In my experience, everything about handgun shooting is conditioned reflex and muscle memory. Under stress, one almost certainly reverts to their training.
That said, I find that when I draw and point, my wrist is cocked at the correct angle for the 1911 grip angle to target the center of mass of an IPSC target placed at the average height of a male (5'8"-5'9"). When I do this with Glocks I am pointed high for my first shot and, typically, second one as well. I've been shooting 1911s and guns with a 1911 grip angle since 1967 while I have no more than 100-200 rounds out of friends' Glocks. This was the point of my comment. In no way was I denigrating the Glocks; indeed, I think that they are terrific guns and recommend them unhesitatingly for their dependability. I simply don't find them as useful for me as, say, a Springfield XD/XDM/XDs or one of my 1911s because of my historical use of the latter.
Cheers,
I agree about conditioning and muscle memory, and the more time you put in with things, the better ingrained they become, and the more familiar your brain becomes.
And theres no doubt, the one you use the most, is going to be the most familiar.
Ive learned that if you take the time, and I mean a reasonable amount of time, to learn whatever it is you want to shoot, all the supposed bad things you hear about different things, just seem to melt away as you become familiar with them. Rifle, handgun, whatever. But you do have to put some time and effort into it.
The more different things you do this with, the easier it becomes, and the easier it is to switch back and forth at will.
I shoot a lot of different things on a regular basis, and its not a problem. But I have shot all of them and lot, and Im familair with all of them.
The guns I shoot the most in regular practice these days are Glocks. Before that, it was SIG's, and before that, 1911's, and a few other things. Its not so much what it is that youre shooting in the moment, its just what it is you, and your subconcious you, know and have experience with.
Once you learn something, its never gone, and you can always draw on it, and it will come without thought, if you let it.
The things you have the least or no experience with, are always going to be the hardest. The more you fight something, then the harder you make things for yourself, and the harder its always going to be.
Id be willing to bet, if you took the Glock of your choice, and a case of ammo, focused on learning it and how to shoot it, by the end of that case, it will be a natural thing to you. And I think youre going to find, they arent near as bad as the haters say, and that you will also be able to switch back and forth between your 1911 and the Glock, at witll, and without thought.
All it requires, is a little of your time, and an open mind.