XD45 Service - accuracy.

[CTrider XD]

Good though, i'll give it a go.

Originally Posted by Bycyclist

May I humbly suggest shooting from a bag/bench as a "benchmark." That helps to quantify exactly what the issue is - I find that helps me to reduce "milking" the gun if your objective is to reduce group. Also benching helps relax the forearms/firing hand grip and lets you put all your attention on your trigger finger and front sight focus. Then you can start sorting out whats really going on.

[CTrider XD]

Margana,
I had a gun smith put in the Springer Sear kit. He checked the trigger pull and said it was 3.5 lbs. I don't have a scale to check it myself so I have to go with what he said. Anywas a lot of the travel was eliminated which is what really bothered me.

Originally Posted by Margana

Did you use a trigger scale ? Most out of the box XDs have a trigger pull of around 7 pounds these days. You will only get 3.5 pounds after getting a trigger job. It is very difficult for me to get a decent group at 25 yards with a trigger pull of more than 4 pounds.

For an experienced, but not expert shooter a 9 inch group at 25 yards is very good, with an out of the box service gun, off hand.

A 12 inch group is reasonable; It looks like you are anticipating the shot. Have someone mix a snap cap randomly in the mag and have them hand the gun to you for firing. You will be amazed how the gun may jump when you fire the dummy round. Right handers will almost always shoot left and low due to anticipation. It takes years of practice to eliminate this tendency. Each shooter will find a certain gun that he/she can shoot better than any other. Often times, this has nothing to due with the cost of the gun....