When to change guns?

[Hi-Power Jack]

You answered your own question - you are doing very badly with the HK and

you do very well with a target .22.

That means that you know how to shoot, but the HK is holding you back.

IPSC is a target shoot - fast, but target shooting.

Defensive pistols with crude sights and long heavy triggers don't work -

imagine if you had a .22 conversion kit for the HK, do you think you'd

have come in second place in the .22 shoot? I doubt it.

It's not the recoil, it's the sights and the trigger pull.

I've never shot a HK so I don't hate them (or know anything about them)

but, if you can get a smith to put on better sights and a better trigger pull

(assuming the gun is accurate), you'll do much better.

You could also be held back by your other gear (holster, mags, mag pouches)

and you don't say how your eyesight is - it might be that you need an optical

sight (like on your .22) to hit well - if so, you need an optical sight on your

IPSC gun (I can shoot open sights well out to about 15 yards, and then my

accuracy drops way off - I just got optical sights and I can hit Anything

Anywhere.

Good luck.

[Stonyman65]

I don't think the problem is the weapon you are using. it is your skill level. I know because I am in the same situation. I shoot SS with a stock Springfield Loaded. I'm unclassified, but shooting at the D level. My pistol is good enough to shoot A level times. What is holding me back is my current skill level.

Now, I'm not saying that it is all you, many things depend on what weapon you use, but the weapon doesn't matter as much as you think it does.