Adjusting glock sights

Dmn0166

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My groupings are often left of the target. I've tried different grips, techniques etc... still left. I don't have an issue admitting the groupings could be do to my error, but I did buy the Glock used and the rear sites are adjustable so I'm assuming they have been messed with.

I noticed two small screws on the rear sights. I'm curious which one is left and right and which one is up and down.

thanks

derek
 
Before you start moving sights around, have someone you're shooting with load some snap caps randomly in your mags and watch you shoot to see if you're pushing the gun to the left when pulling the trigger.
 
Stef,

Good Advice. Need to make sure the sights are the problem.

Derek,

How tight are your groups? If you're putting a 1" group 3" left at 15 yards, it's likely the sights, because that's a very tight group for someone who pushes the trigger. On the other hand if you're putting a 6" group centered 3" left at 5 yards, the groups aren't consistant enough to draw much of a conclusion.

There are also 2 other possibilites

1) Pick up or borrow a pistol shooting vise/rig so you can remove yourself from the equation and fire a 5 shot group.

2) Pick up a chamber bore-sighting laser and compare the center line of the barrel to the center line of the sights. At least my experience with an in-chamber bore-sighting laser has been that they are almost dead-nuts in azmyth, but don't have any bullet drop adjustment for vertical, so you should see right or left bias in the sights, even if the laser is off up or down.

Last thing:

My dad was a police officer for 26 years. He was a very consistant shot with his pistol, shooting about 3" groups at 20 yards, free standing slow fire, but he pushed every shot almost 6" left at 20 yards. He intentionally drifted his sights to compensate and did beautifully with it. When I shoot his gun I shoot groups 6" right at 20 yards (I've since learned to compensate with point of aim) but that was his solution for more than 20 years.
 
No question you could be pulling the shots to the left,Try it off a sand bag. But if those sights are Glock adjustable they are kind of crappy( plastic) jim
 
No question you could be pulling the shots to the left,Try it off a sand bag. But if those sights are Glock adjustable they are kind of crappy( plastic) jim

Yeah, I'm not a big fan of the Glock adjustable sights myself, but my glocks have Trijicon Tridum night-sights and adjusting them just requires a Drift Tool (have one of those too) so it's not so bad.
 
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