Anyone else a good shot with one gun and others not so much?

[Grimjaws]

So I have a plain jane 442 no lock with stock grips that has been my daily carry IWB. Having recently injured my back I wear a brace so have gone back to pocket carry. This has been my EDC forever it seems.

I shoot that 442 lights out better than any other handgun I own. I have mostly 4" blue adjustable sight revolvers and for some reason I cannot for the life of me figure out how I shoot that little j frame better than a k frame
The only gun that comes close is a 15-2 4" that is spot on no matter who shoots it.
All my guns are bench rest sighted except the 442 which is my only fixed sight gun.

I can keep three shots touching at 7 yards with that little 442 and with two flyers keep all 5 shots within the size of the palm if my hand. I can keep all shots within a 6" paper plate at 15 yards with that stock little j frame.

Anyone else who shoots it can't hit squat. Yet they do fine with the 4" 19-3 or 15-2.

Guess this gun just likes me. And it gives me great confidence as my daily carry I can shoot it well.

Anyone else have a gun that works well for them but others not so much?

 

[-BTM-]

I have run S&W, EAA, CZ and Glock pistols in various forms of competition with some success. I have never shot well with a 1911.

 

[Flygas]

15 or 20 years ago, I took a concealed carry class. We were to "qualify", shooting 50 rounds, with the gun we planned to carry, in my case a Glock 19. If we planned to carry a semi-auto, then we also must shoot 25 rounds from a revolver. I had a 4" 28-2 Highway Patrolman that had a very smooth action, having formerly belonged to a DEA agent and I first stepped up to the line with it. My 25 shot group was very small, maybe the size of your fist or smaller, and quite a few of the class participants stood behind, impressed by my shooting. Then it was time to shoot the Glock. Within 10 or 12 shots I quickly lost my audience, my group from the 9mm was considerably larger and they all laughed at the fact I shot the .357 N-frame so well but impressed absolutely no one with the plastic Glock. I no longer even own a Glock and joke that I couldn't hit the wall of a barn while standing inside it.

 

[OutAtTheEdge]

Proud to say I am equally mediocre with pretty much everything.

 

[rwsmith]

I'm a natural with carbines, possibly due to years of practice when younger. Pistols are a wild card and my skills 'perish' quickly. Right now I'm trying to bone up on my SD guns, after realizing that I NEEDED serious practice. I shoot my Sig P250 well, but was having trouble with my Shield. I have a 9mm EZ that I'm sitting on, but I had to send it for repair and will have to check it at the range. I shoot my 686 and Model 10 well, but the 686 is a range gun.

 

[lihpster]

Had the opposite problem. I had a Taurus PT92 that shot well for others, but I couldn't hit squat with it. Sold it and bought a 1911 instead.

 

[stansdds]

There are some guns that I shoot better than others. It boils down to recoil, muzzle blast, and how well the firearm fits my hands (and shoulder for long guns).

 

[fatcat3]

I can keep three shots touching at 7 yards with that little 442 and with two flyers keep all 5 shots within the size of the palm if my hand. I can keep all shots within a 6" paper plate at 15 yards with that stock little j frame.

I believe you have more important things to think about, like what's for supper.

 

[bedwards]

I shoot much better with revolvers than semis. I have to practice with the semis to have any accuracy but the revolvers all seem more natural.

 

[glenwolde]

Yes, I think it's ergonomics. I have run into guns that have surprised me in the shoot-ability department. In both directions. Of course when I really want it to work it doesn't, and when I don't think I like a gun, it does.

 

[Turn4811]

I have a 1911 GOVT and a Glock 17 clone as 9mm range guns. I shoot the 1911 better. I have a Glock 37 that I shoot better than the 1911 and an INOX I shoot about as well. I just gave my niece a Glock model 45 as I was all over the place with it. I can place my hand over her holes on the target on the 25' range.

 

[Sgt. Buzzard]

I have a 442 and other J frames. All of them have the standard S&W synthetic two finger grip, no matter what the stock grip is. Why? Because that grip fits my hand, perfectly. Close your eyes, set your grip and point to something on the wall. Would you hit it? Is the gun lined up with your hand/wrist/arm, just like pointing your finger? Then that gun/grip fits you. Your going to shoot it better naturally.

If I Grabbed a double stack Glock it would be aimed about 15° to the right in my hand. Yeah, I could adjust my grip to shoot it OK but it wouldn't be fast or as accurate and with my wrist cooked sideways it would fire up the arthritis in my wrist and thumb. The Glock 42 fits me too. I have other range toys but the J frame and G 42 are the only ones I can point shoot dependably. That's what and why I carry them. Caliber and capacity mean little to me. YMMV.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Yes'm and I'm not always sure why.
Lately I've been going little bitty, I need more grip!
I've even put larger grips on my 642.
It had Boots on forever!