Hey guys, should I get a Glock or an S&W MP ??

[basicblur]

I find it therapeutic when I watch "sons of guns" to pull the trigger on some of them

Pffttt-now I can tell you're a newbie!
Any pro will tell ya you need to practice against Raylan!

Actually, I'd be lying iff'n I didn't admit you're starting to skeer me more than jest a leetle bit...

 

[skoro]

You can't go wrong with either one. See which fits your hand better and is a natural pointer for you. For me, it was the M&P. I've had the M&P9c for nearly four years and I'm very pleased with it.

 

[OldCavSoldier]

I cannot get accustomed to the grip angle of the Glock. The M&P has the same grip angle of all the other Smiths and Colts and Rugers I have, so, I got the M&P. The key is to get what feels better in your hand and what is more "instinctive" for you to use.

 

[OldCavSoldier]

That looks like it was hit by shotgun blasts.

Was someone poor mouthing handgun skills?

How about those four misses? Kinda hard to call 'em back if it was a real threat.

 

[David E]

However, from what your stating it just sounds like your saying "experience breeds complacency."

HOW do you get that?

I am simply contesting the inaccurate pronouncements of a new shooter.

Your statements come across as someone who just passed their driving test telling more experienced drivers they don't know what they're doing, not to mention they're illogical, irrational and close minded.

Recently I've felt more comfortable keeping an equal amount of contact on all four corners of my glock it's a bit odd....

Still trying to find your grip, eh?
And you don't have to contend with learning a different angle.

throwing words out like muscle memory and such.

I know that technically "muscle memory" doesn't exist, but everyone knows what it means.

(In golfing,) we (sometimes) have to change grips, stance, club length, club angle, stance angle, club head angle, speed of swing, angle of swing.......however in my experience with both (shooting and golfing) it's not a good idea to get used to one grip, swing, angle of everything and such.

Ok, you've perfected your swing for 20 years, making many hole-in-ones and winning several tournaments along the way. People seek you out to take lessons and pay you money to teach them what you know. Then they introduce a triangular club with a reverse taper grip that has a curved shaft. While you'd still kick butt at the local courses, it'll take longer than 20 swings to adapt to it so you're at the same high level you were before.

Do you by chance do 3 gun competitions?

I am getting back into it after a long time away. I've always been shooting handguns, tho.

 

[Mike1234567]

Speaking only of a VERY few earlier posts... there are some arrogant, rude, better-than-you folks who have extremely limited real-world experience here on THR just as there is everywhere else on the net in other Forums, LOL!!

 

[RatherNotSay]

HOW do you get that?

"Are you suggesting that two magazines worth should be able to replace 20+ yrs of ingrained muscle memory?

Why should the shooter have to fight his own equipment?"

^^^that

Still trying to find your grip, eh?
And you don't have to contend with learning a different angle.

No just not getting used to one in particular.

I know that technically "muscle memory" doesn't exist, but everyone knows what it means.

What kind of oxymoron is that? Really? That's like saying your shooting has negative progress...Maybe you should add that to the list in your signature...

I am getting back into it after a long time away. I've always been shooting handguns, tho.

Do they all have the same grip angles?

 

[RatherNotSay]

Speaking only of a VERY few earlier posts... there are some arrogant, rude, better-than-you folks who have extremely limited real-world experience here on THR just as there is everywhere else on the net in other Forums, LOL!!

Apparently there are some who make posts that have nothing to contribute to the discussion.

"A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he feels he has to say something"

 

[Mike1234567]

Often... I have, indeed, been foolish.

I just hope the Mods here can forgive my loose lips (key strokes).

 

[David E]

"Are you suggesting that two magazines worth should be able to replace 20+ yrs of ingrained muscle memory?

Why should the shooter have to fight his own equipment?"

^^^that

Then maybe you can answer the question: Why should the shooter have to fight his own equipment?

An inexperienced shooter, say, someone who has less than 2000 rds thru their only gun, won't know he's fighting his own equipment. He'll just be frustrated by the lack of progress and be puzzled as to why. Maybe he'll change his grip, then his stance, then his grip tension, like a blind squirrel hoping to find a nut. He knows there's a problem, but he doesn't know what it is, much less how to fix it. It could be something as simple as the gun not fitting the shooter, so he unconsciously has to fight it every shot.

Still trying to find your grip, eh?
And you don't have to contend with learning a different angle.

No just not getting used to one in particular.

That's silly, unless your goal is to attain mediocrity.

 

[9mmepiphany]

For those who missed it, the OP made his decision back on post #64.

I think we're just talking in circles here, so I'm going to close this out