HELP!!! I shoot everything better than my Glock 17 (Pics)

[StrikeFire83]

But, why did you stick with it for that long?

Did you just not know that you shoot something else better?

This, pretty much. My first pistol was a Ruger P345, and I shot it terribly. So I bought the Glock 17, and I could get all of the shots inside the 6" circle at 7 yards, and I said "oh, maybe I'm not an AWFUL pistol shot" and I shot just the Glock for YEARS. And I bought a Glock 26 to carry. I shoot them adequately. I know the Glock groups aren't stellar, but they were better than what I started with. So I shot and shot and shot and they basically stayed the same. Then, last year, I picked up an XDm and shot it SO...MUCH...BETTER. And now I'm trying other guns, like my dad's Browning HiPower and my buddy's M&P 9, and I ALSO shoot them better than the Glock.

It's a tool. You don't owe an inanimate object anything. Since 2006 is just not that long. If it were granddad's Winchester model 12 that's been pulling HD duty for the last 70 years, then sure it has sentimental value as a family heirloom. But 7 years?

If you've put THAT MUCH ammo downrange, and still can't shoot it better than the other guns, that really tells you something, ragardless of which sights are on it. If the XD shoots better after 600 rounds, than the Glock at 15,000, and you still want to keep the Glock over the XD, you're letting sentimentality get in the way of the practical defense of yourself and your family.

I can't imagine using anything other than my best shooting gun for a situation where consequences really do matter. I would not want to be the guy who has to say "sorry I couldn't stop the threat, but hey, at least I got to use my most favoritest gun in the whole wide world!"

I'll add that your groups with the Glock aren't bad, but if the chips are down, accuracy is going to be degraded no matter which gun you use. May as well use one that shoot the most accurately to begin with so that even with degraded accuracy, you're still on target.

Yeah, I'm feeling this. I will keep the Glock 26 because nothing has 10+1 and pocket carries quite like it. I'm thinking of selling the 17 and picking up either a M&P or an XDm for my full-size 9mm.

Also, thank you to everyone for your responses. And for the few of you who said my shooting sucks, I find that everybody on the internet shoots 2 inch groups at 25 yards, but almost nobody posts pictures of their targets. Although I'm never going to win a competition, I'm usually one of the better shots of the people I encounter on the public ranges I visit: shotgun patterns at 3 yards with lasers, etc.

 

[OilyPablo]

My Glock 17L was the most inaccurate pistol I owned. I tried everything, selling it did the trick.

 

[tomrkba]

Also, thank you to everyone for your responses. And for the few of you who said my shooting sucks, I find that everybody on the internet shoots 2 inch groups at 25 yards, but almost nobody posts pictures of their targets. Although I'm never going to win a competition, I'm usually one of the better shots of the people I encounter on the public ranges I visit: shotgun patterns at 3 yards with lasers, etc.

So you are not even going to try? Doing so will improve your shooting overall.

 

[greyling22]

before you buy new sights for the glock you might try blacking out the rear sight, then using fingernail polish or whiteout add the 3 dots yourself and see if it helps. They may not be "on" but they should at least be consistent.

That said, I couldn't ever get my g17 to shoot well for me. I blame me, then the trigger. Neither could I shoot my 1911 very well. I blame me, then the recoil (even with super light reloads) so I got a 9mm witness elite match. heavy all steel gun soaked up recoil, good trigger helped negate some of the user error, and several thousand rounds later I shoot much better.

Best of luck!

 

[camsdaddy]

I could not see me carrying a gun I shoot decently when there is a gun of similar size or smaller that I shoot better. I want to stack the deck in my favor.

 

[TestPilot]

Shooting pairs in a compressed time sequence of draw and shoot. Pistols employed a S&W MP9 and Glock G17. I don't buy into the grip angle and trigger differences being problematic.

What distance?

