1911 Shooting help

[Snoopy47]

Now my question is it soley my jerking of the trigger or CAN it be in the realm of possibility the sight be slightly off if so how would I test for that?

I'm going to guess you are right handed and shooting with two hands.

LOCK your elbows, and grip harder with your left hand to correct this.

The gripping forces on the left right side of the pistol are not uniform, and are going left because your strong side is over powering your left. So the recoil is going the path of least resistance (left). That's why you are pulling left.

You shooting low because you are flinching in anticipation of the recoil.

Put the two together, and you get low left.

[Fabio760]

Wow thanks for all the info guys seems lots of you want specs

Im a left handed shooter with avarage size hands
im right eye dominant
shoot right thumb over left
have caught myself anticipating recoil at times
gun is a sig sauer scorpion
Id love to take the shooting invitation however im about 400 miles south from san fran

[trigger945]

Left handed and shooting low right... Honestly, it could be you.

Try the above suggestions first and go from there. Eliminate the potential issues one at a time.

Good luck

[glassbottle65]

static2126 was with me this morning at Reeds's. Many times I was shooting low left (I am right handed, right eye dominant, new shooter, aging eyes and other excuses). static2126 said I was anticipating the recoil. Most of my first shot was not bad, the subsequent ones are towards low left. With some guidance from static2126, I was shooting better at the end of session. I was able to shot a about 2inch group (8 shots, 7 yard) using a 1911 Loaded. ok. dont laugh. Thanks to static2126. I know the gun is more capable that I am.

[ohhgourami]

It's not uncommon for a new gun to have sights that are off. My DW PM-9 didn't shoot straight out of the box either.

I also don't know what's your shooting ability is either. If you can't groups shots <1 inch at 7 yards, I'm going to lean towards you.

Could go either way. Find someone at the range who is accurate to see if it's the sights or you.

[9mmepiphany]

Im a left handed shooter with avarage size hands

Sound like you are, at the very least, jerking the trigger

im right eye dominant

Should not have a pronounced effect

shoot right thumb over left

If you are placing your Master thumb on the thumb safety correctly and then placing your Support thumb on top of it, you are severely compromising your grip.

If your Master thumb isn't riding the safety, it is contributing to moving your group to the right

have caught myself anticipating recoil at times

That would definitely lead to jerking the trigger