I've been wondering -- my understanding is that in order for an autoloader to "fit" your hand properly, you should be able to operate all the controls (mag release, slide release, safety if present, and obviously trigger) with one hand and without shifting your grip.
As a slightly-smaller-than-average male (5'6" 140 lbs.), I don't know if that is too extreme a view and unrealistic for me to try to achieve, or if I am just missing something.
I'm in the process of searching out a good sub-compact auto for myself, and no matter which ones I handle in the stores, NONE of them perfectly fits the criteria above. In fact, I normally pocket-carry a diminutive Kel-Tec P-3AT, and even with its tiny size, my thumb has to fully extend to hit the mag release (although I don't have to shift my grip in this case).
Now, I do have small hands, but not THAT small, so I'm thinking that the standard quoted above is either wrong or unrealistic. I think my hands are about average size for someone of my stature. So, would I be going down the wrong path by buying/accepting a pistol that I need to shift slightly to hit the mag release, or am I just not looking hard enough?
Here are a couple images showing my firing grip on a Glock 22 and P-3AT. Note that my thumb doesn't reach the mag release on the G22, and is just about able to reach the release on the P-3AT. I find it hard to believe that the tiny P-3AT size is the only size on the market that properly fits my hand.
Thanks.
As a slightly-smaller-than-average male (5'6" 140 lbs.), I don't know if that is too extreme a view and unrealistic for me to try to achieve, or if I am just missing something.
I'm in the process of searching out a good sub-compact auto for myself, and no matter which ones I handle in the stores, NONE of them perfectly fits the criteria above. In fact, I normally pocket-carry a diminutive Kel-Tec P-3AT, and even with its tiny size, my thumb has to fully extend to hit the mag release (although I don't have to shift my grip in this case).
Now, I do have small hands, but not THAT small, so I'm thinking that the standard quoted above is either wrong or unrealistic. I think my hands are about average size for someone of my stature. So, would I be going down the wrong path by buying/accepting a pistol that I need to shift slightly to hit the mag release, or am I just not looking hard enough?
Here are a couple images showing my firing grip on a Glock 22 and P-3AT. Note that my thumb doesn't reach the mag release on the G22, and is just about able to reach the release on the P-3AT. I find it hard to believe that the tiny P-3AT size is the only size on the market that properly fits my hand.
Thanks.