westernrover
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I have a question about gripping the gun with the hand, the dominant hand. I am right-handed. I am using a 1911 for example, but I think many automatics are a similar shape.
If I align the slide with my forearm, the metacarpals of my hand are at an oblique angle to the right-side grip panel. When I wrap my fingers around the front of the grip, there is a gap under my knuckles. The metacarpophalangeal joint is not in firm contact with the grip panel. When I squeeze the grip front-to-back by pulling with my fingers and pushing with my thumb, that necessarily pushes my knuckles even farther to the outside, reducing panel contact. The thumb is pointed parallel with the bore axis. If I add the support-hand, I can get good contact with the support hand on the left-side grip-panel. With my support hand fingers, I can squeeze the proximal phalanges of the dominant hand down, but I cannot reach over the top of the knuckles.
If I rotate the gun in my grip so the slide goes from the web of my hand out toward the right at a slight angle to my forearm, then my knuckle joints contact the grip panel and my trigger finger goes through the trigger guard far enough that the first crease rests on the trigger. The thumb is pointed slightly to the left of the bore axis. When I add the support hand, the palm rests on top of the dominant hand fingers and does not contact the grip panel but for a little bit. The support-hand fingers wrap far enough around that they can push down on the top of the dominant-hand knuckles.
So the question is, which grip has the best advantage? I believe the first grip I described is correct, but why isn't the right-side grip-pane thicker then to improve contact? Why is there that gap where the metacarpals and phalanges make a "tent"?
If I align the slide with my forearm, the metacarpals of my hand are at an oblique angle to the right-side grip panel. When I wrap my fingers around the front of the grip, there is a gap under my knuckles. The metacarpophalangeal joint is not in firm contact with the grip panel. When I squeeze the grip front-to-back by pulling with my fingers and pushing with my thumb, that necessarily pushes my knuckles even farther to the outside, reducing panel contact. The thumb is pointed parallel with the bore axis. If I add the support-hand, I can get good contact with the support hand on the left-side grip-panel. With my support hand fingers, I can squeeze the proximal phalanges of the dominant hand down, but I cannot reach over the top of the knuckles.
If I rotate the gun in my grip so the slide goes from the web of my hand out toward the right at a slight angle to my forearm, then my knuckle joints contact the grip panel and my trigger finger goes through the trigger guard far enough that the first crease rests on the trigger. The thumb is pointed slightly to the left of the bore axis. When I add the support hand, the palm rests on top of the dominant hand fingers and does not contact the grip panel but for a little bit. The support-hand fingers wrap far enough around that they can push down on the top of the dominant-hand knuckles.
So the question is, which grip has the best advantage? I believe the first grip I described is correct, but why isn't the right-side grip-pane thicker then to improve contact? Why is there that gap where the metacarpals and phalanges make a "tent"?
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