I shot a Glock 34 heavily all last year, and thought I was doing pretty well with it. Then I borrowed a G17 and beat the hell out of my G34 split times, due to far less vertical muzzle 'wobble' after the gun comes back down from recoil. In short, the G34 takes much longer to stabilize in my hands, whereas the G17 gets out of my way and lets me shoot, to paraphrase OrigamiAK. I've noticed and been annoyed by the 'muzzle bounce' phenomenon with many other guns, and am wondering what the proper way is to deal with it:
1: Change my grip in some way to stabilize the pistol more quickly? Some quick details on how I grip the pistol: hand position is very Vogel-esque, and grip pressure is as follows: strong hand in a C-clamp on the front and backstrap with the part of the hand behind the trigger finger torquing inward against the side of the gun, weak hand pulling back against the strong hand somewhat (just as a function of arm length and hand position, not an active pull) and torquing inward high on the gun.
2: Get better at timing my trigger press to "catch" the trigger at the right moment of recoil recovery (this one seems unlikely to be the answer, given the benefits of the "compressed surprise break" method of running the trigger)
3: Something else entirely...
Thanks, all!
-C.J.