Stock Glock 17's and 22's both have been ransom rested at 1 inch groups at 25 yards, and 2 inch groups at 50. These models are NOT known to be the most accurate of Glocks, so others could do better.
A mag recently had an article of a guy that took a stock Glock 21 and wanted to see just how accurate a stock Glock is since there are so many myths that they are inaccurate. He was getting 2.5 inch groups at 50 yards with open sights. So, he went to optics to see how accurate the gun was, since he knew he was limited by his eyes. A STOCK GLOCK with optics was printing 1.75 inch groups at 50 yards. That was from a bench. The point was to show that a stock Glock can do it if YOU can do it.
Yes, stock Glocks are very accurate.
Some people just aren't skilled enough to shoot them to their potential, so they blame the gun. Typical.
There is a saying by a mentor of mine that goes like this:
"Don't judge the rest of the world by your own ****ty standards. Just because YOU can't do something does not mean it can't be done and that there are not people out there who can."
Just because YOU guys can't shoot a Glock as well as it can be shot is no reason to blame the gun. Some of us can do better and certainly the GUN can do better.
I just printed a 1 inch group at 25 yards with my Glock 30 this week. That was offhand, and it was only a hair smaller than the usual 1.5 inch groups I get from it on a average day (at 25 yards of course). That is a STOCK GLOCK 30.
Some Glock models are more accurate than others. The Glock 30 and the Glock 34/35 and well as all the Glock .357 models tend to be most accurate models. The mini Glocks are also known to be extremely accurate, if you can shoot them well. My STOCK GLOCK 27 hits sub 2 inch groups at 25 yards very easily, and I don't even shoot it that much. It might be able to shoot better than I do with it.
If you are not shooting at least close to one inch groups at 25 yards with these models then either you got a rare lemon, or you are just not a good enough shooter and you need to work on your skills.
This is just discussing STOCK GLOCKs. And, admittedly, not all the Glock models are as accurate as the ones listed above. A few (very few) of my Glocks have needed custom barrels to get up to my accuracy expectations.
I also have some Glocks with fitted barrels that get 1 inch groups at 25 yards very easily. Some fitted barrels are not as imporessive as others and some of them get much worse groups. Not all Glock models and not all custom barrel makers are equal.
I have tried just about every barrel maker, and been disapointed by most that they are not much noticably more accurate than the stock barrel that came with the gun.
Heed my words, as they are borne from experience and many MANY hundreds of dollars in experimenting:
If you are going to go for accuracy, get a fitted Barsto barrel. It will easily give you 1 inch groups at 25 yards. Go to
www.barsto.com. Don't waste your money on anything else. This is just my own experience of course.
Also, the trigger job by GLOCKWORKS is superb. I do my own trigger jobs now just as well, but if you want a top notch job get a Glockworks trigger job. It makes for a VERY light and smooth trigger, although I have not found it to really make me more accurate than a stock trigger because I have been shooting the stock trigger for so many years.
Lastly, the only thing you really need on a STOCK GLOCK is night sights or some other kind of sights that are more precise than the ball-and-cup sights that come with a standard Glock. Those sights generally will not be precise enough to let you shoot the gun to it's potential, although they are fast for close up work.
I hope this helps.
[This message has been edited by DerGlockenpooper (edited June 16, 2000).]
