I suppose one thing I'm unclear of here is what the factors being discussed are. Which is not an indictment of criticism of anyone's posts here. We just seem a bit all over the place.
Our original discussion is the concept of barrel/slide length and recoil characteristics to shooting at speed. But we've drifted discussing grip strength, overall weapon grip, etc. Conceptually, we recognize that recoil characteristics and sight picture are tightly correlated. So how one sees (or doesn't) the sights plays a role on how fast they can shoot accurately.
Just to get clear we've drifted a bit over to the realm of what factors are deciding the difference between "cyclic" and "actually hitting but at the highest speed you can". And it seems the general conclusion is slide length isn't likely to play a major role, relative to grip, grip strength, arm/wrist, etc, correct?
If that is correct - then can folks give a brief run down of the variants/variables they have examined using timing drills to evaluate them? Definitely putting this on my list to work on this year. I have not been happy with the consistency of my grip and recoil control. When it's on it's on, when it's off it's off. And a good list of variables to experiment with, would give me a place to start.
Thanks to @Sig_Fiend for linking to Burkett's timing drills. I'm digging into his discussion on stance too.