Hi Bill,2650 Plus wrote:We have really wandered way off the subject of the orriginal post. Back to it, have you considered the possibility that you were never focused on the front sight to start with ? And , even worse could you be silloueting the front sight against the target white and still not looking [focusing] on it even now ? A consistant cant does not seem to cause any considerable damage to the shot grouping But why would you want to do it in the first place? I once watched a free pistol shooter fire a 580 in a warm up match who turned the piston on its right side with the sights mounted on the left side of the pistol . Please dont ask me to explain this process as I didn't understand what he was doing at the time and still have no idea why he arrived at this strange configeration. Good Shooting Bill Horton
There is surely the possibility that I wasn't properly focused, however, I did shoot a good group at 2 o'clock and doubt I could do that without focusing. I do not want to cant the pistol. I was looking for an explanation why the group was there. I was shooting ten shots on the AP target and could see the hole develop (no spotting scope). I couldn't explain it then and thought the cant might be a solution. I still believe canting is more critical in sub-6 than center hold.
I haven't shot since 1995 and am still working on getting my technique reestablished. I had fewer than 400 rounds through the AP at the time and about 50 FP. I was doing a lot of holding and dryfiring trying to get comfortable again. I didn't have an obvious canting problem before and don't think I have a major problem now, however, due to my lack of experience, I could have been doing many things wrong. Thanks, Bill.
Ben