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Old 05-05-2018, 12:45 AM
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One eye Joe, I'm getting used to my first automatic the .380 Shield EZ I brought two months ago. I've been a Smith revolver guy in .357 magnum since the 70's. I love the way my EZ shoots and I've put about 250 rounds thru it and it's my daily carry. I can shoot quarter to 50cent size groups but I am shooting those groups an inch to the left of the X ring. My rounds are landing from about 10 'o clock to 7' of clock. I shoot two handed, police style as I've been doing since the 70's. I would post a picture if I could. Tried. Thanks for help.
BASED ON WHAT YOU ARE STATING, oldiesradio1560, I THINK THAT YOUR PROBLEM CAN BE EASILY REMEDIED. YOU HAVE OBVIOUSLY MASTERED THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD MARKSMANSHIP, AS EVIDENCED BY YOUR CONSISTENTLY SMALL GROUPS. KUDOS TO YOU ! ! !

NOW, YOU MUST PARDON MY IGNORANCE, AND UNFAMILIARITY, WITH YOUR PARTICULAR MODEL. DOES YOUR WEAPON HAVE AN ADJUSTABLE REAR SIGHT ? ? ? (I AM THINKING THAT YOUR SIGHT IS FIXED--OR ELSE AN EXPERIENCED SHOOTER LIKE YOURSELF, WOULD HAVE REMEDIED THE SITUATION, WITH A COUPLE OF CLICKS OF WINDAGE.)

ANTICIPATING YOUR REPLY THAT THE SIGHTS ARE FIXED, I WOULD DEF TRY INCREASING THE DISTANCE, OF YOUR FINGER INTO THE TRIGGER GUARD, AND ONTO THE TRIGGER INCREMENTALLY, UNTIL YOU FIND THE SPOT WHERE THE TRIGGER IS BEING PULLED BACK STRAIGHT. THIS WILL BECOME OBVIOUS, AS YOUR GROUPS SHOULD MOVE TO THE RIGHT, WHILE MAINTAINING THEIR SMALL SIZE. TAKE YOUR TIME, AND EXERCISE PATIENCE. YOU MAY EVEN FIND THAT THE USE OF A FINE LINE, WASHABLE SHARPIE, TO MARK YOUR FINGER'S POSITION, WILL BE A USEFUL AID, TO CONTROL YOUR INQUIRY, IN A SCIENTIFIC MANNER......

SMALL, FIXED SIGHT .380s, AS A GROUP, REGARDLESS OF BRAND, ARE NOT THE EASIEST WEAPONS TO MASTER. YOU HAVE 95% OF THE WORK DONE. IF YOU HAD HOLES ALL OVER THE TARGET, I WOULD BE CONCERNED. ON THE CONTRARY, I AM VERY OPTIMISTIC THAT YOU WILL SUCCESSFULLY OVERCOME THIS PROBLEM......

BEST WISHES, AND STAY SAFE, MY FRIEND......
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