Glocks and practice.....

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At one point on this board, i did claim that Glock pistols were harder to shoot tham my others handguns... Here i have to say, i was wrong, and the lack of practice with them did make me not appreciated them to the max...
This week after having all springs and connectors change for the 3.5 pounds kind, by my top Glock man ( Sig Tactical is the man) and got myself some serious advices, a lot off dry firing and 2000 rounds of practice ( spread equally between the 3 pistols), i think i got it right and Glocks do shoot great...
Sometime you are wrong and you just have to admitted it... I now consider my Glock on the same level, i do consider all my handguns...
I joined a picture of very slow shot groups of 10 shots, one of each 17L/ 21/ 22 at 15 yards, offhand, at the end a lot off peoples were right, practice do pretty good... Motivation always give you a good end result... JP.

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That's one thing I've never understood. People will say "Oh, such in such is a great gun after you smooth the trigger, replace the springs, replace the.......yadda yadda yadda" Why not just buy a gun that's good to begin with?
 
Cost me next to nothing to have the modifications made, never thought the difference would be so huge... JP.
 
sailor723 said:
That's one thing I've never understood. People will say "Oh, such in such is a great gun after you smooth the trigger, replace the springs, replace the.......yadda yadda yadda" Why not just buy a gun that's good to begin with?
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You can do it, buy a Les Baer 1911 @ 2500.00... I guaranty you, you have nothing to modified in it... Lol.... JP.
 
sailor723 said:
That's one thing I've never understood. People will say "Oh, such in such is a great gun after you smooth the trigger, replace the springs, replace the.......yadda yadda yadda" Why not just buy a gun that's good to begin with?
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Totally agree..but if you can shoot a stock Glock well you have the basics down pretty well
 
sailor723 said:
That's one thing I've never understood. People will say "Oh, such in such is a great gun after you smooth the trigger, replace the springs, replace the.......yadda yadda yadda" Why not just buy a gun that's good to begin with?
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The answer is learn to shoot. Aftermarket triggers and such are nothing but crutches for people with poor or absent fundamentals.

Tdc
 
Improvements are part of success, when you improve your business, you make a lot more money, if you improve your pistols, you will shoot better ( but a lot of practice is mandatory)... Were is it written you have to eat sausage when you can eat a steak... JP.
 
I still have the same question. If doing all that stuff makes the gun "better" why isn't it manufactured that way in the first place? Increased production cost? I wouldn't think different weight springs would change the cost. Reduced reliability/longevity?
 
sailor723 said:
I still have the same question. If doing all that stuff makes the gun "better" why isn't it manufactured that way in the first place? Increased production cost? I wouldn't think different weight springs would change the cost. Reduced reliability/longevity?
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Pretty sure it is the Honda Civic syndrome, they want to flood the market with aftermarket stuff so they increase their profit, kind of a basic business approach... This work very good... JP.
 
sailor723 said:
That's one thing I've never understood. People will say "Oh, such in such is a great gun after you smooth the trigger, replace the springs, replace the.......yadda yadda yadda" Why not just buy a gun that's good to begin with?
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I agree. Actually the stock trigger configuration is easy enough to master without any modifications. Try the same with NY1 trigger and then come back to say that you can do the same. That would be reason for real satisfaction.
 
sailor723 said:
I still have the same question. If doing all that stuff makes the gun "better" why isn't it manufactured that way in the first place? Increased production cost? I wouldn't think different weight springs would change the cost. Reduced reliability/longevity?
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Liability. You don't want to have a light trigger on a combat pistol with no safety. Problem is with the users, not the gun.
 
Satisfaction is different for each individual, i was ready to put my Glocks away in the back of the safe and to the contrairy, with modifications an efforts, they are now part of my regular handguns herd, this is satisfactory... In my book that is... JP.
 
TDC said:
The answer is learn to shoot. Aftermarket triggers and such are nothing but crutches for people with poor or absent fundamentals.

Tdc
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I'm hafta agree with TDC on his comment ....

But having got that off my chest - what exactly did you have done? (was it a drop-in kit? who did the work?)

The two best triggers I ever felt were my Shadow and my SIG TAC-OPs (.40 cal with their SRT) - both right out of the box. If I could get my Glock's triggers to come close to that type of action, I would do it - even if the mods cost me more than a few bucks (what can I say? - I love my little Austrian friends ....)

Abby
 
abbynormal said:
I'm hafta agree with TDC on his comment ....

But having got that off my chest - what exactly did you have done? (was it a drop-in kit? who did the work?)

The two best triggers I ever felt were my Shadow and my SIG TAC-OPs (.40 cal with their SRT) - both right out of the box. If I could get my Glock's triggers to come close to that type of action, I would do it - even if the mods cost me more than a few bucks (what can I say? - I love my little Austrian friends ....)

Abby
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If my friend Sig could chime in, he would explain to you the exact procedure, i know, the change include a big spring, a small spring a L shape connector with adjustment holes in it... My 3 Glocks now have a trigger in the low 3 pounds with almost no take on them... Night and day... Not a Les Baer trigger but much closer to it now... JP.
 
TDC said:
The answer is learn to shoot. Aftermarket triggers and such are nothing but crutches for people with poor or absent fundamentals.

Tdc
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I have to once again agree with TDC.

Although I did get an almost brand new glock for very cheap because the guy on the line couldn't shoot even if his life depended on it... People need to learn how to shoot "OEM pistols" before they start modifying them to compensate for their lack of skills
 
sailor723 said:
I still have the same question. If doing all that stuff makes the gun "better" why isn't it manufactured that way in the first place? Increased production cost? I wouldn't think different weight springs would change the cost. Reduced reliability/longevity?
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Glocks are service pistols. They are designed for cops and soldiers to carry every day. They were never intended to be used as sport and competition guns. The fact that people want to use them for sport/competition means they'll get modded up to get that additional [perhaps imaginary] 'edge'. I don't think it's hard to understand.
 
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