Middle Age Russ wrote:Being able to place slow-fire shots on a single target again and again is a function of the mechanical accuracy of the gun and the shooter's ability to maintain a proper sight picture through the trigger pull. Experienced shooters can usually accomplish this with just about any firearm regardless of comfort or fit. It is a different thing entirely to be able to rapidly put effective rounds on multiple targets. A gun that comes to the natural point of aim that Jumping Frog talks about is key to being able to transition quickly between targets because the sights are where you expect them to be and the gun is pointed where you expect it to be without extra effort. In a defensive pistol, I want one that enhances my ability to be effective, so fitting me and pointing naturally are qualities that must be present in the handguns I rely on.
I can use a Glock or a 1911 style/shaped grip with no issues. One thing I have noticed though is if you use a Weaver stance your grip is more vertical like a 1911. If you switch to isosceles or modified isosceles your grip is more angled and is closer to the Glock's grip angle.
remington79 wrote:I can use a Glock or a 1911 style/shaped grip with no issues. One thing I have noticed though is if you use a Weaver stance your grip is more vertical like a 1911. If you switch to isosceles or modified isosceles your grip is more angled and is closer to the Glock's grip angle.
Good catch. I hadn't noticed that, primarily because I'm an chronic Weaver guy.....now primarily because it works better with my bad back, but in the old days because it just seemed natural having come from a martial arts background. I always fought/sparred from an angled stance rather than a squared up stance; so when I got into shooting, it just seemed natural for me to do that. Old habits die hard, even if there were no pain.
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remington79 wrote:I can use a Glock or a 1911 style/shaped grip with no issues. One thing I have noticed though is if you use a Weaver stance your grip is more vertical like a 1911. If you switch to isosceles or modified isosceles your grip is more angled and is closer to the Glock's grip angle.
I didn't know why, but I am an isosceles guy. I used to stand in a Weaver stance when shooting my dad's revolvers and Mark II .22, but switched over to an isosceles stance after starting with Glocks about 12-13 years ago.
I have a different problem shooting a 1911 quickly from a low ready or when drawing form a holster. I can't seem to find the front sight very easily. Someone here once pointed out that since I'm shooting .45 Glocks that looking down the slide of those things at the sights is like looking down the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. While the top of a 1911 slide is much more narrow. Once I take the moment or three to locate the front sight I like the way they shoot.
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I'm a 1911 guy, I haven't shot a Glock, but I held one in a gun store to see how it felt and I just didn't like the feel of it. Think it is probably the grip angle like others have said.
