Extreme example:
Imagine a laser pistol that put holes in a target but did not recoil at all. Is that harder or easier to shoot than a 9mm pistol?
I don't think there is an argument that less recoil makes for better shooting. Equipment that recoils less is simply always going to be easier to shoot well, GJM's experience excepted.
It also emphasizes how important learning to control the cycling of the gun to return the sights to zero as repeatably and quickly as possible is. I expect the software solutions to this are more impactful than the various hardware solutions, but I don't think hardware solutions are necessarily useless.
That would suggest that the limitation for you, in terms of shooting faster, is recoil control, not trigger control. Probably good to figure out what you can do to improve your recoil control.
Between the full size grip, weight and trigger, my 17 is a more shootable gun than my 44, even considering the difference in caliber. There might be some things you can do to your 9mm Glock to make it more shootable.
Likes pretty much everything in every caliber.
Your experience suggests the opposite for you: you seem to be limited more by the trigger weight/travel of the 44 than by recoil control. In fact at this point you seem to be so recoil agnostic that your splits are more affected by trigger mechanism/weight/travel than the cycling of the gun. I find that interesting and inspiring.
Recently switched my USP9C v7 LEM to v1 Da/Sa. While comparing this to my P30v1, it returns more consistently, and with less effort. I am shooting with a higher degree of what I'll call sustained accuracy. It requires less input, and allows me to shoot better, longer.
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I think I might have this tendency too. If I shoot a 1911 for awhile I find that I can pick up a 17 and shoot it really well. It doesn’t take long though and I start throwing shots with the Glock. I’ve always assumed it had more to do with trigger control than anything else. But maybe it’s the grip strength difference needed to control 45 compared to 9mm. I haven’t owned a 21 in a long time but it would be interesting to see if the same thing happened after shooting one of those for a couple months and then switching to a 17.
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