SiG Lady

Hmmm... a hot 'n heavy thread........ Bumper sticker seen at gun show: "Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. Going 'round and 'round dept: Fellow shooter and I poking about with the county and my local banking institution about whether 'carry' in a bank location was legal or not... Bank claimed they had a company policy against 'carry' inside their premises; county sez that's not the law as far as they're concerned. After much discussion with bank manager, she said, "Well, if you're carrying concealed and I can't see it then it doesn't matter anyway after all." PS--I've been waiting for approximately 20 years for the Mariners to make it. Still waiting. (Edited by SiG Lady at 7:56 am on Sep. 20, 2002)

"If everything seems to be under control, you're just not going fast enough!" --Mario Andretti "If you're not living on the edge, then you're taking up too much room!" --Jayne Howard (Edited by SiG Lady at 6:14 pm on Sep. 19, 2002)

Speaking of "voices in your head..." T-shirt seen on shooter at recent indoor range summer league event: "I didn't go to work today. The voices told me to go home and clean the guns." The wearer said, "I think this is probably the only place I dare ever wear this shirt..." (Boy, he had THAT one right--in this town.)

...or is it the Code Walker......?......

It's the dreaded Code Creature!!!!......

Shooters seem to be a distinct genre of human being. Almost their own species. Most are unbelievably willing to share skills 'n tips with each other and with new shooters on the way up and are ravenous for knowledge. Most of the serious shooters I know are bright, savvy, professional, talented, comical, fun and real. Can't say that about just anyone these days. And the darndest people, sometimes, are shooters: Medical Chief of Staff at our local hospital (a big one)(the hospital, that is)(well, the doctor, too, is rather tall come to think of it...) is a very serious shooter but likely not many people here know it. And so on. We all have fun. And we share it. AAhhh... the smell of gunpowder.....!.....

No, you're hardly alone. The passion runs deep and the value of ammo becomes the standard value by which other merchandise is judged. I hear ya.

What I REALLY want to know is what was left of the DOG after this, well, explosion...?

Thanks for the illustrated grip-a-Glock tips! (and Nik's note about riding it high, too!) The pictures really tell the tale. The rest is practice.

Besides all the aerial photography and stock photos I produce, I specialize in serious small product photography--passionately specializing in handguns. Recently produced a very nice series on a new Glock-23, and with my own new G34 I'll be doing a series on that one soon as well. (Also have dynamic shots of SiGs, too, of course). Perhaps I should forward you a sample from the GLock-23 set...?

Aha! I just acquired a Glock 34 and experienced repeated misfeeds and jams out of the box. Technicians replaced the recoil spring and seemed to think it was OK after that. I took it back to the range but experienced the same old story: misfeed after misfeed. Had a mentor shoot it and chat with me on a subsequent occasion about it and all parties involved suggested a firmer grasp on the thing BECAUSE it has a great deal of muzzle flip. I readjusted my attitude about the grip and WOW....!... it hasn't misfed once! Apparently this model (and perhaps other models of Glock--don't quote me, quote my mentors) require a disciplined and steady, firm grip to control the effect that its recoil has on the cycling process and an effort to keep the barrel parallel to the ground is a good idea, too. Though I have yet to fully get used to this particular handgun (it's only been about ten days)(and feels VASTLY different than my SigSauers), I'm up to the challenge of making this 9mm with the long snoot work for ME. But it DID take a change of heart about the grip. All three mentors were right.

I'm going to have to share my finest secret here: I, too, shoot SiG (P-239, P229), and for what it's worth, it goes like this: "Squeeze, don't pull." The trigger, that is. Or, as one of my first instructors said, "Finesse the trigger." Just pull straight back GENTLY (GENTLY!!) and if your front sight is over the center of the target, betcha anything that's where your bullet will land. Works for me... at most any distance.

I recently caved in and acquired a Glock 34. Is it wise to dry-fire this one...? (Edited by SiG Lady at 12:01 pm on Sep. 14, 2002)

I shot in the 7 o'clock zone rather consistently (to say the least) for a time until I adopted a trigger-pull solution: Isolate the trigger finger and pull straight back every time. End of off-center shots. For real.