How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love SA autos.
After years of shooting SIG's, (P226 & P220), I was resigned to being a decent pistolero. Even with professional coaching and many thousands of rounds sent downrange, the proverbial "one ragged hole" continued to elude me. I shot, qualified and carried TDA's and came to believe I was destined to be just a so-so shot.
Then one fateful day I decided to return to the revolvers I had shot so well as a young man. I got a S&W 629PP. Suddenly I was pretty good again. How could this be I asked myself? After all, aren't SIG's the best and most accurate? What about all of those posts by Sig fans writing of 1-hole groups at 25 yds? I decided I was a wheelman and swapped my P220 for another Smith, a 625.
All seemed well with the world. In fact I even started competing in our local police pistol league. I, with my 625, and almost everyone else with their duty or personal semi's.
The came requalification day.
First I shot 50 rds. from the 625. Results: 48 in the 10-ring, mostly X's. I was about to qualify with the P226, confident I would shoot at least the minimum of 35 in the 7-ring or better when ChuckB asked if I wanted to try out his new Springfield Loaded. I loaded and shot 6, all X's.
Having run only 14 rds. through 1911's in my life, including the above 6, I asked ChuckB if I could try to qualify with his Springfield. The result: After the first 15 rds. the rangemaster put up another target because he wanted to make sure I was really putting them into the same hole in the X. He changed targets at the 35 rd mark for the same reason. 50 rds. all in the X for a perfect requalification score of 100.
On December 30th. I swapped my P226 for a Kimber Stainless Target II.
I like SIG's and still have one left. They are reliable, easy to strip and clean, and hold up well to years of use and carry. It's just that I have more fun hitting what I aim at.
Steve