Grip Angle

[Crawfish141]

Which handguns have more swept back grip like my Ruger Mark III? It seems to point completley naturally for me; I can draw the gun with my eyes closed and be right on target no matter what. I'd like to know what other modern center fire semi-autos have a similar grip.

 

[memphisjim]

glock

 

[REAPER4206969]

Glock

Styer

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

In modern/new production handguns, the Glock is probably the closest. Many people, until they get used to them, find the Glock and other such steeply-raked-grip pistols to point high. There is even a cottage industry altering Glock grips to a more vertical angle. (This can be done relatively easily, the grip being only plastic.) The Ruger .22 pistol seems to have been inspired by the Luger, with a little Japanese Nambu thrown in.

 

[Drail]

The Ruger grip angle was designed with one hand target shooting in mind. Shooting a gun with that kind of grip angle and using both hands feels totally unnatural to me. But I own three of them and I love them. (And I use both hands.) I suppose it is amazing what you can get used to.