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<blockquote data-quote="aestus" data-source="post: 1194759" data-attributes="member: 2989"><p>For the longest time, I shot low and left with my glock. I found that pulling the trigger back wasn't the issue... sort of. I was pulling it back straight. It was when the trigger would come to a stop and the force of my finger kept pulling that caused my finger and right hand to "clinch" the gun and I could see a slight roll to down and to the left. </p><p></p><p>It turns out, it was the stance. I was doing the traditional weaver stance where both arms were extended and formed a "V" to the gun, The gun being in the middle in relative to my chest and my shoulders squared off. </p><p></p><p>To aim properly in this stance with the shoulders squared and gun in the middle of your body, the right wrist had to bend back slightly so that the gun was straight on to what I was aiming. When your hand clenches tightly, your wrist wants to straighten and even curl inwards. It was forcing my shots slightly left and below and took a great deal of effort to combat that.</p><p></p><p>To correct this problem, I now hold the gun with my right arm perfectly stiff and straight. My weak arm is now more bent holding the gun and the gun is aligned to the right side of my body up where my shoulder is instead of the center of the body if you were looking at me straight on. I also raise my right shoulder up high to my head and pretend my right arm is a rifle and form a cheek weld with the upper part of my right arm/shoulder as I'm aiming. </p><p></p><p>This elimnated the wrist movement and curling during the trigger pull due to "clinching" the gun when the trigger comes to a stop. My accuracy has vastly improved, as well. The downside is that I look weird with my right shoulder up high and my head tilted using my arm as a buttstock.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aestus, post: 1194759, member: 2989"] For the longest time, I shot low and left with my glock. I found that pulling the trigger back wasn't the issue... sort of. I was pulling it back straight. It was when the trigger would come to a stop and the force of my finger kept pulling that caused my finger and right hand to "clinch" the gun and I could see a slight roll to down and to the left. It turns out, it was the stance. I was doing the traditional weaver stance where both arms were extended and formed a "V" to the gun, The gun being in the middle in relative to my chest and my shoulders squared off. To aim properly in this stance with the shoulders squared and gun in the middle of your body, the right wrist had to bend back slightly so that the gun was straight on to what I was aiming. When your hand clenches tightly, your wrist wants to straighten and even curl inwards. It was forcing my shots slightly left and below and took a great deal of effort to combat that. To correct this problem, I now hold the gun with my right arm perfectly stiff and straight. My weak arm is now more bent holding the gun and the gun is aligned to the right side of my body up where my shoulder is instead of the center of the body if you were looking at me straight on. I also raise my right shoulder up high to my head and pretend my right arm is a rifle and form a cheek weld with the upper part of my right arm/shoulder as I'm aiming. This elimnated the wrist movement and curling during the trigger pull due to "clinching" the gun when the trigger comes to a stop. My accuracy has vastly improved, as well. The downside is that I look weird with my right shoulder up high and my head tilted using my arm as a buttstock. [/QUOTE]
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