Glock Accuracy

[Gene Perryman]

Has anyone shot their stock Glock off a bag or rest at 25 yds to see what it can do? I'm especially interested in the 9mm.

Thanks,

Gene

[Oreo]

I know of a guy who does this somewhat frequently. He spends a lot of effort on load development but gets incredibly good results once in a while. I'll see if I can find some of his loads and results data and post here.

[jmort]

Testing I have seen show good, not not great accuracy with Glock. Test with three pistols Glock came in last but still good enough for intended purpose.

[44man]

Nines are the worst, intended for reliability and close range. Tight fits and accuracy are never considered. However there are some built better. Just like a 1911, you can have a rattle trap or a tack driver.
The Glock excels for what it was made for, not a target gun.

[osteodoc08]

My G20SF will do routine 3-4" with off the shelf ammo at 25yds. If I'm having a good day I can get 2-3" at same distance. It's no target gun, but does well enough.

[Lever-man]

I've had a G-19 nearly since they were available here. Love it for what it's intended purpose was and is, a reliable self defense or combat weapon. I agree with the previous post, it is not a target gun, but you will be hard pressed to find a more reliable pistol.

[garym1a2]

The best of my Glocks is the 21Sf. But, even this not not match an average 1911.
But its great for its intended purpose, so are the 9/40.

[WilliamDahl]

I'm pretty sure that all of my Glocks are more accurate than my old eyes. I just can't focus on the sights anymore.

[W.R.Buchanan]

William Dahl: try focusing on the Front Sight only and forget about the rest. It works!!! Really.

Randy

[MGD]

Glock 17 with Bar Sto drop in barrel will shoot most loads under .50" from bench at 25 yards. It is spooky and dissapointing to a dyed in the wool 1911 guy like myself.

[twc1964]

My g21 with a kkn barrel will print a hair over 2" at 25 yds if i do my part. the 19 not so good but great combat piece.

[h8dirt]

My G21SF with a Storm Lake barrel, 3# trigger and Dawson Sights will shoot 3 - 3.5" at 25 yards with my 200 gr. LSWC IDPA loads.

[WilliamDahl]

William Dahl: try focusing on the Front Sight only and forget about the rest. It works!!! Really.


It's blurry too. :)

But that's OK since the target is also blurry. Just put the front blurry dot between the rear blurry dots and then put those in the center of the distant blurry dot. Good enough for self defense, I guess. For longer range and without optics, the aperture sights work well.

[NLS1]

My Gen 4 19 shoots very well with Hornady Critical duty 135 gr. Just exactly to point of aim, nice smallish groups on the 8" plate at 25 yards, although I don't measure the groups. More than good enough for its intended purpose.

Cheap jacketed is so-so but good enough for intended purpose. Also was so-so with cast and the stock barrel. I now have a Lone wolf barrel and will commence the dialing in of the cast loads.

Let ya know as I shoot that barrel.

Dan

[Poohgyrr]

Glock 17 with Bar Sto drop in barrel will shoot most loads under .50" from bench at 25 yards. It is spooky and dissapointing to a dyed in the wool 1911 guy like myself.

I'm running a BarSto 357Sig barrel in a Gen3 G35, and my best groups are in the bullseye of a standard 25 yd slow fire target from a solid rest when I do my job. Comforting in a carry piece. I just need to work on doing that every time. ;)

[300savage]

well i know that my G35 shoots at least minute of buzzard, since i rolled one off a fence post this morning at about 40 yrds shooting out the window of my truck while feeding cows.
pretty satisfying since they had killed a newborn calf a couple days ago and at least one deserved a dirt nap.
honestly though while i know they arent target pistols my 35 and my 21sf both continue to amaze me how they both shoot so much better than they should.
i know with a rest they will both empty a clip into one wet ragged hole through a prickly pear cactus pad at 25 long steps.
and thats about as scientific as i tend to get with my handguns.
its good enough to have accounted for quite a few critters such as coyotes, coons, badgers, and hogs.
and yes the occassional armadillo and buzzard.

