I recently purchased a used 4506 and went to the range with 100 rounds of Winchester white box. The gun consistently shot low and left. I have seen multiple submissions on this and other forums of this same low and left issue. I have ordered new springs from Wolff. Could the recoil spring be the culprit? It has fixed sights so adjusting them is not an option, replacing the sights is an expense I do nto want to incurr right now, as I would prefer that be done by a gun smith. Prior to the range the gun was broken dpown and well cleaned.
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I recently purchased a used 4506 and went to the range with 100 rounds of Winchester white box. The gun consistently shot low and left. I have seen multiple submissions on this and other forums of this same low and left issue. I have ordered new springs from Wolff. Could the recoil spring be the culprit? It has fixed sights so adjusting them is not an option, replacing the sights is an expense I do nto want to incurr right now, as I would prefer that be done by a gun smith. Prior to the range the gun was broken dpown and well cleaned.
LuddhaBuddha
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Did you let other people shoot it with the same result?
Welcome to the forum!
Search through the forum. Low and left is a right handed shooters problem with trigger and grip control.
Shoot it single action on a bench rest, you'll be able to determine if it's you or the gun.
Practice will make it better, try dry firing.
Good luck,
Munster
Search through the forum. Low and left is a right handed shooters problem with trigger and grip control.
Shoot it single action on a bench rest, you'll be able to determine if it's you or the gun.
Practice will make it better, try dry firing.
Good luck,
Munster
Thanks for the input, I will try the bench rest. It seemed odd that I could compensate by aimng high right and put a nice grouping in the bullseye. I do not have the issue with 9mm polymer gun but they do not have the weight of a 4506.
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weight has nothing to do with it. Hittin g low and to the left is solely due to a bad trigger stroking technique. Of course, the quality and weight of the trigger pull play a huge part in this. On SA/DA pistols like the 4506 the trigger pull is quite a bit different than on single action guns like a 1911 or a revolver(fired single action). I think you'll find that if you can shoot the gun off sandbags that the groups will center up better for you.
Bear in mind that often shooting ligher bullets, like 185 grains, will shoot to a lower point of impact than say 230 hardball will. I'm talking factory ammo here, not handloads BTW.
Bear in mind that often shooting ligher bullets, like 185 grains, will shoot to a lower point of impact than say 230 hardball will. I'm talking factory ammo here, not handloads BTW.
