One of the things I wanted to do in 2010 was make it a point to get familiar with as many different rifles and pistols as I can - ones I don’t currently own and may never own. Also ones I may have fired in the distant past.
Today’s Fam Fire:
SIG P226
Handles a wee bit different than a Glock, doesn’t it.
The P226 is one of the few semi auto pistols that really fits my hand comfortably.
Indeed.
Either me or the pistol was shooting a bit high and to the left (range rental gun). I shot it DA for the first shot followed by SA, DA every shot and SA every shot. I shot it both hands, SHO and WHO at 25 ft. and 50 ft. and got the same general group - a bit high and to the left.
I believe Col. Cooper used to refer to these as “crunchentickers” or something along those lines. For my little girl hands the first DA shot was a little hard to pull off without a lot more finger on the trigger.
There’s a SIG short trigger which is available which helps out a lot for that long first pull.
Yeah, I use sigs (and am armorer), and I have medium-ish hands. I change all my guns to the short trigger and the short reset. I agree with above, for some reason I can’t explain, I can just grip, point SIGS very naturally. I also find it very quick to get a decent grip from the holster. The downside, is DA takes practice on sigs. I spend a lot of dry fire.
Stock Sigs usually suck for those who have smallish hands. The reach to that DA trigger is nuts. CZ’s tend to be even worse.
In all honesty, Katarzan, you’re probably going to find you can pick up TDA/DAO guns and use them with good accuracy and relative efficiency since you’ve had such a good foundation on trigger control and the other details of shooting and manipulations.
If you were paying attention to trigger control (odds are you were) then the high and right thing could be the gun…or how you are seeing the sights. I often experience a “zero shift” with my sights between my indoor range and any outdoor range. It’s not much of a shift, but enough to be annoying. If you fired the same gun under different lighting conditions you might find that where you are hitting moves slightly.
I think a SIG P226/P229 with short trigger (for my hand size) and SRT is one of the most underrated guns out there in terms of shootability. The ergonomics may not be up to modern standards but most folks, if they’re willing to adapt themselves a bit to the gun, can learn to shoot one at a very high level.
For a right-handed shooter who finds himself shooting high and right (1) with guns that have longer or heavier trigger pulls than he’s used to and (2) the problem seems to get worse as he accelerates his shooting, the first thing I’d look at is imparting pressure on the grip as you press the trigger. For example, it could be a sympathetic response from the support hand fingers (they tighten as you fight the resistance of the unfamiliar trigger), or simply palming the backstrap.
For some reason JW_777 diagnosed me as shooting high right even though I stated I was shooting high left.
Today’s Fam Fire:
Browning Hi-Power
Love Hi Powers, but every single one I’ve had turns the web of my hand into hamburger.
John Browning had small hands. I’ve got wookie paws.
So, what did you think?
Nice trigger, little light for what I am used to. Have to be careful with the support thumb on regular models, but this one had a mod that made the slide lock lever config a bit more user friendly.
For the woolie paws you need to get one of those Heirloom Precision HPs with the beavertail mod. They only cost like $5000.
I had the opportunity to shoot a Novak FBI HRT model this past summer. The Hi-Power feels great in the hands, but when I shot it, it was difficult to get used the to the trigger and the safeties were located right on both knuckles of the strong hand. During firing it was quite uncomfortable. Great pistol for some, but it was tough to fire for me.
Right and left are just a state of mind, dude.
If it makes you feel any better, I was punching holes dead center with the Browning.
You described the trigger on the Browning you fired as being “light”…what exactly do you mean by that? Was it a custom gun?
I ask because the trigger on every stock HP I’ve ever tried has kinda sucked. My own HP (with a whopping 35 rounds through it) has a pretty atrocious trigger.
Yank the Frenchie French magazine safety out and the trigger improves immediately. That and shooting it…
I look at the Hi Power the way I look at an unmodified, original M1911. They were ahead of their time, the best of their breed, but definitely need modification for comfortable use by wookies.
My most recent fam fire:
Tommy Gun!
Chicago Typewritter The Original Chopper before those rap idiots started calling Ak47’s choppas.
The classic SIGs even with short triggers are just a tad too big for me. SIG just came out with a 226 E2 which has even smaller grips, short trigger and the SRT (short reset trigger). It fits my hand perfectly. If I had to carry a SIG for a living this would be what I would want and what I would use for competition.
IIRC the frames are identical to the regular SIG frames but that the hammer strut, plastic spring base are different and obviously the grips allow my hand to get further forward and higher up on the pistol. We got one in the store last week. Also it now seems that some SIGs are coming with Checkmate magazines.