Blackstone45

Oh wow, looks like I got it completely wrong. Will change the springs back to the factory ones and see what happens during my next range trip. Thanks for the info.

Sorry, but the latter half of that doesn't make sense. The heavier recoil spring should reduce recoil by preventing the slide moving fully to the rear. So I don't understand why this could cause the sight tracking problem. I haven't had any malfunctions since installing the springs, they have functioned perfectly in my gun.

I'm using a DPM triple recoil spring (https://dpmsystems.com/) I'll try and get a picture of my grip tomorrow. I'll read that section again, thanks.

I'm currently at a block in my shooting, caused by an inability to have the sights return to target automatically after recoil without any input from myself. This is crucial to shooting good split times. When I shoot, the gun usually ends up tilted upwards slightly. I use a standard thumbs forwards grip. My grip strength is pretty weak, I struggle to close a #1 CoC gripper, and that's something I'm working on. However, to my knowledge, having the gun recoil back on target has little to do with the strength of the grip, but rather how the gun is gripped. I use a CZ Shadow, which is a pretty big gun. I recently acquired a Sig P210 which is a bit smaller, and found the recoil more consistent on that. My hands aren't exactly small, so I don't think it's a physical limitation. Does anyone have any suggestions or idea as to what I'm doing wrong?

Man I actually get the exact same thing when shooting plate racks. My hit rate just goes way off. I suspect it's to do with shooting reactive targets. I think my eyes end up looking past the sights and onto the target, expecting them to fall down.

very sad to hear, RIP

Even a change in the light conditions can cause you to see the sights differently, and therefore affect your point of impact.

yeah would love to know what you're doing differently now

There's more than enough time to wait for the round to rise clear above the gun before you release the slide and make the catch.

Yeah I've been running into a little problem since gripping super hard with my weak hand. My groups have started drifting to the left a little when I speed up. Working on grip strength training with CoC trainers.

When pulling the trigger at some significant speed, I get some wobble in the sight alignment. It's nothing serious, but would make a significant distance out to 25m It does seem to be caused by my middle finger moving slightly as well. Is it physically possible to train the trigger finger to move quickly without moving the middle finger?

Okay, thanks for the advice! I suppose pulling the trigger back to the frame as fast as possible without disturbing sight alignment would be a good way to practice trigger discipline?

I'm using a CZ 75 SP-01 Shadow (SA/DA with a thumb safety when the hammer is back)

When practicing dry fire, how do you deal with multiple target setups? Obviously when dry firing, you will only get one true trigger squeeze. So for multiple targets, do you just simulate the trigger squeeze with as much pressure as would normally take to break the shot?

You should definitely be able to feel a difference in the recoil. You may also feel a difference in that the trigger won't reset

You should dry fire at least as much as you live fire

I use a bit of blu tac (not sure if it's called the same in the states) to keep my glasses from slipping down my nose

Thanks for your help alma. I'll study my grip a little more and figure out the best place for tape

Where would you recommend putting any grip tape on? I have the blue aluminium thin grips too:

Then you may need to break out the grip tape for the weak hand grip. The aluminum grips leave much to be desired when it comes to having proper traction. Interesting because mine came with these fat black rubbery grips al503: I may consider that, but I want to avoid spending money to fix a problem if I have basic techniques to improve on first.

Thanks for the videos alma, happy that you showed your SP-01 Shadow, because that's the exact same gun I have.

My support hand is angled in a way that the thumb is pointing straight forwards. The heel of my support hand is basically covering the left side of the pistol grip. I've found that after one or two shots (of 9mm), my support hand has started to "come loose". Is this just a weak grip? This seems to happen even if I deathgrip my gun.

I've been having trouble with my recoil management, in that my gun will recoil upwards, and then stay there. This is with me not trying to "help" it back down. Am I taking the idea that the "front sight should return to the original position without any user input" a little too literally? I am not physically a very strong person, but I've been training my grip strength. I would say I grip the gun with about 50% of my total power.

Are you specifically talking about seeing the sights for your first shot from the draw?

The slide release on a Glock is close enough to the rear that I can use my shooting hand thumb, but on my CZ 75, I use my support hand thumb. I'll be re-establishing my firing grip anyway and it's a minor movement for my support hand.