Actually you only need to pull the slide back about 1/2 an inch. They also make a dry fire kit for them so you don't have to pull the slide at all, but I don't know how much it is. Many Glock store sites have them.
A striker fired gun is easier to master than a revolver or DA semiauto.
Here are some options.
I own all but the DryFire mag and I have spent a bit of time using one.
The most expensive and difficult to locate is the factory Glock 17R. It also has the worst trigger pull comparison to stock. I feel the best is the AirSort, the Gen 4 version, with the magazine blocked. It also best simulates the real Glock and gives a bit of recoil. The SIRT and the Coolfire work well. But the Airsoft is the winner. The coolfire is decent. But 8-10 shots is all it is good for. The Airsoft will go 80 or so.
One thing I have noticed when training people and trouble shooting my own issues. When a person shoots much “better” with a SA gun such as a 1911 than a Striker or Double action gun, the SA gun is simply masking the problem. Jerking the trigger, anticipation, pushing the trigger etc, are amplified with a heavier trigger pull. The SA just goes off before we see the full results of what they are doing.
I recently worked with a friend who was jerking the trigger and anticipating very badly. So much the he was adjusting his red dot to compensate for the downward movement of his gun upon pulling the trigger. As we started fixing the trigger he started missing the plates more at 25y. He was hitting them about 40-60% of the time. I finally started shooting his gun and was missing the plates myself, 100%.
I shot a few rounds at the 10’ target I had set up. At 10’, the POI was 6” high. [emoji15] Thats how far he was pulling the gun down with the trigger pull. His iron sight gun had a better trigger, and he was not pulling it down as far. A big training scar he had developed and placed into muscle memory that will take a while to overcome.
Anyhow, perfecting the Glock trigger will help out some 1911 trigger issue you might have that are less apparent now.
I thought I felt a quake/tremor. It must have been John Browning rolling over in his grave.
Congrats!!
I shot my friends 9mm and it recoiled into my wrist way harder than my 45acp.
So the little girly 9mm recoil is not so much a fact.
Maybe his 9mm is that much lighter than my 45acp.
Look at the muzzle energy of a 9mm vs a 200gr 45 acp.. but my 45 loads are in the 800fps area.
His 9mm is +P stuff
So the little girly 9mm recoil is not so much a fact.
Maybe his 9mm is that much lighter than my 45acp.
Look at the muzzle energy of a 9mm vs a 200gr 45 acp.. but my 45 loads are in the 800fps area.
His 9mm is +P stuff
That’s a very good comparison of Apples and Oranges you made there.
STOP! As a 1911 owner it will be instinct to want to immediately take your new gun to a gunsmith to get it to run right since its new. Don't do that is not necessary on a Glock. They amazingly run amazing strait out of the package. Crazy I know! All the money you would normally spend on a new 1911 sending it back to the manufacture 3 times or a smith to get it to run right. Those are things of your past my friend. Spend that new found wealth on Ammo.
As for the trigger there are things you can do to improve them if you want to do some polishing or replace some parts. As for reseting it. You don't have to pull the slide back far to get it to reset. So if your fully racking it, that isn't necessary. Just a short pull of the slide 1/4-1/2in should reset it. Or you can check out the options @Mad Professor listed.
As for the trigger there are things you can do to improve them if you want to do some polishing or replace some parts. As for reseting it. You don't have to pull the slide back far to get it to reset. So if your fully racking it, that isn't necessary. Just a short pull of the slide 1/4-1/2in should reset it. Or you can check out the options @Mad Professor listed.
Thanks for posting those different trainers. @Mad Professor
All of your input is greatly appreciated fellas....thank you.
Unless things change the temps. in the morning are suppose to be in the comfortable low 40's so I'm planning on heading to the range with the G17 and 150 rounds of ammo early......I know how I am and I've never been a overly patient person so hopefully things will click relatively quick.
Unless things change the temps. in the morning are suppose to be in the comfortable low 40's so I'm planning on heading to the range with the G17 and 150 rounds of ammo early......I know how I am and I've never been a overly patient person so hopefully things will click relatively quick.
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