger --> muzzle drops --> firing pin goes click. I've gone through waaaaay too much ammo trying to figure this out. I should have asked a buddy for a second set of eyes sooner.

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Shooting low left is extremely common and is usually due to anticipating recoil.

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most defensive uses of handguns occur within 12 ft. train for acquiring your pistol and putting the front sight center mass.

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That's the goal. I just need to refine my accuracy so I'm hitting them in the heart/lungs instead of the liver. ;)

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Ranges where I live do not let you draw from a holster. I practice picking it up from a bean bag without looking and double tapping at 12 ft. I tend low left too but its 5" from the bullseye. Good enough. Especially when I could probably get off at least 4 shots before they fall down.