Should I Adjust My Sights or Fix My Technique?
If you repeatedly produce a reasonably tight group in the same wrong location, a sight adjustment may be appropriate. If shots are widely dispersed or the point of impact changes significantly between groups, investigate consistency first. Sights correct a repeatable offset. They cannot correct an inconsistent shooting process.
Two situations that look similar on one target
- Tight group, wrong place, repeated across groups → a sight adjustment is a reasonable next step.
- Large inconsistent group, centre moving between groups → investigate execution before touching the sights.
The test that separates them
Shoot three groups of the same size in the same conditions. If all three centres land close together, you have a repeatable offset. If the centres wander, you have a consistency question, and moving the sights will simply relocate the confusion.
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