Yesterday I went to the range for an hour and put 250 rounds through my M&P.
I started off fine, I'm new and not a great shot but I normally have a decent grouping at 25 feet. Usually its a a couple inches low and to the right (I am left handed) but its usually only slightly low-left so I adjust by aiming up a little left and higher.
After my first 50 rounds it seemed like my shots were getting worse. Everything was so far right and low that I was even missing the 12" target. I would aim for the top left corner and if lucky would hit the bottom right corner (and this is only at 25 feet). I had two paper targets hanging next to each other and at one point, I shot at the left one and hit the right one. It was actually a little embarrassing.
Then around my 225th shot of the day my M&P jammed for the first time since I got it last December (about 1000 rounds ago). It didn't extract the shell casing of a fired round but still tried to chamber the next one, which really wedged the shell into the barrel. That just ticked me off.
I was really trying to remember everything I've been learning over the internet about proper technique. I was using the grip from the you-tube video that everyone keeps posting. I was being carefull not to limp-wrist, even going so far as to apply equal or more force with my non-dominate hand. I was taking my time between shots and controlling my breathing as best I could. But it just seemed that as the day went on I kept getting worse and worse.
I would blame my M&P but that would be to easy, it was probably my fault. I just wish I knew what I was doing wrong.
I started off fine, I'm new and not a great shot but I normally have a decent grouping at 25 feet. Usually its a a couple inches low and to the right (I am left handed) but its usually only slightly low-left so I adjust by aiming up a little left and higher.
After my first 50 rounds it seemed like my shots were getting worse. Everything was so far right and low that I was even missing the 12" target. I would aim for the top left corner and if lucky would hit the bottom right corner (and this is only at 25 feet). I had two paper targets hanging next to each other and at one point, I shot at the left one and hit the right one. It was actually a little embarrassing.
Then around my 225th shot of the day my M&P jammed for the first time since I got it last December (about 1000 rounds ago). It didn't extract the shell casing of a fired round but still tried to chamber the next one, which really wedged the shell into the barrel. That just ticked me off.
I was really trying to remember everything I've been learning over the internet about proper technique. I was using the grip from the you-tube video that everyone keeps posting. I was being carefull not to limp-wrist, even going so far as to apply equal or more force with my non-dominate hand. I was taking my time between shots and controlling my breathing as best I could. But it just seemed that as the day went on I kept getting worse and worse.
I would blame my M&P but that would be to easy, it was probably my fault. I just wish I knew what I was doing wrong.
