1911’s in general, 9mm versions specifically

[Nine Banger]

If you think flat shooting means something else, what do you think it means?

Flat Shooting:

 

[RockAndSage]

Ok great, I appreciate the clarification. There seems to be a lot of terms used by people that end up referring to the same thing, so I was trying to avoid confusion here.

Yeah, it is a problem, and an easy one for someone to swap meanings with depending on who they're talking to. Been guilty of that myself.

A good example would be the differences I've experienced between the Staccato C and DWX Compact. The C has an excellent return-to-zero, but I wouldn't call it either "fast" or "flat shooting" in the gun-nerd sense - but it's fast as hell in indexing onto a target and returning that dot back to point of aim. Softer and more pleasant to shoot than any other commander/G19 sized gun I can think of, but I also wouldn't call it "soft shooting" in the gun-nerd sense. It's a really good venn-diagram blend of fast, flat, and soft, but not really any of them. The DWXc is a violent little machine, really snappy with a lot of muzzle rise comparatively, but "fast" in getting that dot back to target.

 

[RockAndSage]

Just watched a video on that subject.

Enjoyed that video, good to see someone talking about it and trying to get to some common understandings.