2 Hand Grip of small, single stack, autos‏

[Tilos]

This is my first go around with a single stack auto in 9mm and I cannot find a comfortable two hand grip.

Even with average size hands, I seem to have too many fingers to rap around the tiny single stack grip.

I have no problem with a one hand grip at bad breath distances but would like to develop a two handed grip for longer ranges.

I would appreciate any help and pictures of hand position would be a big plus.

Thanks, Tilos

 

[sidheshooter]

Think about the support hand gripping your firing hand instead of trying to find room for it on the grip. These sorts of things are hard to communicate (in both directions) on the net, of course, but I'd strive for the support hand enhancing your primary, and mentally imagine maybe 60 percent of the pressure coming from your support hand wrapped around your primary. I find this works for me with very small, slim guns.

Here's a photo of a guy shooting a kahr P380, certainly a gun that fits the description of small, thin, and somewhat hard to hang on to:

Another angle, same gun, different guy (I'm not a kahr salesman, I just remembered seeing photos of people shooting the gun, and it's small enough to illustrate the point...)

 

[Tilos]

Sidheshooter: Thanks for the pic

That 1st pic is exactly what I'm trying to avoid.

Trigger finger is at 1st joint instead of the middle of the pad.
Trigger finger touching the strong hand thumb during the "squeese".

I may try weak hand thumb to the rear over the strong hand thumb web, something like gripping a small revolver.
This puts the weak hand thumb in the slide danger zone though.

I will also try weak hand palm at the bottom of the grip, under the slide/mag,
gripping the strong hand, with fingers/thumb straight up.

I guess I need to post pics too.

 

[9mmepiphany]

this is the grip i use...this is on a Sig 220ST...on everything including a Kahr CW9 and a Springfield EMP


as for the trigger finger, just slide it more out of the trigger guard...ideally it shouldn't be in contact with the frame anyway, it doesn't help gripping the gun and should be working independently of the rest of the hand