I recently acquired a very-barely used Glock 17, everything stock. I put up a thread a couple months ago about trading off a Glock 19 for a SIG p239 because I couldn’t hit the side of the proverbial barn with the 19. Not being one to back down from a challenge, I got the 17. My groups were pretty tight, although a bit low and left. I am thinking there was something wrong with that 19 and the issues weren’t all mine. I am really enjoying the 17 and will likely use it for my concealed carry gun. Thanks to all who chimed in, and thanks to the few of you who PM’d me about sticking with the Glock.
Sweet purchase! If you want to see if it is you that is making the gun shoot low and left then you can try shooting off of a sandbag. Go buy a sand tube for like $3, then bring it to the range and rest the front of the pistol on the sandbag. This way it removes most of the shooter error and you can tell if you are dipping or pulling the gun when you pull the trigger.
Have fun with your Glock, I love those things!
It’s you, not the gun. Dry fire.
Ordinarily I would agree; however, that G19 was crap in my hands and I could not shoot a decent group, even at close range. That was the ONLY handgun which I shot that poorly. I got it used with some self-modifcation from the previous owner. Given that I have shot every other pistol much better, better groups at longer distances, I have to deduce that in that particular instance it was the gun and not me. It seems to me, if it was all on me, I would suck across the board. Now shooting good groups but low and left, that is on me, and I fully intend to dry fire.
[QUOTE=chuckman;1177856] That was the ONLY handgun which I shot that poorly.
i have herd of Glock slides cracking before and throwing accuracy out the window. but that is rare and the guns that cracked on were fired 1/4 of a million times (maybe more)
I’ve shot my Glock alot and love it. the old 17 is tried and true
About how many rounds is that would you say?:rolleyes:
1st Glock I ever got was a lemon and was piss poor in the accuracy department. Traded it back in on something else and got a G34 a couple of years later. Still got and carry it to this day. Best gun I ever bought.
So always give it another try.
Should have let someone else shoot it. Especially a Glock shooter, to rule out the weapon.
honestly i have no idea. my friend and idpa master class shooter broke his once. he noticed a fine crack in the slide and when he talked to Glock they wanted it back and then sent him a new one. (not exactly something Glock would want to get around but they did him right.)
True, I have a buddy at work that used to complain about his G26 not being very acurate. I went to the range with him one day, from my stall I could see him hitting all over the siloette firing slow. He stepped over to my stall and said “that thing sure isn’t very acurate”. I emptied my G27 and stepped over to his stall, loaded a mag and put them all in the red at a fairly brisk pace. I set the gun back down and said the gun is fine. I’ve never heard another word about that gun not being acurate.
Sorry to sound sarcastic, it just seems that if a crack happens in that amount of rounds fired, I would say that is good if not excellent for any firearm. When I see large numbers like that without substantial evidence, its hard to take the statement seriously. I am glad to hear that Glock did your friend right as I own 2 Glocks myself.
no thats fine.
i have a few Glocks as well and i was as shocked as anyone when i herd that his had failed.
My dad had a 19 and finally got rid of it as it’s accuracy was not good at all. He loves his 17 as do I and haven’t had any complaints on it at all.
shooting Glocks accurately is much easier compared to some of the other guns I’ve shot.
Almost too easy…
I had a similar problem with a Glock 23. I couldn’t hit anything with it. Yet with a Glock 27 I was dead on. It drove me nuts.
Ultimately I traded the G23 to a buddy for his G22.
It’s not uncommon that people shoot the subcompacts better than the larger frames. So common, that some instructors use the subs as remediation tools.
Well, gentlemen, my groups continue to tighten and I am increasing my range. I think I have a winner; so much so I got another G17 so that I can work on one weapon type and become that much more proficient. One gun I have attached a TLR1 for HD (for those of you who know Durham, NC, you understand…), and the other I will CC.
I’m curious as to which instructors do that.
I found it interesting because with a G22/G35/G27, no problems. Put a G23 in my hand and I don’t do as well.
The G23 has a different grip profile than the full size weapons.
It may change the angle at which your trigger finger engages the trigger.
Different strokes for different folks.