 

[Beach Nut]

It's funny how certain shooters adapt to certain pistols better than others. As for me,
I am very accurate with my Glock 21, 23, 26 and Taurus PT-92 but I can't hit the side
of a barn sometimes with my 1911s. The 1911s feel so much better in my hand than
the others yet I shoot them worse then the other semiautos I mentioned. I suspect
the sight picture has a lot to do with it in my case. I like those three dot sights. The
Ruger LCP is another story altogether, it isn't exactly made for precision and accuracy
like the others.

 

[StrikeFire83]

My Decision, for those who care...

So the decision I've come to: buy/install 3-dot night sights on my Glock 26. Why the 26 you ask? Because I essentially shoot it the same as I shoot the 17, and I will never sell the 26 because it's my primary carry gun. If the change in sights improves my shooting with the 26, then I'll consider changing out the sights on my 17 and sticking with it.

Kind of a strange solution? Maybe. But the 10+1 in a pocket combined with the the decent 7 yard/15 yard accuracy and perfect reliability means I'm NEVER going to sell my Glock 26. I carry it every day and have done so for a couple years. If better sights can improve my shooting with the 26 is stands to reason that they'll do the same with the 17. If not, at least I'll have night sights on my 26 and I haven't installed sights on a gun I'll eventually sell.

 

[SDGlock23]

Get a good set of sights and get used to the Glock trigger and learn to use it properly, because I shoot all my Glocks better than just about anything else I have. I have an XDM too and I shoot my Glocks more accurately than the XDm.

For what it's worth I think the subcompact Glock models are the most accurate of them all, for whatever reason, I'm sure it might just be me.

A word on sights, get something with a good sight picture. I'm not telling you what to get, but I've good luck with anything from Ameriglo and I especially love their I-Dot night sights, but it's a two dot setup (dot over dot) instead of three, but it's just as good IMHO.

 

[David E]

Try a new barrel.

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[Torian]

I've never shot well with glocks either. You're not the only one.

 

[Zaydok Allen]

If you like the gun, keep it as a range toy and carry what ever you shoot best.

Not a real hard decision.

If you can't afford to keep it around as due to money, then weigh your options. Keep it and train with it more, or sell it and carry one you shoot better.

Ah, and I see you have already made a decision. Sounds like a good experiment to me. Good luck.

 

[wally]

Even though I've had a ton of trigger time on this Glock, it seems that I can pick up almost ANY other gun and shoot it better.

Welcome to the club. Glocks are just not a good fit for some hands.

Only thing that made mine tolerable pre-Gen4 was the 3lb connector, and then I'd never consider it for anything other than range use.

Gen4 out of the box I can shoot acceptably.

 

[History.Doc]

I have the same problem. I shoot my 19 and 26 pretty well--some days I shoot them better than my CZs! But last time I took out my 17 and 19 I found that the fat of my hand that hits the backstrap hits the 17 in just the wrong place. It forces the muzzle up on me just a hair. Then I have to force the gun to point down in a slightly unnatural way. This might be happening to you. I would try a 19 or 26 back to back with your 17 and see if you have the same problem. I have consigned my 17 to nightstand safe duty. I shoot my 19 and 26 regularly and take the 17 out a couple of times per year just to make sure I still can't shoot it very well. Of course, I did have one pretty experienced shooter tell me it was all in my head, so take my advice for what it may be worth. I did find the similarity in our stories to be pretty striking though.

 

[camsdaddy]

If I shot my 19 better than my 17 I couldn't imagine using my 17 as a bedside gun. If something goes bump in the night I want gun I shoot the best in my hand

 

[History.Doc]

You make a decent point. It is just easy to put it in there and let it sit. Of course, the gun I shoot best is probably my Blackhawk. I also try to shoot every week. It is just easy to leave the gun I don't like in the safe. I shoot the 17 ok. I can easily hit a pie plate from 7, 14, and (usually) 21 yards, which is fine for defensive purposes. I can't imagine shooting anything over 14 yards in my house. Actually I can't imagine shooting anything in my house, but it is good to know I can if I need to.