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Questions on 'Zeroing' my New G26

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#1 ·
Hi everyone. This is my first post!
I just bought a brand new G26, took it out to the outdoor range for a little while (it was busy because deer season started the next day).
Let me say, that in my inexperienced mind it shot great, and didn't hurt my arthritic thumb much.

It seems to shoot somewhat left. The rear sight came adjusted to the right side.
To take myself out of the equation, I plan to shoot off a rest indoors this week.

Anyway, I guess my questions are:
---What sight pusher should I get? Don't want to spend huge bucks, but yet want it to do a good job.
---Any other tips?

Thanks.
 
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Welcome Velvetfoot!

A rear sight adjusted too far to the right side would actually cause you to shoot to the right not to the left of the target.

I don't have any advice on type of pusher (or just get a gun shop that has one to line them both up in the center).

In the case that you are not experienced shooting other handguns, same place I was in some years ago, then work on proper grip and trigger control.

You want a grip (two handed initially) that keeps the gun position neutral during trigger break, and doesn't push the frame one way or the other.

You want the trigger to break straight back. A hard pull can cause pulling the shots left. See the later message from Alabusa for impact of too little or too much trigger.

Dry fire is your friend so that you can break the trigger without the gun moving (much). If you are going to dry fire a lot, good snap caps of the proper caliber will protect your gun.

Find some online instruction with pictures or youtube videos to get started. Or get some initial instruction and training.

After getting the basics down, then get sights adjusted appropriately, although they usually will not need it. I've only had 1 out of 10+ handguns that needed sight adjustment out of center or sights changed to be "on" left and right.
 
#5 ·
Hey Velvetfoot,

Swipter is right... many new Glock shooters start shooting left until they learn how to control the Glock pistol... something about the trigger break and how much finger you use.

In addition to moving the rear sight back to center, see if you can get another Glock shooter to check it out too. It most probably is you, and it absolutely can be trained out.

And No - The "Glock shooting technique" won't ruin your accuracy with other firearms! :)

Personally I have never had to move the rear sight on any of my Glocks, BUT in the early days I did *think* I needed to move the rear sight to accommodate the shooting left phenomenon. (LOL) Then I had one of the range officers test it, and it hit dead on - so it was me.

Good Luck, and work on training through this little issue.

Happy Thanksgiving!
 
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#6 · (Edited)
Yes, to check if it is centered, you are on the right track to try to take your skills out of the equation by having another good shooter try it or shooting off a rest.

Followup to post #4. Also once you get some basics down, shooting off a rest might also reveal that different ammo might have consistently slightly different point of impact and move around a clock, say at 25 yards off a rest, but all still impacting in the large darkened bullseye of the target.

But this is a more fine tuning thing, once you can group consistently to your satisfaction.
 
#7 ·
As mentioned, a wooden dowel rod and a small hammer can be used to drift the rear sights but I've had good results from a slightly modded yellow plastic screwdriver handle.
I used a dremel to slightly grind a notch or right angle on the bottom of the handle.
This system has allowed me to replace sights on many pistols, not just Glocks and with ZERO damage to the sights or the slide.
Of course, always remove the slide first and a nicely padded vise makes the job much easier.
Nothing against dedicated sight pushers but unless you swap out a ton of sights, it is an expense that can be put towards ammo...
 
#26 ·
Check out hitchcok45 on you tube, he has a a short 3 part series on handgun shooting techniques.
Nothing super technical, but it helped me out a lot. Kinda like getting shooting advice from your favorite uncle. I'm sure that there are better, more technical training videos out there. But his helped me with my shooting low left issues.
 
#9 ·
On my very first Glock (22) I was shooting low and left. Changed the rear sight to a higher one and drifted it right .
After shooting it for awhile and working on my grip and trigger pull , I put the original sight back on and centered it .
After many years and many Glocks later I have left the sights alone as they shoot fine to me .
 
