ChristopherG
Member
At our local competitive (IDPA) shoot last night, I...well, I sucked. I've been experimenting with different positions for my support hand, shooting a Glock 17.
Today, in light of last night's debacle, I think I've figured out that my Glock requires a different hold than the one that feels so natural on a 1911, for instance. Holding one of JMB's guns, the support hand can ride way up there, and the strong hand thumb really doesn't have anything better to do than ride the safety. But with a Glock, I really think I need to get the strong hand thumb more actively into the grip, and wrap it down toward the trigger guard; but this means the support hand is basically reduced to a low grasp around the front of the grip; and all this just doesn't line up right unless I'm shooting something that looks a lot like a Weaver stance.
This feels like a bit of a breakthrough for me, in understanding the fit of this particular gun to this particular body, and I'm just wondering if any of you Glock shooters have found something similar. I'd take pictures of what I'm talking about, but wifey has the digicam today, so I'll have to add them later. In the meantime, anyone know what I'm talking about?
Cg
Today, in light of last night's debacle, I think I've figured out that my Glock requires a different hold than the one that feels so natural on a 1911, for instance. Holding one of JMB's guns, the support hand can ride way up there, and the strong hand thumb really doesn't have anything better to do than ride the safety. But with a Glock, I really think I need to get the strong hand thumb more actively into the grip, and wrap it down toward the trigger guard; but this means the support hand is basically reduced to a low grasp around the front of the grip; and all this just doesn't line up right unless I'm shooting something that looks a lot like a Weaver stance.
This feels like a bit of a breakthrough for me, in understanding the fit of this particular gun to this particular body, and I'm just wondering if any of you Glock shooters have found something similar. I'd take pictures of what I'm talking about, but wifey has the digicam today, so I'll have to add them later. In the meantime, anyone know what I'm talking about?
Cg