Haha, fair enough question!
I suppose it's the aggregation of several different things. I've never shot that G48 as well as I would like, and more to the point as well as I shoot some other guns. Admittedly I have not prioritized getting competent with a pistol, so I'm still a rank beginner after owning it for several years. However, I have a few thousand rounds on it and can run a plate rack at 15 yards faster, more accurately and with less effort with friends' 1911 .45ACP or P365 when I have less than 100 rounds on those guns and that has made me question whether it's worth making a change before going further.
I promise I'm not trying to buy competency. I'm aware and 100% sure that a half decent training course with my 48 (or a 19) would give me better results than buying a Staccato and continuing to shoot 1k-2k rounds per year. I've been wanting to get some pistol training for a few years now, just haven't prioritized it. I think sometime in the next couple of years I will make it happen, and that's part of what is prompting this. If there's a better platform to start building skills on, I'd like to do that before taking a class.
That’s understandable- but I cannot push you hard enough to at least take one top shelf pistol class immediately. It will save you so much time, money, and effort.
You've made some very compelling arguments about shootability that have put some clarity to my impressions regarding that Glock but had partly chalked up me just being shit with any pistol and the ones I shot better just being small sample size, not knowing enough to have a meaningful opinion (which is probably still true).
Hopefully this rambling answer makes some sense. Thanks!
It makes sense. I do want to make sure that what I’ve written about Glocks and shootability isn’t misconstrued- they can be, and are shot to a world class level. It is that it takes more effort on the part of the shooter to do so, and the big one for me- they are less forgiving of user induced errors than other platforms.
There is an intangible aspect to this, which is that when someone enjoys or look forward to shooting a gun, they shoot it more often, and better because of it.
Ryan’s thread about pistols this week is an example. Ryan hates pistols. He gets no enjoyment out of shooting them at all… and, he sucked pretty heavy with them. However, when he swapped from the M18 and Sig he was shooting, to my Springfield Pro- it changed. He genuinely had fun shooting that pistol, and he got
a lot better real quick because of it.
I believe for him pistols have been like Savages and Ruger Americans- yeah they go bang most of the time, but they kind of suck to shoot and in general you feel how cheap they are. The Pro I think was the first pistol that he felt was on the same level as the best bolt action customs- a precision, surgical gun. With most pistols you are fighting the gun itself, along with you fighting you at the same time. With a well built 1911- you aren’t fighting the pistol, the pistol wants to stay on target. You can focus near totally on what you are doing. A Staccato C/CS, or even a decent entry level 1911 is along that same path.
Your main issue is that $500 to $600 that you set as the limit. Move it up to $2500- buy a Staccato C, and a Tisas 9mm 1911……. I definitely would not suggest a DA/SA gun- there is just no reason to fight two trigger pulls. I could be swayed that an HK USP 9 with the LEM trigger and HK45 thumb safety is a good choice, but that is over $600 too.
If the $600 limit is unmovable… The Tisas 9mm 1911’s have done surprisingly well (exceedingly so) that I have seen. I hesitate to fully state to go that way, because I just haven’t seen a huge sample of them to be completely comfortable. But, from what over seen, with them, a spare extractor, and good mags- they are solid shooting and reliable pistols. If I lost all my pistols tomorrow and could only spend $600 that is what I would do.
