From: KEVIN@MSUS1.MSUS.EDU (Kevin Whyte)
Newsgroups: rec.guns
Subject: Accuracy update
Date: 14 Oct 92 12:08:51 GMT


Well this is heartfelt thanks to all those kind souls out there that responded
to my message about how to shoot a glockenspiel..ehem..cough Glock.  Well I am
happy to inform you that mu accuracy has improved dramatically and I now
believe the pistol is as accurate as people have said.  Using a Weaver stance
and a 2 handed grip I was able to get a 5 shot group at 7 yards to be just over
an inch.  4/5 shots were one ragged hole the 5th shot obliterated the x and
caused the group to expand from about 3/4 of an inch to the before mentioned
size.  I was also able to put all 15 rounds of my magazine into a target at 50
ft.  All of them fell within three inches of each other (measuring the farthest
holes apart.)  All in the black too!

Some does and do nots I learned.
1.  Do NOT "tea-cup" the weapon.  That is do not support the pistol with your
non-firing hand by placing it underneath the magazine-well. For the first shot
i don't know if this makes a difference.  However it doesn't allow you to 
control the "muzzle-jump (flip?)" for your follow-up shots.  From the safety
stand point if you do have a head seperation or something similiar the gases
will vent through the magazine well onto your hand (ouch!).

2.  The grip I used was obtained by:  First.  Placing the placing the pistol
into the web between my thumb and forefinger and wrapping them securily around
the grip.  Second.  Taking my non-firing hand's thumb and placing it on top of
my other thumb then wrapping my fingers around the pistol.  Now this felt VERY
odd at first (at least to me).  What I did to get used to it was dry fired a
lot at home.  This allowed me to make the minute adjustments with hands that
made the grip feel comfortable and "natural".

3. Do NOT grip the pistol too tightly!!!  Once at the range this was my biggest
problem.  I would start to squeeze the trigger and once I reached the last
portion of the trigger pull, the hard part (people that have fired Glocks know
what I mean) the sights would start to shake a little.  I figured that I just
had a weak trigger finger and that as I strengthened the problem would go away. 
Well after about 60 rounds or so I started getting fatigued and my sights were
jumping around like crazy.  When this happened I simply set the gun down and
had me a think.  I remembered reading/hearing something about the firmness of
gripping the handgun should be approximate to shaking a persons hand.  Well
thats what I thought I was doing but.... so I picked up the pistol and tried to
ease up a little on the tension and ta-dah!! the sight wiggle was gone and I
shot the before mentioned groups! (Also the fatigue eased up quite a bit)


4. Shoot close in then when you start getting accurate and your confidence
built up try farther ranges.  I went farther first and figured I had to be the
worst shot ever.  Took awhile before my confidence level came back up and then
only after firing at shorter ranges.  I think the proper mind set is VERY
important to shooting accuratly (then again it's pretty important no matter
what you are trying to achieve.).

Well thats about it.  Thanks again to all of you that replied to my
questions. 

Kevin
kevin@msus1.msus.edu

BTW I am up to April 28th in the archives.  Never knew there could be so much
debate over gasoline trucks and Polar Bears!  Group must have mellowed since
then, huh?