What the hell is wrong with me?

[50calshooter]

Besides being a little crazy. (But hey maby were all alittle ####in' crazy)

I cant for the life of me shoot my G17 well, it's all over the place or a straight up miss. My G22 is a little better but basically the same. But wow, when I grab my G21SF... boom! dead center all day long, just a beauty.

Is this common, can the bigger calibres be easier to shoot for some?

I sold my G17 and my G22 is for sale. To hell with the smaller calibres, Im guna stick with .45 Auto, maby next I'll try 10mm Auto...

Thoughts?

 

[misanthropist]

The recoil of .45 is very slow and soft...it doesn't get much easier to shoot than .45acp.

With practise you could learn to shoot the other calibers well also.

 

[Onagoth]

It's probably not a problem with the gun...though it is hard to diagnose an accuracy problem without being there in person.

I shoot my G17 just fine. My recommendation, (if you're satisfied your grip and sight alignment are okay) is to start at 5 yards....keeping firing at that distance until you can put an entire magazine into a 2" circle. Then back it up to 7 yards, then 10, then 15 and so on.

That's how I managed to start getting hits on paper, and my accuracy really sucked at first.

I do find it easier to shoot my .45, but that's a different gun, with different sights, and a different grip angle.

 

[Shalimar]

What the hell is wrong with me?

You title says it all


As for the rest.. try a good 9mm like a 92 series (Beretta or Taurus).

 

[Hokus Grey]

I found I was a lot better with my 1911 than my M&P9. Seemed easer to get hits where I wanted them. I'm getting better with the 9MM though I'm thinking of blacking out the dots on my sights, as I have heard that can help with quicker aquisitions.

 

[nelly]

As mentioned by someone above, 9mm and .40S&W are both high pressure rounds, which create a lot of relative muzzle jump, whereas the .45ACP is "smoother".

Try putting some snap caps in your mags, to see if you have developed a flinch with 9 and 40.

 

[50calshooter]

Try putting some snap caps in your mags, to see if you have developed a flinch with 9 and 40.

Thats a real good idea, maby I'll try that. Thanks.

 

[dizzy]

I sold my G17 as the material of the grip and my sweaty hands were not compatible,affected accuracy greatly, bought a steyr M9 still plolymer, but different material and grip and groups reduced in size by several inches at 25 meters.