Glock 19 grip angle?
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REAPER4206969
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It's close.
Mad Magyar
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Not close at all, your point of aim with conjunction with your natural wrist-finger grip will need some attention...
Glock at 112' while the Luger is at 124' (degrees).
A Glock is a Block...IMHO...
Glock at 112' while the Luger is at 124' (degrees).
A Glock is a Block...IMHO...
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Zerodefect
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It's supposed to be a block! LOLz.
Combat grip: One hand holds the front and back, and controls the trigger. Support hand is responsible for squeezing each side. Blocky Glocks seem to work better for me than rounded 1911's, M&p's etc. It takes a while to get used to the different angle for sighted distance shooting, but when your arm is a bit lower (level with your shoulder) for point shooting, you'll find the Glock is much easier to point shoot. At least I do anyway.
The Glock Grip angle is less weird in the compact 19/23/32 models. It has less of a bump than the 17/21 etc. They're in every gun store on the planet. Swing by and see for yourself.
Combat grip: One hand holds the front and back, and controls the trigger. Support hand is responsible for squeezing each side. Blocky Glocks seem to work better for me than rounded 1911's, M&p's etc. It takes a while to get used to the different angle for sighted distance shooting, but when your arm is a bit lower (level with your shoulder) for point shooting, you'll find the Glock is much easier to point shoot. At least I do anyway.
The Glock Grip angle is less weird in the compact 19/23/32 models. It has less of a bump than the 17/21 etc. They're in every gun store on the planet. Swing by and see for yourself.
i've found this to be true also, just measuring and comparing the frontstrap angles doesn't give a complete picture. the hump has a great influence on the interface of the grip and your wrist
the Luger grip angle is a very natural angle for your wrist...it's very similar to a fencing grip...but it causes issues with the magazine. the Ruger doesn't have the same issues, because it was designed to feed a rimmed cartridge...the feed lips and cartridge release are different
Boats said:
I love my Glock 19 to death, and would recommend one to anyone, but I could do without that hump
As for the grip angle, I have no idea. I've never shot one gun back to back with another (Glock to 1911, 1911 to SIG, SIG to a wheel gun, etc etc) and felt that the grip angle was better for one over the other
Hangingrock
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From my perspective the grip angle with in reason is a non issue. Yesterday at the range I was practicing rapid fire drills on reactive targets with a Glock G17 and S&W – MP9. The nettlesome aspect was not the grip angle but the trigger reset. The MP9 trigger takes getting use to.
RobMoore
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Recipe for any thread asking questions about a Glock:
Take a few straight answers and mix in a heaping amount of kool-aid and troll bits.
Take a few straight answers and mix in a heaping amount of kool-aid and troll bits.
You must live in a very small world. Glock seems to be doing OK in the US and the rest of the world, apparently the rest of the world missed your perceptive analytical skills or your "world" is very very tiny..
if I were you I would not continue to let on about the limit of your scope.
Does not the current US military sidearm have a hump on it?
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easyg
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Exactly.
Judging from how Glocks took the world by storm, the consensus seems to be that most folks are just fine with the grip and the "hump".
The only real grip problems with Glocks is that to accommodate the high capacity magazines they do tend to be rather thick.
And the bigger the bullet, the thicker the grip (which is why the Glock 21 does not work for me....too fat of a grip).
But the same is true of nearly all high capacity pistols.
earlthegoat2
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Im not really a Glock fan but they seem to point OK for me. Of course I like the Luger grip angle on Ruger MKs but I usually use pistols with less. BHP, HK P7, revolvers.
The Lone Haranguer
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I took to my Glock 19's grip angle right away. If you do find it pointing high, keep working with it until you develop the necessary "muscle memory."
If you do find it pointing high, keep working with it until you develop the necessary "muscle memory."
if you're interested in optimizing the trigger (4lbs) and gaining a distinct reset, might i suggest contacting Apex Tactical for their Drop-in Sear, Striker Block and Striker Block spring
What hump? All I see is a normal grip. The only gripe I have with the G19 are the lady-sized finger grooves and the trigger guard being a bit pinchy - easily fixed with a Dremel.
Having TOO much material in any area is a lot easier to fix than having too little. If I thought it had a hump, I'd remove it, like I did with my FEG PA63. Now there's a hump!
You know that a single sized/shaped pistol isn't going to be perfect for everyone, don't ya? Relax. PERFECTION is a marketing tagline. If the fit does not suit you, then don't stress out about how it's not PERFECT, cuz my gosh, MY hand and shooting technique are both PERFECT. I was born to hold a 1911, as was every other PERFECT AMERICAN, who have demonstrated though many wars that they know how to shoot pistols better than any Austrians. So GLOCK is obviously not PERFECT. (sarcasm)
Having TOO much material in any area is a lot easier to fix than having too little. If I thought it had a hump, I'd remove it, like I did with my FEG PA63. Now there's a hump!
You know that a single sized/shaped pistol isn't going to be perfect for everyone, don't ya? Relax. PERFECTION is a marketing tagline. If the fit does not suit you, then don't stress out about how it's not PERFECT, cuz my gosh, MY hand and shooting technique are both PERFECT. I was born to hold a 1911, as was every other PERFECT AMERICAN, who have demonstrated though many wars that they know how to shoot pistols better than any Austrians. So GLOCK is obviously not PERFECT. (sarcasm)
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I have never really noticed the "grip angle" of any pistol I have ever shot, I think the people who make it an "issue" are mostly people who have used the same platform for decades and just have a hard time adapting at this point to anything even remotely different.
FWIW, I think the hump on the subcompact Glocks is perfect, the grip is fairly large and does make you hold it a specific way, but once I just went with it and stopped screwing around with magazine extensions the gun started shooting better with me than any other pistol I own. The 23, not as much, still have some ground to cover before I'm anywhere as good with it as the 27.
I think any amount of practice will quickly render grip angle insignificant.
FWIW, I think the hump on the subcompact Glocks is perfect, the grip is fairly large and does make you hold it a specific way, but once I just went with it and stopped screwing around with magazine extensions the gun started shooting better with me than any other pistol I own. The 23, not as much, still have some ground to cover before I'm anywhere as good with it as the 27.
I think any amount of practice will quickly render grip angle insignificant.
JN01
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Trace a G19 and a 1911 with the arched mainspring housing. Grip angle/outline are almost exactly the same.
The difference is that the Glock grip is much larger in circumference and is more squarish. The 1911 has a higher bore axis.
A 1911 with a flat mainspring housing will have a grip angle different than a G19.
The MkII grip angle appears to be just slightly steeper than a G19, but again, shaped differently.
The difference is that the Glock grip is much larger in circumference and is more squarish. The 1911 has a higher bore axis.
A 1911 with a flat mainspring housing will have a grip angle different than a G19.
The MkII grip angle appears to be just slightly steeper than a G19, but again, shaped differently.
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