Originally Posted by
psalms144.1
First, you're using too many pistols, and the wrong ones. You've picked three pistols that are darned near as different from each other as is possible (with the exception you don't have anything too small, or DAO), and are trying to shoot them all well with minimal experience. I would FIRST focus on mastering the fundamentals with ONE pistol, and, frankly, none of the three you have would be one I'd want to start a new shooter on. The G22 isn't a horrible choice, but it's a much worse "starter GLOCK" than the G17 (or 34, for that matter). Likewise, the 1911 is a GREAT platform, super accurate and easy to shoot well, but is SO easy to shoot well that the short/light trigger can become a crutch. I know, I learned to shoot on a 1911, and when I started having to shoot issued M9s and M11s, it took a lot of getting used to. The PX4 is a mystery to me, don't own one, only shot one once and I won't be going back for a second round.
Were I in your shoes, I'd pick ONE of those pistols, put the others in the safe for a year, and MASTER one pistol. Otherwise it's going to be very difficult to know when thrown rounds are caused by misapplication of fundamentals, versus "glitches" from adjusting to a different trigger/sights/recoil impulse, etc. Without advising you to buy yet another pistol, I'd pick the G22, and buy the softest recoiling ammunition you can find for it. The GLOCK trigger is probably the least forgiving of misuse, so you'll learn the most from shooting it and mastering it. When you can shoot a GLOCK well at 25 yards, pretty much anything else is likely to be a cakewalk.