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praetorian97

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I picked up a Springfield 1911 and an XD 45 Compact roughly around the same time.

Took the XD out a lot and was really feeling confident about my marksmanship. Then I jumped to taking out the 1911 as my primary and my shooting went to crap. I was curious so the same day I was having another bad 1911 day I grabbed an XD and the first shot was in the bullseye......

I know its not the gun and its purely shooter related but I always felt the 1911 was an easier gun to shoot as its balanced better.
 
I was thinking a more sensitive trigger would help. I am shooting low about 7-8 inches at roughly 15 yards. I can only guess that I am dipping the gun as I squeeze.

This is my first 1911. I havent shot it prior to this as I have been shooting the XD as my primary range weapon.

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Hi -

I recently found myself in a similar dilemma, although the alternate handgun to the 1911 happened to be "revolverS." As in, I mostly shoot revolvers.

Well, I became a bit frustrated with my lack of success with the 1911, so I spent a bit of time practicing and thinking about it.

Here is what I concluded:

The trigger pull for most 1911s is substantially heavier than the revolvers I have been shooting, and I was attempting to "baby" the trigger. With my revolvers, I have worked to develop my sensitivity to the triggers, and with the 1911, this worked against me. And this is using a quality 1911.

I found that if I am more assertive with my trigger pull, my success was MUCH better, and the pistol performed as I expected it to, for the most part.

Previously, I was having problems with my groups being too high, so I'm fairly sure that I was somehow "snatching" the trigger and pulling my groups away from center.

It really required focus for me to change my style for the pistol.

Right or wrong, that's how it turned out for me.

Hope this helps -

Monty
 
Not everyone shoots 1911s well, especially after getting used to something else.

I'm one of those people.

I shoot my CZ 97b and just about every other modern design better.

I suggest if you want to keep the 1911, stop shooting the XD for a while and get used to the 1912 trigger.

If you don't improve a lot, sell it without regret.


-Jeremy
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Your 1911 trigger is heavier than your revolver triggers!

Are you shooting them single action? If not, you either have the world's best revolver triggers or the world's worst 1911 trigger. (If you have a DA revolver with a <5lb trigger pull, I would be concerned about light primer strikes.)
 
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