Glock 36s are in the Gun Test magazine this month. It wasn't the test that interested me so much as the incites the staff at the magazine had on the G36 as firing the gun.
It's there take that the 185 gr. bullets and lower are a good idea. Less recoil, better shot to shot recovery, and less muzzle flip that is pronounced in these small pistols. G36, Taurus 745,PT145, or any of the smaller pistols all have similar issues regardless of caliber.
Putting a crush grip without it hurting was recommended. Where the fingers were placed on the grip was also addressed. Since Kahr and a S&W were also being tested there was much to say about how DAO triggers take a lot of practice.
There was also the fact that this was different from gun to gun and most all the DAO guns seem to have long trigger pulls. These all need extreme deication to learn and the act of gripping the gun has to be adjusted because getting good accuracy whether rapid fire or taking ones time, meant that these were harder to learn, but once mastered were good guns indeed for defense.
People were to forget most of what one had learned about shooting regular DA/SA pistols and some revolvers and dedicate one's training to DAO and mind set strictly to these small pistols.
Finger placement was addressed. Whether one use just the finger pad or used the joint as well were also a case by case basis for each type of pistol. The cosensus was that the pad only was to be used if possible for DAO shooting, but trigger pulls being long and as hard as 7 to8 pounds of pull might mean that the knuckle of the digit is needed to assist the shot.
This may not be news to a lot of people, but the gist is that the small pistols take much experimentation, trial and error, and experience to get used to shooting accurately more so than with the bigger pistol brethren.
It might be wise to learn how to shoot the bigger pistols first, thus getting the basics down and then going to the smaller ones.
As has been pointed out before snubbie revolvers and small pistols are specialist guns.
Many staff and members here have gone straight into the specialist gun pool. Not a criticism. Just an observation. So the troubles we see with POI and also accuracy are not surprising.
Fixed sighted guns POI on a case by case basis will vary greatly depending on the shooter and that particlar example of pistol.
Massed produced gun POI is hard to regulate at the factories for any brand, make or model. This is doubly so for the smaller or compact guns.
