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[DVIII]

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[DVIII]

Any one want to trade their 9mm PX4SC??

[RugerFanRyan]

Honestly you just need practice. Originally I couldn't shoot a Glock to save my life. I kept at it and I shoot them almost as good as my Px4.

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[ckprax]

Have you had any training? The short sight radius of a subcompact make them more difficult to shoot well. Training will help with your fundamentals and allow you to shoot everything better. And practice a lot especially if it will be for home defense.

[edgalang]

So I've put a few hundred rounds through my subcompact .40 px4, and I just am not accurate with it.
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This is my HD and carry-able gun... what to consider in its place?

I vote a 9mm.

Maybe a Ruger SR9c?

The whys:

It's striker fired (easy to take down and detail strip).
Thumb safety (in case you want to carry 1 in the pipe).
It's specifically designed to hold 10 rounds (so no wasted space).
It's thinner than the PX4SC.
It's shorter than the PX4SC.
It's lighter than the PX4SC.
...yet it has a longer barrel and sight radius than a PX4SC.

BONUS:
It's made in America.
It's cheaper.
If you don't live in restricted states you can give it a full grip with 17 rounds for HD storage, but keep it compact (10) for carry.

Personally I can keep all 10 rounds within a 10 inch target @ 50 feet (~16.6 yards) which is the longest distance the indoor range I go to allows.

[KandyRedCoi]

why do people always bring up training?

i mean if he sucks at this particular gun then so be it...its not for eveyrone, plus if he gets a gun he CAN actually shoot better, and then get some training, he would be that much more effective with the gun

dont get me wrong im all for training, but if he can naturally shoot a diff gun better off the bat, then why force the issue with this one?

end rant

[corcoraj2002]

How many is a couple of hundred rounds. I would not write off a gun unless I have put > 1,000 rounds thorugh it.

Take your time and concentrate on each round. Don't just spray and pray. I can shoot my 9mm and 1911 really easily and I have to concentrate fairly hard with .40 but I like the challange.

[jyo]

Sometimes you're just not going to bond with a particular gun---keep trying, but if after a while, it just doesn't work for you---trade/sell it! Move on.

[9mmepiphany]

why do people always bring up training?

dont get me wrong im all for training, but if he can naturally shoot a diff gun better off the bat, then why force the issue with this one?

Because many (most) times it isn't the gun, but the shooter. You can keep trying to find a hardware solution to a soft wear problem, but it doesn't make the problem go away.

I had a client who was so frustrated with his SIG .40 2022 that he was going to sell it as get either a SIG 220 or a .40 226. He couldn't keep his shots in a 8" circle. After a couple of hours 1:1, he had all his shots well inside a 3"x5" card and decided to keep it.

I'm not a big .40 caliber fan to begin with, but it isn't hard to learn to shoot them accurately with a little instruction

[DVIII]

I get the training advice, but I am pretty accurate with other handguns, so that makes me think I am just not gelling (sp?) well with this particular handgun...
Edgalang thanks for the suggestion on the sr9c... at this point I feel like I am starting from scratch if I sell it. I'm open to any ideas...
the .40 vs 9mm thing bugs me too... I really want to shoot the .40 as good as my 9mm's...

[Mr.1904]

Do you shoot it equally as crappy in single and double action?

Each gun can be considered it's own flavor. Each having it's own characteristics that either fit, or don't fit a particular shooter. I agree with the above post that a few hundred rounds is nothing in the grand scheme of things. Put another few hundred rounds through it and then come to a conclusion.

[fighterpilot562]

yea try and get some training with it, you just need more time with the gun

[InGrAM]

Scrap it and get a new M&P9shield

Practice, you will get better. I have never shot a 9mm+ caliber handgun that I couldn't get a man killing(stopping) grouping with at 15 yrds.

[orangeusa]

If you can master that gun, you will be a much better 9mm shooter. I had a heckova time with 96's.. but getting better with them made me a better shooter overall.

But you do have a handful - SC doesn't have the rotating barrel, which I think helps a lot on Cougars/PX4's..

That off list isn't it? http://certguns.doj.ca.gov/safeguns_resp.asp

[KandyRedCoi]

lol if the OP can shoot his other guns just fine why forcs the issue with one that he doesnt

like i said im all for training and his learning curve would be much less by starting with a gun that he can naturally shoot better off the bat....it common sense