Well, I did the side-by-side test last night, and the results were... mixed.
With some ammo the factory barrel seemed to do better, while the VQ barrel really shone with others. In general, the cheaper the ammo the better the factory barrel did, with the exception of CCI Blazer, the VQ barrel gave me my best groups with that.
As for the grips, they are definitely larger and that helped get my trigger finger located correctly. The factory grips were just a little small for me, resulting in my finger wanting to go too far into the trigger guard. Some day if I'm feeling flush I may pop for the VQ target grips as well, but I think the next thing is going to be a red-dot.
With some ammo the factory barrel seemed to do better, while the VQ barrel really shone with others. In general, the cheaper the ammo the better the factory barrel did, with the exception of CCI Blazer, the VQ barrel gave me my best groups with that.
As for the grips, they are definitely larger and that helped get my trigger finger located correctly. The factory grips were just a little small for me, resulting in my finger wanting to go too far into the trigger guard. Some day if I'm feeling flush I may pop for the VQ target grips as well, but I think the next thing is going to be a red-dot.