GLOCK 19X ACCURACY MEH!

[marathonrunner]

I originally bought the Glock 19X because I was in love with the color and was the one Glock I thought I would love. However, after taking it to the range today equipped with an Overwatch Precision Flat Trigger, Safety plunger, and their connector, trigger pull was 4.5lbs and believed I was going to kick butt on the range.

Well at 35ft, I was dismayed even with careful aim, accuracy was good but not great. My MP 2.0 Compact as boring as that gun is, it is way more shootable, shoots flatter, way more accurate, can dot out the center of the bulls eye, etc..

But the Glock 19x was just good enough to quality, but unlike my MP 2.0 could not draw a smiley face on the target. I am sure there are some here that can shoot the G19 just fine but for me, even after swapping out all the different backstraps could not find one that made me shoot better.

Your thoughts? Can anyone explain what is it about a glock that makes it accurate enough to be combat accurate but not match grade? My MP 2.0 is not match grade but shoots ten times better

 

[GypsmJim]

My 19x shoots better than any other striker pistol that I own. However, I don't have a MP to compare it to.

I didn't buy it to be match grade. For that I shoot my Gold Cup.

 

[Marshal Tom]

I own both a Glock 45 and a M&P 9mm compact. They are both great shooters. I put an Apex kit in the M&P. I have not done a side by side to see which is better but I suspect that your Glock would shoot just fine once you get accustomed to it.

 

[marathonrunner]

My 19x shoots better than any other striker pistol that I own. However, I don't have a MP to compare it to.

I didn't buy it to be match grade. For that I shoot my Gold Cup.

I don't know how that is possible. The 19x just has some deficiencies that others do not. Of all the different makes I own the G19 is one of the worse.

However, after I came back from the range I weighed my trigger again and it was 5.5lbs. ***? That can easily account for meh accuracy. Even with the flat trigger it is still a bit mushy.

 

[JohnRoc65]

The only two semi auto's I own are an M&P 9c 1.0 and a Glock 35. My experience was the same as yours because I bought the m&p first and fired thousands of rounds through it before buying the Glock.

But accuracy shooting the 35 is really starting to come around. Each range session my groups get a little tighter. I'm determined shoot it as well as the my m&p. Practice Practice Practice

 

[dmthomp32]

I’ve got no problems with Glocks other than I just don’t shoot them as well as other platforms or firearms. I shoot a DW ECO at least 2-3 times better than I do a Glock 34. Half the barrel length, half the sight distance and yet I shoot circles around the 34. That’s why the majority of my pistols are 1911’s and revolvers, I enjoy them but more importantly I shoot them the best!


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[SammyJoe]

had my 19x for over almost 2 years, bone stock besides the night sights, shoots flat and is very accurate in comparison to all my other nines.

No issues with accuracy whatsoever. It shoots very well, better than I ever will

 

[jimmyj]

perhaps before adding the after market parts, you should try shooting the Glock 19X awhile with just OME parts for a true comparison.

 

[alwslate]

What makes you think that standing up shooting at 35ft is an accuracy test of the gun instead of yourself?

 

[Ranger514]

We have a stock Gen4 G19 that my wife has claimed as her own. I take it out to the range a few times every year, and while I'm not a fan of it's trigger, I can shoot it as accurately as my Sigs. It takes a magazine to get used to the trigger. After that...no issues. I'm not spending money on after market parts for the G19, but I wouldn't hesitate to use it as a defensive weapon.

 

[GypsmJim]

For a pistol of this design, my box stock G19x shoots as well as one would expect. This target was 30' and I was shooting fast, bouncing from bull to bull. First time shooting it after purchase.
Klyde

To me that sure looks pretty close to match grade.

 

[Fishinfool]

I have a gen. 1 model 19, and a gen. 3 model 26, gen. 3 model 21. All are 2 - 2.5 inch guns from a rest at 25 meters. More than combat accurate, IMHO.

Recently picked up a Gen. 4 model 41 MOS (.45 acp long slide). With a red dot mounted, around 1.5 inches at 25 meters.

Your gun might shoot 10 times worse than a M&P 2.0, but I bet more trigger time, trying different ammo, and testing from a solid rest might narrow the accuracy gap....

Larry

 

[rockquarry]

I have a gen. 1 model 19, and a gen. 3 model 26, gen. 3 model 21. All are 2 - 2.5 inch guns from a rest at 25 meters. More than combat accurate, IMHO.

Recently picked up a Gen. 4 model 41 MOS (.45 acp long slide). With a red dot mounted, around 1.5 inches at 25 meters.

Your gun might shoot 10 times worse than a M&P 2.0, but I bet more trigger time, trying different ammo, and testing from a solid rest might narrow the accuracy gap....

Larry

Good advice. Every gun and the sorriest of ammo is accurate up close (fifteen yards or less) and every shooter is a pro at such ranges. Twenty five yards or 25 meters will give a realistic perspective on everything.

 

[boatbum101]

50m will show even more , but we're not talking target pistols either . For social work pick the one that allows you to make rapid repeatable hits from 7 - 25yds from a CC draw . With training your speed & accuracy will improve . One must have confidence in their weapon / load .

 

[CH4]

My G5 26 can put all 50 in a 2' hole at 10 yards. That's impressive for me.

 

[BearBio]

How can one 9mm shoot flatter than another, assuming same ammo?

 

[Puller]

From the seemingly weekly threads expressing no love for Glocks here it is obvious there are a number of people who don't shoot them well.

I would be willing to bet there are others, and likely just as many, who don't shoot 1911's well. I see people at the range all the time with their S&W J frame that can't hit a barn door at 15 yards.

For me, I don't like Beretta 92's worth a flip and don't shoot them well, although I probably could learn to do so if I put the appropriate training effort into it. Again, for me, once I got over how ugly Glocks are (generally based on what other people were telling me) I found they are one of the easiest platforms to learn to shoot well.

 

[CptCurl]

For a pistol of this design, my box stock G19x shoots as well as one would expect. This target was 30' and I was shooting fast, bouncing from bull to bull. First time shooting it after purchase.
Klyde

Errrrrr. . .

Why no headshots?

Just poking fun. Great target.

Curly

 

[alwslate]

How can one 9mm shoot flatter than another, assuming same ammo?

Longer barrel, higher velocity

 

[crazyphil]

This thread brought back a memory from probably ten years ago. I had
bought a Glock Model 22 .40 caliber. I was going to go to the range one
day and my grandson, who is a cop, showed up. He volunteered to go
with me. We pulled the target out to 25 yards, and I handed him the
Glock to go first. He shot a half dozen shots, reeled the target in, looked
at it and said there's something wrong with your sights. I sent the target
back out and shot once, as luck would have it, dead center in the bull's
eye. I got to sound like Clint Eastwood when I said "ain't nothing wrong
with these sights".