1st guy says he can hit a 4" plate at 25 most times.
2nd guy says he can shoot dimes.
3rd guy says he can shoot quarter sized groups at 25 yards.
If this thread keeps going, the internet marksmanship is going to progress to the point that someone will say he plinks at the moon with his glock 36.
I used to get MOA at 100yds with my old glock 20. True story.
Since most hunting rifles have a hard to keeping 1 MOA at 100 yards, I'll have to call you on this one.
I have a hundred bucks that says you could not demonstrate this feat. I would even give you three attempts.
Are you basing your entire view of Glock pistols on one session with a single G19?
The problem was not the accuracy of the gun but the discomfort you were feeling with the poor ergonomics and the fact that you are not yet used to the spongy trigger. Also, the malfunction is typical of limp wristing. I agree with the aforementioned need to focus on the fundamentals. Here they are:
Squeeze really hard. You don't want to experience any more limp wrist malfunctions do you? You need not worry that the mass of the frame is too light for the slide if you squeeze hard enough.
Ignore the angle your wrist is in. This was your problem in getting the sights right were you wanted. You expected to have your wrist at a natural angle. Just don't think about it. This actually goes hand in hand with the first fundamental. You will eventually get so tired from squeezing so hard that your wrist will droop to the angle of the grip.
Get used to the spongy trigger. There's no trick here. You just have to shoot enough that you can make the statemment "I used to hate a glock trigger but now I like it." I've found dry firing a NERF gun to me good practice for this. If all you have is an XD you can make due with that. Just remove the slide, fill the entire action with cold mashed potatoes (the chunky kind) and that should simulate a glock trigger quite well for you.
Good luck!
You can always tell a good shooter from a hack. The good shooter is the one dumping all of his rounds into neat little groups with a S&W Sigma, while the hack is the one whining about something being wrong with his gun while he couldn't hit his butt with both hands.
I guess not everyone can squeeze a pistol as hard as a girl without getting a droopy wrist. I had always thought that was more of a San Francisco type problem, though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqA4LEiG6oE&feature=player_embedded