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The first handgun I ever had was a Springfield XD40 service model and I just didnt like the snappy type recoil. So I sold it to a buddy of mine who shoots it better. Then came the S&W 66... Great shooting gun but I wanted something with higher capacity. So I sold it. Then a glock 37 followed me home but it seemed a little snappy as well. Then a week later I picked up a S&W 629 which doesnt shoot too bad either.
Now the revolvers dont bother me as much. Then I had the chance to shoot another guys Sig 220. It was like heaven. Nice slow push... So Im scratching my head whenever someone says polymer handguns flex and reduce felt recoil. Now I admit that Ive never shot a polymer 45acp but is the 45gap more snappy or is it just the lack of weight to soak up recoil on the polymer guns? Im eyeballing a Glock 30 but if its the polymer thats making recoil seem snappy Im going to pass. Thanks |
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Oh yeah... Are there any glock 30 sized all steel handguns that offer 10 rounds of 45acp or more that I should look at?
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Ed Connelly
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Try the S&W M&P 45. Very well-behaved recoil. Fun to shoot. Better than lots of 9mm.
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Polymer pistols are variable all over the place when i comes to recoil. Obviously the big factors are overall weight of pistol, length of barrel, spring selection among others. Glocks because they're basically all plastic weigh considerably less than just about anything else out there and they tend to be the snappiest. Less weight to hold the force of the shot down. And a lot is personal preference as well.
Genitron.com is a great website for checking out the recoil factor on pistols. It will give you the ft/lbs recoil factor for just about any pistol/revolver you can think of. |
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That is an interesting/different observation. I have had 8 different XDs/XDms and all of them except the 9mm had snappier recoil than the 3 Glock 23s that my dad and I have/had. The larger Glocks like the 22 and 35 have even less snappy recoil. That is one thing I have always like better about the Glock 23 vs the XDm .40 is the less snappy recoil. I am sure it has to do with the more extreme angle of the grip. Course I shoot the weaver stance with the push pull technique so that might make a big difference vs another type. Edited by supertool73 - December/21/2010 at 11:56 |
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The M&P recoil stung my trigger finger like a mother. Not sure why, but that trigger really got me.
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Be aware that the revolvers have very different grip geometry, that helps.
Personally, I have observed the polymer frame, long-barreled pistols to flex more than steel, soaking up recoil better than an all-steel gun would. Granted, I shoot .45ACP, but the flex seems to dampen recoil to me. But maybe it's just me.
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Grip geometry and the manner in which it positions your hand while shooting has a LOT to do with your perception of recoil.
As does balance and the location of the pistol's center of gravity.
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One other thing is how high you ride your hands on the grip. I prefer to have my hands and high as they can possibly go. Sometimes the web of my hand is actually spilling over the top of the beaver tail. Some guns allow you to get higher than others based on the height of the slide over the grip. I stack my thumbs as well so that would put my support hand higher which also helps in taming the recoil some.
There are lots of ways/techniques to help tame the recoil. Attending a good shooting school is a good way to get some ideas and learn some ways that work. |
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dont get your hand to high, otherwise the slide will bite you |
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Thus the "can possibly go". Never been bit by a slide, but I have had that happen with the hammer on a high power. It hurts a little. |
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ive heard of people getting bit by the slide, i hear that stings bad!
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I have seen it. The guy had two big cuts where the slide rails hit the web of his hand. Really tore him up.
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thats what happens to those fellars with donkey choking hands and a compact pistol
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Its not pretty when it happens I will say that much saw it happen to a buddy and he ended up getting infection really bad because of the oil and powder burn that got into the cut
Edited by SVT_Tactical - December/21/2010 at 16:13 |
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that kinda stuff gives me the willy's
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In my writeup on my Xdm 40 3.8 i put my observations between my pistol and my dads generation 4 g23. My dad and i both noticed a distinct difference in recoil with his G23 being snappier. I was pretty sure it would go that route when we took turns using each others pistols based on data i had on each pistol. The website that i have recoil data on says the G23 has about 2.5 more ft/lbs of recoil than the Xdm 40 in 3.8 inch length. When you factor that they are using just the gun itself for data entry you really are left with mostly overall weight of the pistol and to lesser degree spring setup and design. There is a solid 8 oz difference fully loaded. That's a decent amount. Granted you do use a Weaver stance and i think that has to be factored in, where as i use a power stance below: I really like the aggressive nature of this stance for pistol shooting as i used to use weaver early on. I feel like im driving the gun and not the other way around. But again, to each their own. I fault nobody for using their own techniques. I say whatever feels most comfortable. Interesting though, thanks for the insight on your experiences! Edited by shooter07 - December/21/2010 at 17:35 |
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This is about as spot on as you can be with pistol shooting. Good thoughts Ted! |
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The thing I like about the weaver stance is it transitions to my long guns perfectly. I shoot everything the exact same. I guess I shoot more of a modified weaver technically. But like you said whatever works.
The different observations are interesting though. Even my wife would rather shoot the glock 23 than the XDm .40. She actually hates it because of how snappy it is for her. I have probably got 30,000+ rounds down range with the XD series and 10,000+ with the Glock 23 and have always thought what I stated. So it must be related to the stance and technique. Where is Dale? He will be able to tell us what is going on. Edited by supertool73 - December/21/2010 at 17:40 |
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