What's YOUR Most Easily Pointing Handgun?

[Rexster]

Several are about tied: S&W K/L/N, GP100, 1911, SAA. Most of these I learned to shoot so long ago, it is difficult to remember if they were "natural" or more learned, but I first fired an SAA-pattern sixgun in the late 1990's, actually a USFA Single Action, and it pointed very naturally for me.

I should note that the pointability of the S&W revolvers does depend upon the grip panels/stocks mounted on the grip frame. With the 1911, a flat mainspring housing makes for better pointing, though that may be more learned than natural.

Third-Generation Glocks point OK for me, whereas most previous-generation Glocks do not.

 

[Inebriated]

Glock 19

 

[76shuvlinoff]

I love my 1911 and my XD but I am always surprised by the accuracy of my little LCP at 6-7 yards considering what they put on it for sights. I would say it points pretty well for me.

 

[kyletx1911]

1911 for me

 

[WC145]

1911 and round butt S&W N frame snubbies with Pachmayr Compac grips, pick 'em up and point and the sights are lined up without even trying.

 

[otasan56]

My Glock Model 17 3rd gen 9x19.

 

[Mp7]

from everything i´ve held ..

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the Luger.

grip angle and nonexistant weight at the muzzle.

 

[MaterDei]

Browning Buck Mark

 

[Madcap_Magician]

S&W and Ruger double-action revolvers point very naturally for me. The Beretta 92. And really that's about it.

 

[C0untZer0]

Hk p7m8

When I first held an HK P7M8 in a Leesville LA, Walmart, the man behind the gun counter advised me to buy a Beretta 92, he told me it felt better in the hand and it was $50.00 cheaper.

I held both guns and thought just the opposite, the P7M8 felt right in my hand - even gripping the squeeze cocker.

I'm probably in the minority, but the P7M8 has always been the best naturally pointing gun for me - right from the start.

In 1987 I purchased some Israeli made 9mm unltra compact that had gotten good reviews in one of the gun magazines and turned out to be a total POS. I don't even remember the name of the gun or the company. After 2 trips to whoever was representing them and fixing their firearms in the states with the gun still experiencing almost every failure possible - jams, failure to feed, failure to go into battery, failure to extract, stove pipes, failure to fire... both I and the gun dealer gave up on the thing and he offered me a BHP in exchange. I wasn't going to get my money back so I tok the deal. I didn't really want or need a BHP - I already had the HK P7M8, and I wanted to concentrate on the P7M8 manual of arms, but the High Power grew on me and I grew to love it, and I have to say it pointed very naturally for me - not quite as nicely as the P7M8 though.

 

[Drail]

All of my 1911s. Nothing else I have ever shot even comes close to the ergonomics of the 1911.

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

1911s for familiarity.
My 1917s just 'cause.
Charter Arms Target Bulldog .44 - weirdly perfect.

 

[M2 Carbine]

It sounds like the gun manufacturers mostly do pretty well matching their guns to us shooters.

One gun that doesn't point naturally for me is the CZ52.

 

[blindhari]

At age 16 I tried out a Ruger Single Six in a mexican speed holster. I have never known why but I could not miss with that gun unless I tried to use the sights. Frustrated my friend who owned it something fierce. When I got out of the army age 22 it was hanging on the post of my bed in my old bedroom. It had my name engraved on the barrel and four bricks of ammo beside it. In the meantime my friend had gone into the Trinity Alps and was living so far back it almost took 4 wheel drive to get to it. I drank alot of cofee up there with him whenever I had the chance and we did a lot of plinking. When he died not long ago he left me all his guns, ammo, reload stuff etc.

blindhari
Absent Companions

 

[wlewisiii]

Win: K Frame
Place: N Frame
Show: Glock 19

 

[Dain Bramage]

My CZ-82. It's also my easiest gun to accurately rapid fire. It just has the perfect sewing machine stitch cycle that brings the barrel down just as I pull the trigger again. All twelve rounds into a ragged little hole.

I'll also note for curiousity's sake that my 6-1/2" .44 mag Blackhawk points more naturally than my 4-5/8" .357 Blackhawk. Sometimes balance trumps mass.

 

[plateshooter]

Model 10 S&W 4" Heavy Barrel points easiest for me.

 

[Godsgunman]

CZ Rami easily

 

[Nushif]

Glock 19 for me.

In all fairness, I have pulled the trigger on glocks way more than any other firearm, so it just makes sense that it would feel more natural to me.

CCO 1911 for me.

In all fairness I have pulled the trigger on my CCO way more than any other firearm, so it just makes sense that it would feel the most natural to me.

And I am surprised this specific format of answer isn't more common. 90% of "good grip" is practice for sure.

 

[340PD]

1911's

 

[CraigC]

90% of "good grip" is practice for sure.

I disagree. I grew up shooting Dad's old High Standard HD model, which has a very steep grip angle. Then I shot Glocks for 15yrs and could shoot them well because I practiced. It was years later that I got my first 1911. 1911's are far more natural and comfortable for me than Glocks and other pistols with steep grip angles ever were.

 

[Nushif]

I disagree. I grew up shooting Dad's old High Standard HD model, which has a very steep grip angle. Then I shot Glocks for 15yrs and could shoot them well because I practiced. It was years later that I got my first 1911. 1911's are far more natural and comfortable for me than Glocks and other pistols with steep grip angles ever were.

See, this is where in my mind cultural learning takes over. I'm from Germany and had to learn that not every gun is held like a Luger or Ruger Mk I.
It is possible you learned that the 1911 is the better grip angle through very subtle influence, and it does hold sway. To this day if I point at something I point it at a Luger/saber grip angle. Unless I hold my CCO. With which I've learned that it's pointed differently.

Not all learning happens in a classroom, lesson or somesuch, take for example the definition of food.

 

[Ankeny]

A 1911 with flat MSH, CZ-75, S&W M&P.

 

[danweasel]

XD9. Must be the 1911 ergos.

 

[19-3Ben]

Sig P232 tied with a Ruger SP101 3" with Hogue Monogrip.