Originally Posted by
Sam
For the 1000th times, I've been telling people this. I've read many times people saying that this gun, that gun is inaccurate. They failed to describe from what position and distance they were shooting. Most people, myself included, tend to shoot low left while standing and shooting under timed condition. But when shooting from a bench or standing still and not timed, the groups are just fine, dead on center and good group.
So back to the original poster and your Shield. Find a stable platform, i.e. a bench, car hood, pick up truck bed, anything, and rest your arm/hand on that object. It wouldn't hurt if the hand that's holding the gun is rested on some soft padded object, i.e. shooting bag, sand bag, etc. From a known distance, 10 yards or 15 yards, shoot at a bullseye or some other sighting in type of target. A target with a definite aiming point, preferably a small high visible center (1" is the best). Take your freaking time, this is not a race to finish. Hold the perfect sight picture and press the trigger straight back. Treat the trigger as the eye drop bottle and you're trying to produce one drop for each trigger press. Shoot 5 shots or more to produce a group, I prefer 5 to 7. Don't worry about watching where your shots during the group shooting. Aim at the same spot on the target and finish your group. Then look at your target. If you're not satisfied, shoot another clean target. Then you will know where your got and sights are shooting.
The Shield itself is an accurate pistol, but with the short barrel and smallish gun it's not easy to shoot accurately under speed. It can be done if the trigger press is consistent. A couple years ago, I and a friend shot an entire day of Ken Hackathorn pistol class with the little gun and we were very happy with the gun. We have observed many people doing equally well in a recent Ken Hackathorn BUG class with their Glock 43. Little guns are not easy to shoot but with proper training and lots of practice, they will get the job done with the bigger/full size guns are not available.
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