What to do when you shoot one pistol well and not another

[BKP99]

I've had the same experience successively over the last decade. I would always find something that outdid the last 'best one'.
Started with a Beretta, then 1911, then BHP (for cheap 9mm). Spent $$$ on a custom BHP that was the best for me at the time.

I then bought a P99 and discovered the handfit allowed to to outshoot my custom BHP. I had some 'growing pains' but switched to the P99. After a while I recognized it's virtues. Cheaper and easier to replace and I shot it better. The last is the most important.

I let the BHP sit in the safe for a couple of years, just like the Beretta.
Recently I sold the Beretta and consigned the BHP. The money can buy other stuff, like longarms or Dan Wesson CCO's!!!

I still keep the 1911 as my efficiency with it matches my P99, ammo costs more though.

 

[PCRCCW]

Regardless of the situation....If you have a gun you dont shoot well....Sell it and get something you do. What good is keeping it if you cant shoot it?

Shoot well......

 

[CZ52GUY]

It's up to you.

I find that guns that challenge me make me better.

My CZ-75B on a bad day is about as good as my G23 on my best day...but my G23 helps me have good days because I have to work at it...same with my CZ-52.

My P95, my Mak's, my CZ-75B...my better half's BDA-380 are a joy to shoot...the other half of my autoloader collection makes me work at it...I get more joy out of a 1.25" group with the challenging guns than the easy guns...but that's just me...I like a challenge.

Best wishes,

CZ52'

 

[dhoomonyou]

been there, done that....

I would sell it, for something that agrees with you.
I had a Beretta 92FS, couldnt shoot it CONSISTENTLY well.
Have a Glock 26 It's a TACK DRIVER.

 

[nsmike]

One possibility, check your grip, while firing the USP. Do you have the same high thumb position that you have with the Kimber? When the groups loosen up while shooting my 22/45 Ruger its because I have a lower thumb position than normal. With a 1911, shooters tend to have a high thumb position, to flick off the saftey. They tend to drop it with a DA trigger resulting in different grips and different results.
Mike

 

[Feanaro]

It all depends on... I would look at it as a challenge to improve my skill. I'd stick with it, try some new things. You may not want to spend the time with it, so you could sell or trade it away. You could keep it as a "safe queen." Or you could keep it and simply resign yourself to the 'fact' that it will not shoot as well as your Kimber.

 

[Bainx]

I'm wrestling with the same thing. I love the Glock 30 trigger and ability to double-tap pretty quickly. I am getting up to speed on a 1911 and really love the grip and controls. I can shoot it accurately but, double taps are not near as fast.
Guess I'll keep practicing.

 

[Dizzipator]

I faced essentially the same problem with my Compact USP .45, it was a gun that I simply couldn't shoot well.

My solution, almost two years ago, was to trade it in against some Leupold glass for my .308. I haven't missed that gun at all.

Maybe you wound up with mine?

[Thinking about this makes me nostalgic for TheFiring Line. I sold my extra magazines and a holster over there a month or so after I traded the gun.]