i dont get it

[gahau]

i have been watching some shooting compt
and i have start reading books etc etc IMHO i got my grip nailed down
but still i can still notice the recoil
i mean on all the vid i watch it seams almost no recoil when the guy fires the gun and i am pretty sure he use a .45
here is the question since i am pretty sure those guy reload, did they mess with the OAL and the powder so the recoil is less noticable?
i mean i dont doubt theirs skills but would messing with some realod help?

thanks

[jednp]

you can load lighter rounds, but a lot of it is them knowing how to grip properly. No amount of reading, watching videos, etc, can make your grip better. The only thing that can, is shooting lots. They've shot probably 10's of thousands of rounds, and have mastered their grip. I've put roughly 3000 rounds through my XD40 and I've still got work to do on the grip.

Much of the way a gun is controlled in recoil is directly related to your grip. While it may be true some of these competition guns run with lighter loads, different springs, ported barrels that all help reduce recoil, the grip is very important in the end. I shot my first .45 the other day and I found the recoil to be as lot less snappy than my .40 is. His gun even had a shorter grip than mine did, and weighed less so there was less there to absorb recoil.

Nothing can replace grip/forearm/wrist strength in recoil control. That's not to say that a weaker person with the proper grip can't control the gun better than they would without the grip, but the better grip you have, the more you can control it. My girlfriend was shooting with me the other day and the gun was jumping bad. I had her adjust her grip to how I grip and she controlled it a lot better, much less muzzle flip.

So unless you want a full race gun that is very light recoiling, you just have to work on your grip. This link here has a few helpful videos for your grip. He's a forum sponsor, and I've since switched to the grip he's shown in here and I'm controlling muzzle flip a lot better now. but aside from watching videos, you have to practice a lot.

http://www.springerprecision.com/video.asp

[The Knight Of Light]

Recoil is all in perception. If you see nothing but recoil then you will shoot poorly. If you want to get into competition then you need to head over to Brian Enos' forums. His forum has more Competitive shooting information than Rob Leatham's gut!
http://www.brianenos.com/forums/

As far as recol goes you need to come up with a reload that is soft or find a factory load that has very little recoil for you.

[ichy_trigger]

Once you get the proper grip and stance, you wont even notice recoil. Every gun has recoil and you cannot get rid of it, you learn to MANAGE it. Compeative shooter use heavy bullets and very fast powders in order to shorten the recoil pulse. Some people prefer pushy gunsand others like snappy. I personaly like my gun to be a bit snappy feeling. Go shoot a few matches and dont be afraid to ask LOTS of questions. Most shooters will go out of their way to help you.