What Handgun for Very Large Hands?

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His hands do not appear overly large. I do not understand the problem with his gripping a pistol, because they look as if they fit his grip well. Then again, I am not him and only see it in the pics. If he continues having such a problem, well just stick a Beretta 92FS into his hands with Pachmayer grips.

All the best,
GB
 
I have the opposite problem, but I couldn’t reach the trigger of the H&K USP I handled, so that might work for him. A 1911-style pistol might be too slim, but you can add a pair of extra-thick grip panels and an arched mainspring housing. The double-stack .45-ACP Glocks are also ridiculously large.

~G. Fink
 
I'd say:

Beretta & Taurus 92/96

H&K USP family

CZ97 (the .45)

Glock .45s & 10mms

Double-stack polymer 1911s like the Kimber & Para

Square-butt N-frame Smith revolvers

Those are too bulky to be what I would call ergo in my hands, so may work well for him.

The CZ75 family is a bit of an enigma. The grip itself is medium-sized and ergo (not blocky), but the trigger reach is long (in DA mode). He may very well like this setup a lot because he'd have good control of the grip, but the trigger would feel about right for him.
 
Suggestion: Either a S&W model 625 (45acp) or model 610 (10mm) revolver. You can put some really big grips on either one. They both use moon clips which load every bit as fast as any auto mag.
 
Sadly, being big is expensive.

Of the guns you listed, the only one that suits really big hands would be the Glock--but you'd have to go with either the 20 (10mm) or 21 (.45 ACP), neither of which is cheap to shoot without adding a .22 conversion. My G21 is the most comfortable factory grip I've ever found.

I've got a Walther P99 with interchangeable backstraps, and that arrangement is not all it's cracked up to be. Even with the largest backstrap, it's too small--the grip is just too short overall, and the fat part of the largest backstrap winds up in the wrong part of your hand. I haven't tried the M&P, but I suspect it would be much the same.

I manage OK with a 686 using the factory Hogue stocks, but it gets uncomfortable when the recoil gets stiff. There's just not enough to hold onto.

Eagle and Ajax both make decent aftermarket grips for revolvers, including the K & L frames. They're on the small side for me (XXL glove), but they may do okay for your boy. If they seem too small (depending on your locale, they can often be checked out at gun shows), Herrett's makes grips to measure. They made a set of Jordan Troopers for my Redhawk that are just massive. Unfortunately, I'm not wild about the Jordan Trooper design. Nill Grips makes some grips in an "extra large" size that I haven't had a chance to try out yet. They're not cheap, though--around $140 each (which is one reason why I haven't tried them yet).

If you're looking at a .22 semiauto, give some thought to the Browning Buckmark. It's got a longer and deeper grip than the MkIII, and with some aftermarket grips (either Eagle or Ajax makes a nice set of finger-groove grips for Buckmarks), they'd probably fit him quite well. I've got one myself, and while it could be a little bigger I can shoot well enough with it--even with the factory grips.
 
gtmerk, don't ever count on your gun to scare someone. You only draw if you're ready to kill the person you're aiming at. I'd also question the ability to reliably conceal a firearm as large as a tec-9 with its magazine in your boot.

Sounds to me like you need to do a lot more reading here and pay attention to guys who have been carrying firearms longer than you've been alive.
You've got a few years before most states will issue a concealment permit anyway. Start saving up now and when you hit 21, you'll have all the money you need to buy a nice gun and the training you need to handle it correctly and safely.
 
Thanks everyone.

After all the trouble I had finding suitable guns for my small hands I'm ashamed that I didn't think of that as a possible reason why he didn't want to join us shooting pistols. :(

I'm sending him the thread so he can look at the suggested guns and see what sort of options he has. Maybe he'll get excited about one the way he got excited about his shotgun. :)
 
Another Idea that springs to mind is the contender or encore from TC , I have a contender and average hands , its a big pistol !! plus you can shoot different calibers off the same frame :) other than that any of the new big smiths 460 , 500 are physically large guns , just expensive to shoot unless you reload . Hope you get the guy comfortable with something though , the more people out there shooting the better . :D
 
I have pretty large handstoo, but don't mind smaller gripped guns too much. Some of them are awkward and some not. Of the guns I have, the S&W N frame and the Beretta 92 have the largest grips. Both are very comfortable to shoot as well.
 
CZ-75B is pretty good for large hands, but your son might want to try a CZ-97B (45ACP), if that isn't big enough I'm not sure where to point you.
 
I was 6'3" at his age also. Now I'm 6'4" and 250 lbs, and I have a hard time getting guns to fit my hand properly. Best for me is a 1911A1 with an arched mainspring housing and smooth wood or ivory grips. Both my Colts are set up this way and are my personal favorites. My Kimber has a flat MSH and I had to find smooth grippers which gave it a far better grip for me. My Ruger Mark I and Mark II both wear aftermarket grips as well. They practically always are thicker than factory standard.
 
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