Hardest handgun to shoot well?

Hydra Shok jhp's in my LWS380..

You have to REALLY want to shoot something bad to voluntarily pull the trigger on this little jewel..:D

But..

It's a "purty" little thang, and it goes bang ever time you pull the trigger.. After which the person doing the trigger pullin' generally goes "Holy crap, batman", or "OUCH".. :barf:

And, as far as I know, there's no smaller, easier to conceal 380cal. mousegun in the world than the Seecamp LWS380..

Jesse

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"to shoot well."

I take that to mean accurately.

Glocks for me. I have tried, and paid a lot, to try and like them. I have found almost all of them to eject cases into my face (when more powerful guns from other makers do not) and to shoot consistently left. To the extreme.

They work for others. Not me.
 
My Smith 637 Airweight is far and away the hardest gun to shoot well I've ever fired. I took it to the range with a box of +p 158gr SWLHPs. Two rounds and I was done. I tried some standard pressure range ammo and it was still an unpleasant experience, but tolerable. I shoot it best with Federal's low recoil JHPs, best being a relative term ... lightweight guns are great to carry, but if you dread shooting them, you probably won't train with them, making it a serious mistake to have them with you in a dangerous situation. I carried the Smith for a while, but I'm back to my favorite lightweight, the Kahr PM9, which I shoot very well.
 
My LCP is probably the hardest to shoot because of its small size, my huge hands and some very stout recoil in such a small gun. I personally prefer the KT p32 over it and can shoot that thing a hell of alot faster and more accurately then the .380 LCP or KT P3AT.
 
biohazurd:

After shooting my LWS380 w/Hydra Shok jhp's in it and then shooting the LCP with Gold Dot jhp's in it, the LCP is a piece of cake. :)

For me personally I find the LCP to be surprisingly accurate at self defense range, and even more so using the CT Laser on it.

The only downside to the Ruger LCP for me is the very long (amost 2 stage) trigger pull..

But, in a da self defense weapon having a heavy, or long trigger pull is not a bad thing..

I'm extremely pleased with my LCP w/CT Laser..

Lots of pistola for little dinero' IMHO.. :D

Best Wishes,

Jesse
 
I don't buy guns that I think are too much for me, but I saw a big ole country boy try to shoot a desert Eagle in 50ae at an indoor range in Vegas.the salesman warned us to use plugs and muffs and I still jumped on the first shot. This old boy was 6'6" and at least 300 lbs and came fully equipped with bib overalls. He was shooting at a man size target at seven yards.He finished the magazine and the kindest words the salesman could come up with, were, at leat you kept them all on paper.I handload for 44mag when I had an old model Vaquero 44m 5.5" barrel and an 1894s Marlin.I accidently loaded the pistol with some of the hot loads meant for the carbine, and then handed the pistol to my son in law. He still has a hammer shaped dent in his forehead, I screamed two hands Steve but it was too late! After we stopped the bleeding and he quit cursing me, it turned out a very enjoyable afternnon in the woods.
 
2 come to mind:

Recently the P32 Keltec, which I was unable to come to being able to reliably hit my target at 7 yards~which coincided with this particular gun going back for factory repairs 3 times due to parts falling off;

years ago in the early days of my shooting hobby I had a Diamondback 22 6" ...it had the absolute best trigger out-of-box of any gun I've ever had. Sadly, I was unable to hit the barn door with it after much effort and had to trade it off in frustration.
 
To me "well" could be 2 different things. For SD you want controlability and for hunting you want accuracy. Dual role guns need a combo of both. IMO, for SD a hard gun to shoot well would be one that is not controlable and hard to handle. This could be due to size of the gun, the load or a combination of both. Accuracy takes a back seat at SD ranges. For hunting, fast follow up shots ARE NOT the order of the day but accuracy is.

So to the OP? When refering to "shooting well" were you meaning hard to control or hard to shoot accuratly?

LK
 
.....another 'worst' : I had an early AMT380 backup, which for the era (1985ish) was a pretty good performer.

A buddy talked me out of it, and enabled me to upgrade--so I thought--to the AMT 45 BackUp.

It had the Schwartzenegger 100# trigger on it, and never once was I able to actually make it through an entire 6 shot magazine. Besides heavy recoil, the trigger guard was poorly shaped and would mangle other parts of my shooting hand.

I don't recall ever hitting what I was aiming at, even from under 10'....

That one left my possession in a matter of weeks.
 
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