Voland
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I saw a thread on flinching the other day and didnt think much about it until yesterday. I went to the range with my buddy who just picked up a new ppk. Fun little gun but it hurts when I shoot it. Mind you I am not trying to sound like a big puss but that thing just beats the heck out of the knuckle on my thumb. To the point where my thumb was red and the knuckle was tender to the touch. I shoot left handed tbw. I had fairly bad groups with it but I was able to stay withing the 8 ring at 7 yards but the shots ended up all over the place...
Two days prior, I was shooting a new to me browning hi-power with the following results... Left is 7 yards, right is ~14.
Well, I noticed that after I got done shooting the ppk, the groups with the same hi-power opened up and I could no longer keep my groupings together like I did in the picture above. I was still inside the 8 ring at the same distances but it was really starting to frustrate me.
So after I got home I started thinking about it. I shoot mostly 1911's Kahr PM9, ruger .357 mag revolvers and now the hi-power. The one thing all of these pistols have in common is that they all have relatively low perceived recoil and generally dont hurt. I can put 200 rounds through the pm9 on any day and my hands feel fine and thats my hardest recoiling pistol.
Basically, my conclusion is that the pistol could be as accurate as anything and your technique is perfect, you will still mess up the shot if you know its going to hurt. It will also create a flinch if you will when you shoot any other pistol after the "painful" one...
My conclusion is that the pistol you choose has to be comfortable or you can risk messing up hots because you "think" its going to hurt you. Also, I imagine that if I owned one, I would not be inclined to train with it and that could be a big detriment in the long run.
Any one else experience something similar? I would be curious to see if its just me or if its a common thing.
Thanks!
V.
Two days prior, I was shooting a new to me browning hi-power with the following results... Left is 7 yards, right is ~14.
Well, I noticed that after I got done shooting the ppk, the groups with the same hi-power opened up and I could no longer keep my groupings together like I did in the picture above. I was still inside the 8 ring at the same distances but it was really starting to frustrate me.
So after I got home I started thinking about it. I shoot mostly 1911's Kahr PM9, ruger .357 mag revolvers and now the hi-power. The one thing all of these pistols have in common is that they all have relatively low perceived recoil and generally dont hurt. I can put 200 rounds through the pm9 on any day and my hands feel fine and thats my hardest recoiling pistol.
Basically, my conclusion is that the pistol could be as accurate as anything and your technique is perfect, you will still mess up the shot if you know its going to hurt. It will also create a flinch if you will when you shoot any other pistol after the "painful" one...
My conclusion is that the pistol you choose has to be comfortable or you can risk messing up hots because you "think" its going to hurt you. Also, I imagine that if I owned one, I would not be inclined to train with it and that could be a big detriment in the long run.
Any one else experience something similar? I would be curious to see if its just me or if its a common thing.
Thanks!
V.
