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- From: ke4zv!gary@gatech.edu (Gary Coffman)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Adjusting sights
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.001315.23884@ke4zv.uucp>
- Date: 21 Nov 92 02:16:06 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: Gannett Technologies Group
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- Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu
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- In article <1992Nov18.190355.5456@cbnewsk.cb.att.com> rps@hoqax.att.com (Robert P Schwendel) writes:
- #
- #I started shooting a 357, 6" barrel Ruger. I have not yet adjusted
- #the sights (until I can get my groups smaller).
- #
- #My groups are low and to the right. I think trigger flinch still
- #accounts for some of it, but not sure how much is due to flinch and
- #how much is due to sights being off.
-
- The sights may be off from the factory, but there may be another problem.
- If your groups are fairly tight, you probably aren't "flinching" them
- off. A "flinch" generally scatters shots all over the paper. What's more
- likely is that you are cross eye dominant. That is, your master hand and
- your master eye are on different sides. I'm left handed and right master
- eyed. When I pick up a factory sighted gun, my groups are always high and
- to the left. A sight adjustment cures the problem, or I can lay my left
- cheek on my left shoulder and also shoot straight. This brings the master
- eye over in alignment with the gun.
-
- Eye dominance still matters in handguns since you should not shoot with
- a cocked wrist to compensate for cross dominance. The other option is
- to learn to shoot with the weak hand. I can do this, though not quite
- so quickly, and I always shoot a rifle right handed. With a shotgun,
- I shoot left handed with both eyes open. That's point shooting and eye
- dominance isn't such a problem. I do have problems on certain crossing
- shots though.
-
- The main things are to understand your limitations and practice to
- overcome them.
-
- Gary
-