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The recoil spring needs to be heavy enough to lock the gun up in battery. Going too light(especially with a stock striker spring) may cause the gun to stay just out of battery or come out when running. Nobody is gonna lose a match because they have a 15# recoil spring instead of a 13#. However, the gun unlocking and causing a malfunction

Hey man, some times you gotta go your own way. I get it. Max is gonna be tough for anyone to beat. The guy is just that good!

I just stumbled on to this thread. Very interesting. I knew there was some crazy guy shooting a G26 at the GM level but didn't know there was a thread here about it. Or that he started out in C class. Man you do you. I mean, your gonna get crazy looks and stuff but oh well. Though, I won't lie. Had I seen this thread when you started I would have comented you're crazy and probably said/thought hope you like C class. You're a very good shooter so you're gonna shoot anything well. Though, It's still hard for me not to think the 26 held you back at least a little. Saying that, I had people ask me if I was really gonna shoot the gun I shot all year. They couldn't believe I was really going to shoot that gun but I knew it worked well for me and I had a ton of confidence. I almost felt like it was the gun I shot best. (I've tried them all).and in a sense, the gun does matter! So, not sure if that's how you felt about the 26 but if it is, I can relate. I think you'll kill with the PCC. Good pistol shooters can transfer over to the PCC side way better than the flip side to that. Good luck.

Nah bro. Probably ignoring you or me.

Practical Shooting Training Group. There are multiple levels of membership and it's all great info. Go check it out.

Double tap is when someone gets a sight pic and decides to pull the trigger twice. The theory is that they can pull the trigger faster two times without having to aquire two sight pics and some think that if they pull the trigger fast enough the gun will not have recoiled enough and the hits will be fairly close, or close enough, together. First off, the gun fires and cycles faster than you can pull the trigger. Second, there's more going on to the recoil/sight tracking/gripping porcess of shooting. The gun just doesn't cycle and then return to the exact same spot by its self. Your grip and recoil control are involved. Here's what's likely to happen when someone tries to "double tap". They decide they have a "good sight pic" they decide they're goinng to pull the trigger twice. They tense up, because that makes them feel like they're pulling the trigger super fast. At the same time they've probably started to move their eyes/focus to the next target, or because they've decided that they're done with that process, and their body starts to follow their eyes. So, between the tension which has almost certainly moved to their firing hand and that has almost certainly caused a very bad grip and trigger pull, and that has probably caused their shots to be off target, they're also moving their body because it follows the eyes and now they're dragging hits off the A zone. They end up with very bad hits. Now let's talk about splits. You can only pull the trigger so fast. For me it's about .13-.14. To do this I have to keep the tension out of my hands and my shoulders/upper body really. At certain distances, I can keep them in the A zone at that speed and I can see what's going on the entire time but the .15-.16 seems to be more repeatable when I try to really rail on a drill like this and I'm relaxed. I say drill because I practice this a lot in practice to get the control down. Saying that I don't consciously try to rail .15 splits in a match. I just go up and shoot the target and see the sights/dot/gun for every shot as required by each targets difficulty. A .20-.25 split is more than adequate for most close,easy,open targets and getting two A's trump trying to "double tap" to save/gain .05 sec. This is also true if you're splits are slower maybe because of skill and the splits are around .40. Rushing to gain .05 is dumb. If the issue is you can't shoot faster than .30-.40 regardless of target ease/distance, then double tapping isn't going to help. You need to get better at shooting the gun fast by working on fundamentals and technique. Double taps are dumb.

At that distance you need to be using target focus. You don't need to require the front sight focus for targets that close and easy. Each target has a required sight pic based on its difficulty. Easier targets don't require the same detail/attention as more difficult one do.

