Quicker acceptable sight picture for 2nd shot

[motosapiens]

I have found that when you are really focused, as in your case watching the front sight return, everything feels like it is in slow motion so my guess is that it is your perception.

Bullet weight will have little impact on how fast you can split. Optimizing your grip and recoil spring will allow your sights to settle faster.

I suggest that you take some slow motion video of your gun being fired. This will help you determine if your current recoil spring is optimized for your load. Pay attention to when the slide returns to ensure that gun doesn't exhibit a "bounce". If the gun dips when the slide closes, try a lighter recoil spring. It is all a balancing act. Too light may effect reliability and to heavy may cause the sights to "bounce" a bit.

In the end, you want to "tune" the gun to your load and style of shooting.

So I did some testing today with recoil springs and slo mo video. The video doesn't lie.

With 10# and 11# my gun and load return slightly higher than original POA. I have something good in the background to reference, and you can clearly see it return a little high and I adjust the gun lower for the next shot.

The 12# spring seems to be perfect. It returns to the original POA and ejects brass about 5 feet away.

This was with 147gr bullets at 130pf, I will try 124s next.

I found the same t hing with lighter springs for the first string or two. then i naturally adjusted the way i held the gun and it started coming back to the right place. then if I switch to a heavier spring, it returns lower for a string or two, until I adjust.