#11 ·
Yeah, get someone else to shoot it and if same results, get a nylon/wood dowel (of the appropriate size and a small hammer. You should be good to go.
+1 I've been doing that since forever. I was even able to buy a HARD plastic dowell for just that purpose. If you tap it easy and check, it will be fine. I'd also suggest pushing it to the center to start.

Low and left seems a right of passage! :supergrin: Whenever you get discouraged with your shooting, think about this: When I first got my G19 years ago, I loaded up and went to the indoor range. Hung the target from the clips, ran it out to about 15 feet and proceeded to shoot. 15 rounds later I checked the target and had a tiny, semi-circular nick on the bottom edge. That nick was my ONLY HIT TO THE TARGET!!! :eek: Yep, I missed it completely at FIFTEEN FEET. So don't feel bad, just work on it and the centered site will give you something to judge by. GOOD LUCK!!!
 
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#15 ·
I still like a '+1' rear sight for a 6 o'clock hold, but trigger finger is often the culprit to off center hits. Try using your distal joint, and changing from 'target' triggers to Glocks can be challenging.
Lyman makes a little hammer with interchangeable nylon, brass and steel faces and a brass drift in the handle. Just the ticket for moving sights.
Moon
 
#19 ·
To take myself out of the equation, I plan to shoot off a rest indoors this week.
A rear sight adjusted too far to the right side would actually cause you to shoot to the right not to the left of the target.
I wouldn't do anything until I shot it off the rest, next week.

pAZ Ron is correct in that a drifted rr sight to the right will make it shoot to the right, but only if it has to be that way to compensate for how everything locks up when firing. IOW, not every Glock will hit the X with the sights perfectly aligned, in the center of the slide.
 
#22 ·
I had been frustrated when shooting my Glock 19, because I was frequently shooting low and left. I did not have this issue with most of my other handguns, and I had about decided the grip was just too fat for my hands. After re-evaluating and correcting my grip, I am back on target and I've fallen in love with the 19 again.
 
#23 ·
Hmmmm ... I told him just the opposite of this. We should probably try to "unconfuse" him.
Absolutely!

What I was taught, if you fingertip the trigger, you tend to push it away from the palm of your hand. Which would be left for a right handed shooter. If you have too much finger on the trigger, you tend to pull it toward the palm. Right for a right handed shooter. All would be opposite shooting left handed. A trigger shoe helps fox both issues by allowing more finger on the trigger for a straighter pull.

Maybe one of the shooting experts in here will chime in and set either/or or both of us straight.

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#24 · (Edited)
Absolutely!

What I was taught, if you fingertip the trigger, you tend to push it away from the palm of your hand. Which would be left for a right handed shooter. If you have too much finger on the trigger, you tend to pull it toward the palm. Right for a right handed shooter. All would be opposite shooting left handed. A trigger shoe helps fox both issues by allowing more finger on the trigger for a straighter pull.

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We both agree that it is the impact of the movement of the trigger finger and the affect it has on the movement of the trigger. We both agree the direction the trigger is moving as it is pulled, in response to too much or too little trigger

This is something I take for granted in my shooting now. But curiosity got the better of me ... and I pulled out an article I saved ... "How to Cure Common Shooting Mistakes".

You are correct and I was wrong. I recalled the affect of the trigger movement on the shot incorrectly. I was thinking that the off center line trigger movement slightly canted (viewed from above) the gun off the center line, rather than a simple push/pull left and right.

I deleted it from my initial post.

Thank you!
 
#27 ·
It's nothing more than grip. Hold your gun like this. And shooting a pistol is not breathe and squeeze, it's grip it and rip it. You should easily be able to get off 4 rounds a second on an A zone target at 7 yards. Take shooting lessons from a competition Master and get the fundamentals under your belt: stance, grip, sight picture and trigger control.



 
#30 ·
I haven't gotten to shooting the G26 with Thanksgiving and all, but I shot my 22 S&W Victory in the pistol league I'm in. (I'm not that good, plus a noob.) I seemed to shoot better on the rapid fires targets than the slow fire, which was interesting.

I've enjoyed watching a number of Hitchcock45's videos. I'll look for his Glock shooting tips.
 
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