Hey man, I notice that the gun and you strong hand move independently from your weak hand. Watch that video again. Your left hand is looks to be staying still while the gun recoils and moves. Look at the trigger guard and how it comes up and off and when recoiling isn't touching your left first finger. That's not what you want. You want everything to move together. Also, you're standing completely vertical and your elsbows look completely locked out. It looks like the the recoil is rocking you back more with each shot. You might try leaning a little more forward at the waist, get a good wide stance, bend the knees a little and maybe unlock the elbows. This may take some trial an error to get in a solid comfortable stance but that will help a lot. Most of your hits are slightly low and left. This could be from gripping too hard with your strong hand and tensing up when you're trying to run the gun fast. That low and left grouping will only get worse as the targets get further. There's a very good forum called Practical Shoting Training Group that's got tons of information on how to do everything you need well. Every aspect of shooting in USPSA/IDPA. It's like $20 a month and you get tons of information. There's a video specifically on this issue. You can ask any question and you'llget replies from top shooters that is solid and correct info. Ben Stoeger, Hwansik Kim and Joel Park will answer any of your questions. Not to mention you can search all the videos. Best money you can spend. I really suggest going and checking that out. Also, it looks like you may be watching the hits as they're happening? It's hard, almost impossible not to at those distances but if you're taking the time to process those hits and judge if they're good or not, that's doubling your split times. I'd focus on proper stance, grip, trigger control and would not even look at the timer for a while. If you're shooting factory ammo out of that gun(assuming it's all factory set up) that's also something you may want to look at later. Oh..... And get some grip enhancer. It helps a lot!

It's amazing what you can see with practice! It's also amazing on how easy it is to drop points on close targets when people try to double tap! And who said anything about slowing down to get your hits?

Is that the secret?

I'd change my focus to learning proper grip and fundamentals. If you're serious about improving in the shooting sports, you will probably come to the realization that "double taps" aren't the key to success. Might as well get to that point sooner. There can be unintended consequences to the double tap. I'd recommend knowing/seeing the required sight pic for each shot. I'd also ignore "advice" telling you that a lower bore axis is gonna transform your shooting.

If I can give my experience here. I used to only do them weighted. I still do them that way most but I will use completely empty mags a little here and there. So, I think when we first start out we really just try to kinda throw the mag in the gun rather than have the process down and focus on getting the mag in there the right way on the first attempt. Now, I know I can actually process(as in processing information) the steps it takes, in real time, to get the mag in the gun. It's a matter of being able to see or process more information faster. This is the same thing as when you first start out and just getting hits on the target is a challenge because you're being bombarded by all the information your senses are receiving. Think driving a car for the first time. How there was just too much going on. Now, for most people it's not nearly as consciously tasking. So, what the empty mag, or a mag that's weighted differently does, is it makes you be more aware of the steps it takes to get the mag into the mag well. You might try this a little and see if it makes you more aware of what's going on. I'd recommend not using any par time. Just try to reload the gun at match speed. Hope this helps.

I range "smack dead in the middle" is still too far for people on either coast to drive (typically). No matter what, a lot of people, probably half or more, have to fly.

The thumb safety kills it for me. 2011

"such is inevitable". "Stop saying it will happen" Is that what you're saying? Kinda seems like that's what you're saying.

It probably has grown USPSA overall but also diluted the existing divisions.

I've had mine do this. It's like it's plated and it's coming off. If it's the same issue. I just kept shooting mine. No issues.

Two new divisions in the last 5 yrs? .................... Both are "easier" (in theory)................

Is this thread still going? I can see it’s still on topic

It's OR ready. Comes with plates for all the optics. Comes with really good iron sights too. Has what I think is the best trigger out of any gun out there. You'll need to change the recoil spring and guide rod just like with any gun. If you get one feel free to message me and I'll help you out with what tweaks you'll want to make.

I shoot a Canik TP9SFX. I've shot every gun out there. The canik is not the softest/flattest shooter out there. I've spent a lot of money and time trying to find the "flattest" gun and ammo. I shot all year with my reloads that chrono at 140 pf. Which is a little hot. I shot that hot ammo and I shoot the canik because it's what I shoot the best. I chose ease of shooting and accuracy over how soft the gun felt. Trust me I shoot what I think is gonna give me the best chance to win. If I thought another gun was gonna give me a leg up, I'd be shooting it. I would not let how flat the gun feels factor in to your decision.

I never dealt with nukes. The ships I was on were good ole fashion steam. Anyways, I'll get this back on track and I'll change my way of advising the OP. I like longer guns. I shoot CO. I still like the longer guns. But,.... I'm just some random guy on the internet. So,.... You're gonna have to just pick one and try. Might have to pick another and another before you find what you like.

Funny. I too work in the Mechanical Engineering field and was also in the Navy. What's the comment about you not being a cook about? Seems odd that you specifically state that you were not a cook! Did I miss someone else's comment about cooks? I don't know anyone that was in the Navy that starts off by telling people they weren't cooks.

Gun forums where there is no shortage of physicists! Recoil/flatness has many variables. Too many. I'm not really interested in trying to make a case for or against, or even debate the relevance, on gun forum. Same with PF. A Glock 26 could make PF with "ease". Just saying.