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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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#34 ·
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.
Hopefully this Wed.
 
#37 ·
I have over 5k rounds through my g26 and it still takes a little range time to be good. The trigger finger has lot to do with it, but also, you need a death grip on it, it is small, and has a short barrell. It is capable of serious accuracy , and I like the gun a lot.
 
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#38 ·
My CZp09 shot dead straight out of the box, it had been zeroed at 50 yards at the factory and a target came with it. And guess what? The rears were drifted. You could clearly see it.

I don’t think glock is zeroing in the sights on all their guns.
 
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My CZp09 shot dead straight out of the box, it had been zeroed at 50 yards at the factory and a target came with it. And guess what? The rears were drifted. You could clearly see it.

I don’t think glock is zeroing in the sights on all their guns.
Hmmm.... This seems really odd to me.

Now - I'm not saying you are WRONG, just saying it seems odd to me.

I have 20 pistols, and none have the rear sight drifted, and none of them came that way. Wonder if I have just been "Lucky With Guns" for 40 years... would be cool to know I've had a lucky streak SOMEWHERE in my life... :cowboy:
 
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#40 ·
As noted above, the gun is most likely fine, it’s the shooter who needs to adjusted, perhaps with a small brass hammer. Lol

The majority of new to Glock shooters have had the same experience; welcome to the club.
 
#42 ·
It seems to shoot somewhat left.
I have not read every post, and this has likely been discussed, but I'm 55 years old and have been shooting for a long time, and still tend to shoot left on small, plastic guns. Its just the way my brain, eyeball and trigger finger work. So maybe work on that before working on the rear sight. Good luck.


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#44 ·
On a small gun like the G26 it is vital the the grip is firm and tight. The finger grooves on the front of the grip as well as the hump on the backstrap locking into my palm are the combination that works for me when the afore mentioned tight grip are used.

With lots and lots of practice the accuracy should improve drastically and until then I'd side with others and not move any sights.
Master your grip on the G26 first.

The G26 is a AWESOME carry gun and can be extremely accurate.

Good luck
 
#45 · (Edited)


Slightly different version of above.

I was constantly or shall I say consistently shooting low left and a couple thousand rounds later it magically stopped. For me I always assume user error with accuracy or I could spend forever chasing fantasies of sights out of alignment and spending money on new sights etc as someone said above spend money on ammo and range time.
 
#55 ·
As I've always understood it, low left for a right handed shooter is not keeping the left elbow as straight as the right.

I deal with arthritis in my left elbow and that is why I tend to shoot that way. A few hundred rounds of really concentrating on it and I've manged to correct most it.
 
#49 ·
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.
I would not get a sight pusher for that. Get a sight pusher when you own a lot of guns and plan to change a lot of sights. Before the fairly recent invention of the sight pusher, we (gunsmiths/armorers included) used a brass drift punch:


For Glock plastic sights, you can sometimes push them over with your thumb or use a handy scrap of wood and tap it a little with a hammer.
 
#50 ·
Glock is a harsh mistress

Regards,
Happyguy :)
 
#51 · (Edited)
Well, I shot maybe 75 rounds tonight.
I started out left again. The range officer shot it perfect, so I guess it's me.
As the evening progressed, I got better.
Switching to my crappier right eye (astigmatism) seemed to work better, go figure!
A couple of times there was the slide didn't stay back on the last shot, and there was a failure to eject or two. I attribute it to limp wristing...I hope that's all it was.
It was very enjoyable to shoot. Comfortable.
I'll try to upload the last target. This is at 50'.
 
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