With a weekend off and no real plans today I decided to test myself with my carry gun (G19.5 with an RM06) using the guise of accurate slow fire, dont miss. So I loaded up 25 mags and packed a lunch, what I shot humbled me a bit. There is a distinct pattern of 2'oclock to 7'oclock from the 13 yard line out to the 25 yard line, I do have pistol targets out to 75 but I didnt bother today.
All of the impacts are in and on the area of the 2" dots I was aiming at but they span the area of about 5" top to bottom. After I did a bit of cursing myself and a little head scratching I figured it must be my grip, I can dry fire and even mixed dummy rounds into the mix to try to catch myself flinching. All good, I did notice I grip the gun to the point of shaking so I need to work on that.
Last 4 mags and I put on some mechnix gloves I keep in the bag and instantly the groups tighten up, WAY up. The trend was still to the 2 and 7'oclock but not even close to what it was without gloves.
As a retired 26 year aircraft mechanic I do have hand and wrist issues, and I've never slow fired this gun save for sighting in the HSTs.
So what am I doing with gloves that I cant replicate without them? I even shot a Bill Drill better than I slow fired today.
I've been shooting seriously since about 1996 outside of hunting and even made SS in IDPA a few years back.
Thanks for any and all feedback.