Dont seem to have much trouble with my fundamentals and my 3.5 inch groups at 20 yards with my Les Baer, i just think it is a harder pistol to shoot, do i have to make some efforts, i guess so, i hate failure, and this Glock thing even if we made fun of it, is not something, i accept... JP.
The problem is 100% you end of discussion. Your 1911 is THE BEST platform for hiding poor form. A Glock will not hide bad form, it exposes it and throws it in your face. Learn to shoot, then decide what you want for a pistol.
**RANT ALERT***
This thread topic is hashed out at least once a week and it simply baffles me as to why people are so f**king clueless even after being told by many that the problem is THE SHOOTER. Below is a list of some stuff everyone should know, if you don't, you need to read about it then seek training to understand it and see it in practice.
Leading thumbs or thumbs forward grip
Trigger finger placement
Trigger control
Follow through
Working the reset
Sight alignment
Sight picture
If you don't know the definitions to the above and cannot demonstrate the concepts, your fundamentals suck, seek training. Here are some facts that many need to accept.
Most firearms(rifle and pistol) are more accurate than 99% of the people that use them.
FUNDAMENTALS ARE THE SAME FOR ALL FIREARMS AND ARE TRANSFERRABLE. IF YOU CAN'T SHOOT BRAND X BUT "CAN" SHOOT BRAND Y ITS
YOU!!! NOT THE GUN
Consistent shot placement known as MARKSMANSHIP, is a LEARNED skill and a PERISHABLE skill. Lack of practice means your skill level will degrade.
YOU ARE NOT A NATURAL BORN SHOOTER, LOVER, OR DRIVER. SEEK TRAINING!
Sight radius is a gimmick. The difference a 1/2" 3/4" or 2" of additional radius makes is indistinguishable to the human eye. Here's another news flash. Your sights are always properly aligned. It is how you see those aligned sights and how you see those sights in contrast to your target that changes. The sights themselves are bolted on and always properly aligned with themselves and the barrel.
Same story for velocity and extended barrels. I have chrono'd a stock G26 with the 3.42" barrel and a stock G17 with the 4.49" barrel. The velocity difference was 30fps, not enough to even care. A G34 or a G17L is not gonna gain you enough velocity to make a difference in any discipline, and definitely won't do anything for ones lack of fundamentals..
TDC