Joe _K
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Recently on another Firearm forum I’m a member of, a thread was started on the topic of what handgun currently is being carried by the collective forum members.
After a few posts it became clear that the most prevalent handgun being carried was some type of 9mm Glock. However several folks began to voice their distaste for the Glock due to problems with the Glock grip. I’ve heard this same complaint time and time again, and yet it is almost never voiced by a trained, proficient, accurate handgun shooter.
Here are my thoughts on this “issue”
As an analogy to handgun grips consider the following. Have you ever heard of a car marketed for the comfort of its stock steering wheel? Or people lining up to buy a certain vehicle because the gas pedal had an out of this world feel to it? No, you say, of course not!
But for some strange reason many people place the ergonomics if a handgun grip much higher than they probably should on the scale of importance.
What IS important when it comes to handgun Grips are as follows.
Can you, the shooter, without dropping the handgun perform the following tasks:
1. Reach and defeat the safety’s?
2. Pull and reset the trigger?
3. Hit the mag release?
4. Operate the slide lever?
5. Does the grip cause you to be injured just by using it (correctly)?
Did you answer No to any of these? If so
you’re in luck because there’s probably a proven/vetted work around technique, or a quality inexpensive factory or aftermarket option to allow you to accomplish the aforementioned 5 tasks.
The vast majority of handgun shooters I’ve seen utilize a sub optimal shooting grip, regardless of what handgun they are using on any particular day. Fix YOUR grip first, then worry about the “Feelz”
There are many wonderful proven handguns available today that weren’t on the market 5, 10, or 15 years ago, but if you are handed a Glock, or must use one for work, don’t disregard it out of hand. There’s probably a work around, be it Software, or Hardware.
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
1 Timothy 2:5
After a few posts it became clear that the most prevalent handgun being carried was some type of 9mm Glock. However several folks began to voice their distaste for the Glock due to problems with the Glock grip. I’ve heard this same complaint time and time again, and yet it is almost never voiced by a trained, proficient, accurate handgun shooter.
Here are my thoughts on this “issue”
As an analogy to handgun grips consider the following. Have you ever heard of a car marketed for the comfort of its stock steering wheel? Or people lining up to buy a certain vehicle because the gas pedal had an out of this world feel to it? No, you say, of course not!
But for some strange reason many people place the ergonomics if a handgun grip much higher than they probably should on the scale of importance.
What IS important when it comes to handgun Grips are as follows.
Can you, the shooter, without dropping the handgun perform the following tasks:
1. Reach and defeat the safety’s?
2. Pull and reset the trigger?
3. Hit the mag release?
4. Operate the slide lever?
5. Does the grip cause you to be injured just by using it (correctly)?
Did you answer No to any of these? If so
you’re in luck because there’s probably a proven/vetted work around technique, or a quality inexpensive factory or aftermarket option to allow you to accomplish the aforementioned 5 tasks.
The vast majority of handgun shooters I’ve seen utilize a sub optimal shooting grip, regardless of what handgun they are using on any particular day. Fix YOUR grip first, then worry about the “Feelz”
There are many wonderful proven handguns available today that weren’t on the market 5, 10, or 15 years ago, but if you are handed a Glock, or must use one for work, don’t disregard it out of hand. There’s probably a work around, be it Software, or Hardware.
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
1 Timothy 2:5
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