Anyone have a problem with the accuracy from their Shield?
Bought a 9mm as soon as they released the non safety version. I am consistently to the left. Highieth is right so I don't think I'm pulling. If I purposely aim to the right I'm spot on.
I've moved the rear sight as much as I can before it would start to hang off and I'm still left. I have not moved the front sight yet.
A laser bore sight says the sights are spot on.
I just installed an Apex kit and trigger so I guess we will see what that does.
Just wanted to see if anyone else is having an issue.
I'd suggest looking at finger placement on the trigger. The thinness of the Shield, combined with too much finger had me shooting left consistently until I moved my finger placement more toward the tip.
I normally EDC a G19 and recently purchased a Shield. I took my new Shield out yesterday and was shooting left also. I know that it was my grip and trigger finger placement. During snap and rapid fire drills, I noticed I was both low and high left. When I slowed down and concentrated on sight picture, grip and trigger finger placement I noticed my groups tightened up considerably and was more accurate.
With the smaller grip, I will have to make minor changes to my grip and practice more.
I'd suggest looking at finger placement on the trigger. The thinness of the Shield, combined with too much finger had me shooting left consistently until I moved my finger placement more toward the tip.
Thanks for the thoughts. A little frustrating as I owned a Nano and I was spot on.
I went to the range last weekend and I payed a lot of attention to my trigger work and tried different placement, etc. no change.
I'll have to see how the Apex stuff works. It's gonna be to cold to hit the range for a while though.
Yeah, low/left is a common problem with sub compacts if you are used to shooting full size. I've gotten much better by squeezing my grip hand a little tighter with my support hand and relaxing my grip a little bit (using the thumbs forward grip). I'm still no where near as accurate as I am with my CZ75B, especially past 7 yds, but then again I didn't buy my Shiled as a target pistol and I imagine any altercation would occur 5 yds are less. I'm pretty accurate at that distance.:yes
I agree with the others... It's most likely trigger finger placement. You are most likely slightly twisting the pistol to the left during trigger press.
Trigger-to-backstrap distance, grip width, finger size can all effect trigger pull. Dry-Fire practice can show you how much finger you need to use in order to accomplish a straight rearward press.
For others, they needed to use LESS trigger finger to achieve their straight rearward press. For me, I needed to use MORE... and move all the way to the crease of the 1st joint. That's why 'Finger Size' is one of the factors I mentioned. Everyone's hands are different.
PS: Put your rear sight back to center. Per the manual, one is not supposed to adjust the rear sight... only the Front Sight.
Yes, I know everyone wants to put all shots in the 10 ring, I do also. But, this is a Shield sub compact pistol used for self defense, how accurate does it/you really need to be? Aimed center mass you have a 6-8 inch margin of error either way. What I practice is one handed snap shots and just hope to get it somewhere on the body. But, I still like to 'target shoot' my sub compact.
Yes, I know everyone wants to put all shots in the 10 ring, I do also. But, this is a Shield sub compact pistol used for self defense, how accurate does it/you really need to be? Aimed center mass you have a 6-8 inch margin of error either way. What I practice is one handed snap shots and just hope to get it somewhere on the body. But, I still like to 'target shoot' my sub compact.
I understand what your saying, but don't sell the Shield short. I shoot a Shield in IDPA every month, and the last 2 months they have had targets pushed out to 35 yards. Both times the stages had 2 targets at 35 yards, the first month I dropped 2 points total(1 on each) and down zero the following month. The key is finger placement on the trigger. I know when I bought my first one, I had a similar problem shooting left. For me the first shot would be good or if it was slow deliberate fire ok, but as the rate of fire increased shots would go left. What I found was my finger would start pushing across the trigger instead of moving it straight back. Another thing that I found that makes a huge difference in shooting the Shield is under cutting the trigger guard and stippling, the more aggressive the better. Both mods put me in ESP but I don't care, I shoot IDPA to get extra practice and time with my carry gun.
Experiment with finger placement on the trigger and gripping. Dry fire the Shield while maintaining the sight picture. Take particular notice if you see the front sight move when the trigger breaks. RE: If you are shooting low/left you will see the front sight dip low/left ever so slightly....the smallest movement has an impact. Practice, practice, practice...until the front sight consistently does not move. At the range I will dry fire until I get 3 in row with no front sight movement...then I fire a live round. The idea here is to build muscle/grip/trigger memory. Good luck, be safe, and have fun.
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