Have a 17 that i want to shoot more accurate.. Is it worth to go to a match barrel ? thanks for some input
I would not think a match barrel is that much better. Heck I shoot my 26 with stock sights better than my 17 with a red dot. Best modifications I have ever made is reducing trigger pull weight and lessening pre-travel. Have seen a huge improvement in accuracy after trigger jobs.
No. It’s the Indian. Not the arrow. I’m an ok shot. A coworker can cut his previous shot with his all stock Glock 31. he did it with his issued gen 3 and continued to do it when we switched to gen 4.
If its a drop in barrel you probably won't see any difference. If its a fitted barrel you may see a difference. If your gonna do it get a KKM barrel or have Bar-sto fit a barrel or get 1 of their semi fitted barrels and do the rest of the fitting yourself. I have seen differences in barrels in my 10mm 1911 and ARs i owned. With glocks i only saw a difference in barrels passing heavy hard cast 10mm ammo. Start with your trigger and go from there.
Your coworker must be a "natural". That is some mighty fine shooting. I am lucky to hit a pie plate. Getting old I guess. I used to shoot a lot better. I can still hit a bad guy in the vital zone at a reasonable distance. I will settle for that.
A pie plate Is still within a chest sized target, I've switched down from an 8" plate to a 4" one to help tighten my shots up, I'm only doing about 7-10yrds, that's the clearest line of sight I have In my house.
One thing that helped me was to put In a full length SS rsa, just something about that dual spring In the gen4 I couldn't get use to. It's also a cheaper starting point than a new barrel and If nothing else you'll have a spare rsa when It's time to change out a weak spring.
Take shooting lessons from a competition Master/Grand Master (IDPA or USPSA). Shooting is 99% fundamentals: stance, grip, sight picture and trigger control, and 1% gun and gear. Yes, an oversized gunsmith hand fitted BarSto with a finished reamed chamber to your own custom hand loads will increase mechanical accuracy, but if you can't shoot to start with, it won't help.
First, ask yourself what was the Glock designed for? The original design was for military and police with priority on reliability and an “acceptable” accuracy. It was never meant to be a match grade “one hole in the target at 25 yards with 50 rounds” pistol. I see a lot of people spending a lot of money trying to achieve a level of accuracy it was never designed for. Spend your money on ammo and practice, practice, practice. If you want a high degree of accuracy, buy a custom made high dollar match grade pistol and again, practice, practice, practice.
I did everything to my G27, EVERYTHING (including match barrels) and the only solution that solved THAT and other problems was switching to a Springfield version. The politically correct TAKE on this would be that some handguns FIT better with some shooters, ergo why so many guns made so similar in same calibers. FYI: from GlockUSA email response long ago .... Our guns are tested and will shoot a 4 inch group at 25 meters. I hope this info helps. With kind regards, J.S. Armorer (= 13.971 MOA)