[kweidner]

My 35 is really accurate. I would ALMOST put it up against my Springfield loaded. Little more work on it and I might. Shooting cast 180 HT coated over Tite group. No lead and just fun. The modular design will allow you to spend whatever you want on accuracy improvement. IMHO number one should be the trigger. Control the trigger and you will get better groups. $20.00 upgrade and well worth it unless you plan on carrying it. I am not going to try and CCW a model 35 so no worries there!

[knobster]

What's the saying? Kimber's are for showing your friends and Glock's are for showing your intruders?

Heh heh... I might be getting in trouble here from all the Kimber lovers.

[W.R.Buchanan]

William Dahl: Then I would suggest shotguns for practice in point shooting. There's always a way.

Randy

[DRNurse1]

I do not want to hijack the Glock thread, but I REALLY want one of the Springfield XD-m's. They use a similar lock up to the Glock and I am wondering if either group has figured out how to accurize them. I do not plan to shoot bullseye with the XD-m but it has a lot of other uses where accuracy is a premium feature.

BTW, back to the Glock thing, I used my friend's relatively new G-19 off hand (strong hand) on the 25 yard Timed fire target and kept 10 rounds (two f5-shots strings, 20 seconds per string) inside the 8 ring diameter (sights off so the group was high left). Not a real fan of the DAO first round, but even that can be managed.

[300savage]

william dahl, look into hi-viz sights.
you will be impressed what they do for older eyes.

[khmer6]

My g20 10mm will do as good as the 1911s. I was knocking down clay pigeons at 30 yards off hand all day. The diameter on these things are a little over 2inches. Now 9mm is a whole different story :what:

[Groo]

Groo here
The Glock 17 is a combat gun.
The Gen1 [ two pin frame ] is the most dependable but only holds about 4in at 50yds [ at least mine ]
The later Gen's are tighter but you loose some of that "shoot anything " ability.

[Char-Gar]

The Glock was designed for the military to be a close quarters reliable, durable and long lived side arm. It excels at that work. I have two of them and would stake my life (and do) on either of them. I have no interest in trying to turn them into a tack driving target pistol. Some things are best used as designed and the Glock is a purpose built military/police/defense sidearm.

[primersp]

a glock 21 sf with mihec 45-200 sw ,original barrel ,just my s&w 16-4 is better,very impress with this pistol a guy with an les baer at 3000 € ,no make more

[khmer6]

Glock did make 2 pin frames up to gen 3. Just so it doesn't confuse anyone who may think gen 2 or 3 are gen 1. But I do agree, they were beasts that chew up anything. They still pretty much will eat amything. My g17 had only 1 hiccup that my 92 didn't have issue with

[Hickok]

I have a Glock 23 and it shoots into 3-4 inch group at 25 yds off a bench rest. Plenty good for this pistol.

[FergusonTO35]

I wonder how well the new Glock 42 .380 will do? I would think that it might shoot properly sized boolits well due to the lower pressure round. Size wise I think it's perfect for that cartridge.

[Gene Perryman]

Fellows thanks for your replies.
I took my 19 out this morning and shot 50 rds of reloads @ 10 yds. I probably could have shot a 4" group, but I kept losing my sights--they just faded into the back ground. The load was lead and there was a very minute streak of lead in one groove for about 1/2". I believe the little bugger will probably out shoot me. So far, it has taken all my reloads with NO hiccups. I'm probably going to change the sights.
Thanks again'
Gene

[Scharfschuetze]

Well, as usual, I'm a little late to this thread, but here's my take on Glock 9mm pistols.

A previous Glock 17 (circa 1985 or so) of mine would shoot into about 2 1/2" with good quality jacketed bullets and issue police ammo. It was traded for the Glock 19 in the paragraph below.

My Glock 19 (circa 1990 or so) will keep a 15 shot magazine of quality jacketed bullets into about 2 1/2 inches at 25 yards. US 9mm issue ball ammo is good for about 3" groups.

I just recently shot a Glock 34 9mm in Germany and while I didn't shoot it off of a bench, it kept 49 out of 50 shots of German ball ammo within the black at 25 meters on the international bullseye pistol target. Shooting from the Weaver stance, all shots went to call (including round in the white!) so I'm pretty sure that it would have been a sub 2" pistol at 25 yards and perhaps even better.

[detox]

hickok45 likes shooting Glocks. Here is one of his videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfzQ4uKvE7c