Revisiting grip on the Kahr K9

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FriedRice

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I'm working on the Leatham-Enos grip for my Kahr K9, not using the revolver grip. I tried this with live ammo for the first time yesterday at the range. I noticed a couple of things, probably related. It felt like my thumbs were all over the place. I finally decided (with some guidance ;)) to let my left thumb rest along the frame and let my right thumb rest on the base of my left thumb. I'm trying to relax my dominant (right) hand grip more and increase my left hand grip to do more work. I can do this in this position. However, the gun flips right up after each shot, and then comes back down again. It didn't do that with the thumbs locked down (revolver) grip and I guess that's why my hands used to be so sore. They were absorbing all that recoil. With the L-Enos grip, some of the recoil is popping the gun straight up. When it settles back down, my thumbs need to move around again. Seems inefficient. I still shot relatively well but noticed I was shooting just left of center at 7 yards.

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If your thumbs are moving around, you need to increase the lateral pressure with you support hand...it isn't your thumbs moving, it is the gun squirming in your hands...and pull the gun into the pocket of your right hand with those fingers. While still relaxing the right hand to allow maximum trigger control

With a correct L/E grip, the gun should just bounce up and down in recoil...returning to the same POA each time
 
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