What's YOUR Most Easily Pointing Handgun?

[exiledtoIA]

1) bhp
2) 1911
3) cz52

 

[Esoxchaser]

Toss up. Beretta 92. Springfield EMP.

 

[smalls]

1911. I shoot Glock's well, too, but they naturally point a little high for me. That and they don't feel "natural" in my hand. I could get used to it if I had to, though.

 

[Trad Archer]

Colt SAA

 

[CraigC]

It is possible you learned that the 1911 is the better grip angle through very subtle influence, and it does hold sway.

How could I learn a 1911 was a better grip angle before I ever handled one???

Sorry but not everything is learned. In this case the grip/angle I learned on was not optimal but I found what was. Just like I figured out that I need a slightly thicker grip on my single actions. That wasn't learned because it goes 180° to what I've always been told by the "experts". I fully believe that some guns and grips are more comfortable and natural. If everything was learned, we'd all be shooting the same thing.

 

[whtsmoke]

1911, SR22, MKlll 6 7/8 tapered bbl target.

 

[sappyg]

For me it's a 1911 followed closely by a Ruger 22/45. Hitting is just easy with them though I don't think I will try them with my eyes closed.
I do like the way the Sig 2022 points but haven't shot it yet. I think I like it too.

 

[Nushif]

If everything was learned, we'd all be shooting the same thing.

Exactly not. Let's ask a guy in New Dheli what a proper mattress feels like, then ask a guy in Kazakstan what a real house looks like and a European what a real lugnut looks like, while asking someone in Japan how they feel about monotheistic religions.

I once read somewhere that the traditional pistol hold in Russia comes from pointing a fist at something, such as the TT-33, the traditional hold in Germany (the Luger) came from holding a saber and the traditional 1911 grip angle came oddly enough from baseball.

Now, while I don't quite buy it wholesale, grip angles in varying cultures do come from different things. Think about it.

 

[camsdaddy]

K frame smith in 3 or 4"

 

[VINTAGE-SLOTCARS]

Ruger 3 screw, saa in .45 colt with a brass super black hawk frame.

 

[Vern Humphrey]

For me, it's a tossup between my Standard Model Ruger MKII and my Colt Woodsman.

 

[Bovice]

My german P220 with the old school plain checkered grips. Oldie but a goodie.

 

[Maia007]

Remington 51
Savage 1917
Colt Woodsman MT 4 1/2"

 

[Don357]

I guess I may cheat a little, because I won't buy a handgun that dosen't "point" naturally. And I may get bashed for this, but, my little Kel-Tec P-11 seems to point more naturally for me than either my 1911 and or my TZ99, and it's not because I practice with it more either. I rarely get to shoot because my job keeps me on the go.

 

[CraigC]

Exactly not. Let's ask a guy in New Dheli what a proper mattress feels like, then ask a guy in Kazakstan what a real house looks like and a European what a real lugnut looks like, while asking someone in Japan how they feel about monotheistic religions.

So I reckon you think left-handed people just made the choice and learned it that way? Eye dominance???

Pretty thin theory you have there.

 

[Nushif]

So I reckon you think left-handed people just made the choice and learned it that way? Eye dominance???

Interesting you should say that. I learned right handedness from a teacher who thought left handedness was wicked.

 

[GWARGHOUL]

Beretta 96. Fits me like a glove, goes where I want it..

 

[CraigC]

I learned right handedness from a teacher who thought left handedness was wicked.

So did my father. Even after all that, he's still left-handed.

 

[SN13]

Whatever gun I practice with enough to make it point perfectly.

 

[1911 guy]

It'll be a different handgun for everyone, depending on hand size and shape. For me, it happens to be the 1911. This is actually the reason i chose to confine myself to one type of handgun. Why shoot something that handicaps me because of ergonomics? If someone else chooses a Glock or Sig for the same reasons, they'd be a fool to spend too much time with my own favorite.

 

[Nushif]

So did my father. Even after all that, he's still left-handed.

He must have not learned from a deutsche Lehrerin at a rural elementary school in Germany. 8) I actually had to write right handed in class at all times and well you know ... act right handed at all times. And yes, I only had one teacher.

 

[Old Dog]

1911 with an arched mainspring housing. Hands-down.

SIGs (P-226, 228 and 229) point well for me.

Even the Beretta 92FS/M9 points well for me.

In revolvers, pretty much only S&W K-frames (with the old style stocks, a Tyler T-Grip is required, otherwise -- yep, the ugly Goodyears, usually Pachmyr "Grippers" --or the superb Kim Ahrends Combat fingergroove stocks).

 

[alienbogey]

HK P7.

And I just won a steel plate shoot with it tonight.

 

[sammass]

P08

Luger P08, followed by Ruger Mark series 22's. The P08 grip angle to the barrel is just like pointing my finger at the target. Most comfortable hold I have ever had. Also impacts like a finger point: X ring every time . My Mark II is the next best to the P08. (Truthfully, I find most guns shoot better than I aim. <chuckling> )

 

[BullRunBear]

For me, it's a tie between a Uberti 1860 Colt C&B and a 6" barrel K-38 with Pachmyer grips.

My wife voted for her Ruger Mk II bull barrel and the CZ 75b. (Since she often outshoots me, I just smile and don't argue.)

Jeff