Glock Disappointment?

[mavisky]

I couldn't stand the grip angle of the glocks I've shot. I've never had any issues with reliability, but I just didn't like shooting them compared to the XD's.

 

[esrice]

All the Glocks I come across have the rear sight pushed all the way to the right sight for accuracy.

Seriously?

Did they all belong to the same shooter?

Drifting the sights is only a bandaid solution for someone who can't properly execute the fundamentals of shooting.

 

[RealTree]

I have put 1000 rounds through a 17 with not FTF's

Sure enough, my wife picks it up to shoot some targets and the thing FTF'ed ... same thing happened to one of my friend's 13 year old son...

Sounds like a loose/weak grip...could be the smaller gun too.

 

[Yosarian87]

My lady friend had an FTF, but I know for certain it was a limp wrist. Other than that we have put about 500 rounds through it so far and no problems...Tomorrow will be another test day.

 

[lovemachine]

When I first got my Glock 19, I couldn't hit **** either. I blamed it on the gun. It HAD to be the gun.

But then I got smart. I took a training class. And practiced. Now I CAN hit ****!

You should take a training class!

 

[roscott]

Dang. My skills are getting hated on! In all honesty, however, I now think there must have been something off with his gun. I'm no Hathcock, but I'm a pretty good shot with pistols, and I have shot many, and never had a problem with limp wristing before...

Also, another friend of mine tried that particular G19, and was no better than I was, and this friend has LOTS of experience. (I would list his credentials, but this is the interwebz, and if I did that, you all would suddenly not believe anything I type! )


Good stuff to think about. I'll have to shoot some other Glocks before I really settle my opinion.

 

[Jtgarner]

I'll have to shoot some other Glocks before I really settle my opinion.

Thats what I would do. I have no problem with glocks as far as grip angle, but they were the first handgun I ever shot, so from then on all the other grip angles were weird to me. I'd say give it another shot (pun intended) and if you still don't like em, hey, it happens. Not everyone can like Glocks, if they did there would be no market for all the other guns and we would all be sad with only glocks in out safes.

 

[KGreenwell]

I am sure I am a novice compared to most of you when it comes to shooting accuracy but my Glock 23 allows me to hold my own.

 

[drobpk]

When I first started, I pulled the trigger. But what everyone says is correct. If you pull the trigger, it will pull the gun down and to one side depending on which is your dominate hand. If you squeeze the trigger, it will be much more accurate.

 

[Hoosier9]

It's not the gun that is inaccurate, it is the shooter.

I have a Glock 17 and a Glock 19. I've also owned an M&P 9 and M&P 9c. I can shoot either just as accurately, but I have to concentrate more to get the same accuracy out of the Glock as I do the M&P. Why? My theory is, that the trigger reach is longer on the Glock than it is on the M&P's, or perhaps the angle of my trigger finger to the trigger. At any rate, I can barely get the pad of my trigger finger on the Glock trigger, causing me to shoot a bit low and left if I don't focus on proper trigger squeeze.

With the M&P, I can get the trigger into the first knuckle joint of my trigger finger. I don't shoot this way, but I just say this as a measurement of how much more finger I can get on the trigger. This makes it much easier for me to get the entire pad of my finger on the trigger and press straight back without much effort, even in rapid fire. I experience none of the "low, left" shooting with the M&P that I do with the Glock. My groups are just as tight with either pistol, but I center them more easily with the M&P, due to trigger reach or grip angle + my particular hand.

So the M&P is possibly easier for me to shoot accurately, but it is not mechanically any more accurate than the Glock.

 

[gunman41mag]

Dang. My skills are getting hated on! In all honesty, however, I now think there must have been something off with his gun. I'm no Hathcock, but I'm a pretty good shot with pistols, and I have shot many, and never had a problem with limp wristing before...

Also, another friend of mine tried that particular G19, and was no better than I was, and this friend has LOTS of experience. (I would list his credentials, but this is the interwebz, and if I did that, you all would suddenly not believe anything I type! )


Good stuff to think about. I'll have to shoot some other Glocks before I really settle my opinion.

If you can't shoot the GLOCK too good, don't fret, just get a 1911

 

[Rob377]

1st guy says he can hit a 4" plate at 25 most times.

2nd guy says he can shoot dimes.

3rd guy says he can shoot quarter sized groups at 25 yards.


If this thread keeps going, the internet marksmanship is going to progress to the point that someone will say he plinks at the moon with his glock 36.

I used to get MOA at 100yds with my old glock 20. True story.

 

[BlueEagle]

If we're going to make it THOSE dimes, it has to be a hundred yard shot.

 

[cqcn88]

Just read through this whole thread and I'm wondering why nobody has asked this yet....maybe I'm an idiot and missed it, but:

Was this is a Gen3 for Gen4 glock 19?

 

[anewrnn]

Keep your wrist tight!!!

Give it some time and hold your wrist steady. I think that the xd's have a better trigger but it a new pistol for you and sounds like you just have to get used to it.

 

[Typhon1390]

Lol. Well this is awkward. The OP was shooting my G19, on a very very bad range day for me.

 

[SirRealism]

Generally, when I shoot, it's my Glocks who are disappointed in me.

 

[cqcn88]

I've been hearing a lot about stovepiping from the Gen 4 G19 and G17. The story I've gotten is a problem with the recoil springs being too stiff. I don't know for sure. A friend of mine bought a 4th gen G19 in Lafayette and we eventually stopped counting the number of stovepipes on the first day. My gen3 19 works perfectly, not a single FTF. Plus its dead on accurate. If you get a 4th gen, maybe consider an aftermarket recoil spring?

 

[thekuhnburger]

I've been hearing a lot about stovepiping from the Gen 4 G19 and G17. The story I've gotten is a problem with the recoil springs being too stiff. I don't know for sure. A friend of mine bought a 4th gen G19 in Lafayette and we eventually stopped counting the number of stovepipes on the first day. My gen3 19 works perfectly, not a single FTF. Plus its dead on accurate. If you get a 4th gen, maybe consider an aftermarket recoil spring?

Glock has started putting different springs in them and will replace your spring for free if you call them.

 

[roscott]

Lol. Well this is awkward. The OP was shooting my G19, on a very very bad range day for me.

Haha I meant to ask if any of you guys were on here!