Seeking Advice to correct shooting

[afdcomposer]

My advice is to get snap caps and practice trigger control at home. A lot. Isolate the trigger finger muscle. This revolutionized my shooting when I learned it.

Then take your beloved glock to the range and load two live rounds then a snap cap, one live round then a snap cap, alternate the pattern or make it random so that you aren't sure when you're about to get a snap cap instead of a live round. Then watch what your gun does when you pull the trigger on a snap cap. That will yield more useful information than reading the target, in my opinion.

The problem: I shoot low and left with *only* my own pistol, a Glock 43.

I can shoot my friends' guns, a .45 1911 and various full size 9mms including a Glock 17, and I can hit a 4 x 4 target 5 out of 6 times.

I'm shooting at, I think, 25 feet down range and using a target of a man’s silhouette. When I aim at the bad guy's center mass, my shoots are consistently hitting his right hip area. I know from the Pistol Correction Chart that I am either tightening the trigger or jerking the trigger. I just don’t know how to correct it.

After numerous Google searches, it is clear that shooting low and left is a common complaint with the subcompact pistols and that too much finger on the trigger is a common mistake. So, on my last trip to the range, I tried to adjust for this. This did not help at all. In fact, I think its gotten worse because I’m focusing on trigger pull and hand grip, and I'm getting frustrated.

Finally, I would also like to add that my pistol is new. I have put a minimum of 400 rounds through it. I mention this because the guy at the range suggested that my pistol is simply not "broken in" yet. I had a same guy test the pistol and, with one shoot, he hit the bulls eye dead center (so I have confirmed there's nothing wrong with the pistol). However, I would like to note that two other guys who were with me at the range also tested my pistol with the same results I get (left and low).

I did read that dry firing can help with both my trigger pull and breaking in of the pistol, but the web full of conflicting opinions on whether or not dry firing is harmful.

I welcome any advice expect to buy a different pistol... I’ve purchased too many holsters to buy a different pistol.

[Hawk]

Is there an echo in here since post #6?

[bortle]

I did the same thing with all my glocks, 17, 19, and 43. Low and left. My High power not at all. It's all in the trigger squeeze. Double action vs. single action. Practice, practice practice. You'll get it.