I suck with a glock
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Granted striker fired guns have different triggers than DA/SA and SA guns but they're not hard to master. Proper dry fire practice working on trigger press and sight picture works on every platform.
This lady had only shot a pistol once before. She wanted a lesson before she started a career in LE. I gave her a quick fundamentals talk and let her loose with my old slippery G19 with worn sights and stock trigger.
The black patch target was shot at 3 yds. The 5 shots in the 1" square was shot support hand one handed. The wider group outside was strong hand. She had never shot a gun one handed, let alone support side one handed!
Granted striker fired guns have different triggers than DA/SA and SA guns but they're not hard to master. Proper dry fire practice working on trigger press and sight picture works on every platform.
This lady had only shot a pistol once before. She wanted a lesson before she started a career in LE. I gave her a quick fundamentals talk and let her loose with my old slippery G19 with worn sights and stock trigger.
The black patch target was shot at 3 yds. The 5 shots in the 1" square was shot support hand one handed. The wider group outside was strong hand. She had never shot a gun one handed, let alone support side one handed!
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I can't shoot Glocks as they don't feel right to me, I shoot other guns fine, 1911, colts, smiths.
Sight should not have much to do with it at targets, trigger finger does.
Shooting bulleye, we always had nice sq. black sights Best sight I ever used was a single shot Stevens off hand with peep sights on it.
I am not good with a shot gun , but if you are looking at the front sight instead of the bird , you will be behind, I found out, My 101 trap has small little ivory and brass beads
Combat guns are fine with big sights.
Sight should not have much to do with it at targets, trigger finger does.
Shooting bulleye, we always had nice sq. black sights Best sight I ever used was a single shot Stevens off hand with peep sights on it.
I am not good with a shot gun , but if you are looking at the front sight instead of the bird , you will be behind, I found out, My 101 trap has small little ivory and brass beads
Combat guns are fine with big sights.
LOL...I'm with you on that. I can shoot my Black powder Cap N Ball more accurately. I cant hit diddly with a Glock.
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Practice your fundamentals, you might shoot one style or another of handgun you already own well but you need to get used to the ergonomics of the Glock and learn how to shoot it well. The fundamentals are the same regardless of the firearm your shooting.
U-shaped outline rear sight, night sights, FO front only, FO front & rear, same colour dots, different colour dots, black only, ....
My take: NONE of those matter when shooting slow fire, to see how you group.
All those dots and lines are just visual noise. Use the top horizontal edge of the front sight post, and line it up with the top horizontal edges of the rear sight post, so the top edges are at the same height. Then, center the FSP in the RSP, so the air gaps are the same width.
Now, with your focus on the top horizontal edge of the FSP, put it where you want, and keep everything lined up as described above. Then, slowly, pull the trigger.
You will find that target choice matters. It’s hard to aim consistently if you don’t know where the middle of a giant 8” black circle is. So choose an appropriate target/aiming point based on how far away you are. Your eyes matter here too. I often use outlines of 2” circles as aiming points, at 5 yds, when helping new shooters. Plenty of white paper is a great contrast with black sights.
My take: NONE of those matter when shooting slow fire, to see how you group.
All those dots and lines are just visual noise. Use the top horizontal edge of the front sight post, and line it up with the top horizontal edges of the rear sight post, so the top edges are at the same height. Then, center the FSP in the RSP, so the air gaps are the same width.
Now, with your focus on the top horizontal edge of the FSP, put it where you want, and keep everything lined up as described above. Then, slowly, pull the trigger.
You will find that target choice matters. It’s hard to aim consistently if you don’t know where the middle of a giant 8” black circle is. So choose an appropriate target/aiming point based on how far away you are. Your eyes matter here too. I often use outlines of 2” circles as aiming points, at 5 yds, when helping new shooters. Plenty of white paper is a great contrast with black sights.
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"I suck with a glock"
Poetry to me.
The rhyme is splendid.
The choice of words is pure "perfection".
I never found the words for it but yours accurately reflects my experience and inner feelings about the brand.
You Sir are a true poet. You have it within your heart. Quit your job and become a writer.
Poetry to me.
The rhyme is splendid.
The choice of words is pure "perfection".
I never found the words for it but yours accurately reflects my experience and inner feelings about the brand.
You Sir are a true poet. You have it within your heart. Quit your job and become a writer.
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mudgunner49
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This right here...
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I was where the OP was years ago. I could never shoot Glocks accurately and thought their trigger system was inherently inaccurate.
I was wrong. I didn’t just suck with a Glock. I sucked with all pistols.
Once I learned to shoot, I came to appreciate Glocks for their simplicity, reliability and most importantly, their shootability.
As info, Glocks were used by the shooters who won Standard and Production Division at the 2019 IPSC BC Provincial Championships. It was a demanding and very accuracy based match. Glocks are very shootable pistols and give up exactly nothing to other platforms.
I was wrong. I didn’t just suck with a Glock. I sucked with all pistols.
Once I learned to shoot, I came to appreciate Glocks for their simplicity, reliability and most importantly, their shootability.
As info, Glocks were used by the shooters who won Standard and Production Division at the 2019 IPSC BC Provincial Championships. It was a demanding and very accuracy based match. Glocks are very shootable pistols and give up exactly nothing to other platforms.
I’ve run a little more than 6000 rds through my 19X since new, and went through a stretch early on where I was having trouble getting decent groups too. While by no means a “Master”, “Expert” or any other adjective usually applied, I have been an active shooter for 50 years, and actually shot IPSC competitively for a dozen years or so back in the 70’s and 80’s so I have experienced problems in past with grip, and what you’re describing sounds to me like grip issues. How big are your hands? Have you got great big meat-hooks, or normal, medium-small hands? I fall into the medium-small group, and I found with the 19X the grip is a bit big, and a bit too smooth for me.
I could usually get the first round pretty much where I wanted it, but follow up rounds without deliberately resetting my grip were all over the place. I tried all the different back strap combos, beavertails, etc. and didn’t see much change. Eventually, I resorted to grip tape & Shazam; accuracy improved.
I didn’t care for the contrast of the grip tape; looked sort of cobbled together. I eventually had the grips stippled for grip, not looks, and haven’t looked back
I could usually get the first round pretty much where I wanted it, but follow up rounds without deliberately resetting my grip were all over the place. I tried all the different back strap combos, beavertails, etc. and didn’t see much change. Eventually, I resorted to grip tape & Shazam; accuracy improved.
I didn’t care for the contrast of the grip tape; looked sort of cobbled together. I eventually had the grips stippled for grip, not looks, and haven’t looked back
Making a gun accurate is simple it’s all in trigger prep and lots of dry fire practise! 85% prep then pull quickly do not let the gun surprise you ever supose exactaly when you fire learn through the trigger pull it 85% then the last 15 when you want to fire.
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Were those glocks shot in competition using factory untouched triggers? better question is why would you want to?
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To be fair, most guns in competition have had trigger jobs of some kind....especially 19/2011s.
