Today I took the 10mm, 40 cal and 45 ACP down the line. My best grouping was done with the 10mm. With the 40 cal and 45 ACP I had a stove pipe incident twice. I have to control my trigger pull. Overall it was a good day but the objective is to keep a tighter grouping with all calibers. The Hi-Point handgun is all good in my book. My only issue is that the trigger reset is not what you may expect. In my opinion it’s almost nonexistent. On other firearms you can feel the click or at least hear it. Not with these models. You’ll have to know what you’re doing and pace yourself between pulling the trigger.
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Nice shooting buddy 
I’m gonna take a WAG you’re a lefty 
Everybody has their Achilles heel brand of ammo. The most popular one I hear about is Winchester White Box. I’ve never had a problem with WWB. For me its always been Sellier & Bellot. Was it the S&B stove piping?
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No. I’m right handed. For some reason I keep leaning towards the left with my shots
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I was just ribbing you. A right hander tends to shoot low and left, a lefty low and right.
There are many reasons given for this, but I personally believe it is mainly related to the fact we are programed to bring our index finger tip to the tip of our thumb, like when you are picking something up. Since our thumb is to the left and down from the index/trigger finger when shooting, that tendency to bring the tips together twists the pistol slightly down and left with the resulting impact in that direction.
If I find myself shooting down and left, that means the trigger finger is not coming straight back. I read (or heard) that mentally pulling the trigger towards my right elbow will force the finger to come straight back. It works for me - your mileage may vary.
Edit: your vertical alignment is pretty good. In any case, I don’t want to be your target!
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Here’s another take on what causes a right hander towards the left:
Thanks. I’ll keep mind of that. I was shooting three different calibers that day. My better groupings were with the 10mm and I think that’s because I carry mainly a 9mm for personal carry. I have usd the 9mm more than my other firearms at the range as well. I’m going to begin writing down my hours and commit to 100 hours per handgun. Practice makes perfect.
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My 2 cents…
Shooting left being right handed doesn’t mean your trigger finger placement is wrong. It might be… or not.
This may actually be one of several reasons.
The first thing you need to diagnose is - when and how does it happen. Do you consistently shoot all your rounds to the left? Or does it go to the left after each consecutive shots fired? Or perhaps your first shot lands in center, then next few go left and the last is centered again?
Each presented pattern is caused by different part of your body. So the issue can be with
- stance (hips not squared to the target)
- grip (to much pressure from right hand)
- trigger finger (trigger not pressed straight to the rear)
Trigger Control Chart was created long time ago… and actually doesn’t tell you the true facts. (other than that “you suck” 
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And…
this is definitely a wrong statement 
Practice makes permanent… meaning - whatever you practice, you made it permanently engraved in your brain. Doesn’t matter you do this right or wrong… so eventually bad practice instead of making you “perfect” will make your skills “permanently bad” 
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