Your hand will conform to whatever you place in it. How it feels in your hands is a non-factor within extreme size limitations. I can understand that some guns are simply too big for many people and the big frame Glocks in 45 and 10mm are simply too big for some people. But if anyone can't learn to shoot a Glock in 9mm or 40 S&W well they aren't trying very hard.
This has been proven over and over again. The only people who have trouble with Glocks are older shooters trying to change from something else. Every LE agency who has changed to Glocks has seen the scores go up during training. Newer, less experienced shooters learn to shoot them much faster than with previous guns. And while the older, more experienced officers take longer to re-train their scores improve after they master the guns.
I think the biggest issue is, lack of experience with anything other than what someone has, or is accustomed to, is what brings on the complaints.
If people actually bothered to learn the guns they complain about, they would find there is really no difference, other than that of a lack of knowledge and experience on their part.
You should not for sure close your eyes, but you may be fighting in the dark.
Self defense shooting scenarios often occur under less than optimal lighting conditions. Essentially after sun down. Also under close range conditions when moving (yes you better moving if you do not have cover) people often use meat on the metal. You sight over the slide of the gun putting the mass of your target just on top of it. The correct Grip angle for you is definitely your friend because you are pointing the gun. In a close range gun fight you will be focusing on your opponent and not just your front sight.
so are you saying you shoot at things you can’t see?
I certainly understand the whole “many/most gunfights occur at night/in low light”, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be able to see your sights and target. And if you get into a gunfight, you BETTER be focused on your front sight...
Did you read the article on a post a few back? The one about the Glocks, and the story about the cop and the bad guy exchanging 30 rounds at each other, all misses, from opposite sides of a bed? Think they were focused on each other and not their sights? I sure do
I have to wonder how many who go on about grip angle, ever really even shoot in a manner that it "might" be an issue.
If youre using/tracking the sights, the "theoretical" differences in grip angle are purely moot, as youre using/aligning the sights to direct the gun and ultimately, the round. "Grip" angle really has nothing to do with it.
Point or instinctive shooting is "slightly" different, and takes a little (and I do mean only "a little") effort and work to get the hang of it, and it matters not, what gun you use, as long as youve used it before in practice, and your brain knows it, and the "indexes" it needs, to make the shot.
The sights arent the only thing your brain sees when you shoot, there are other things you arent consciously looking at, that it still records in its memory, and sees when needed, that allows you to shoot without looking at the sights, and still make good hits.
I practice shooting this way, 50-100 rounds or so, every time Im out, and with whatever it is Im shooting, and thats with a number of different autos (with all sorts of dreaded grip angles
) and revolvers, and have no troubles making good hits, simply focusing on the target and allowing my brain to take care of the alignment and directing the gun.
And to kick it up a notch, just add movement while you shoot, and try and maintain a sight picture and shoot as you go. I shoot faster, and a good bit more accurately this way, when I shoot over top of the gun and focus on the target as I go, than I do trying to use the sights.
Just out of curiosity here, how many who are so worried about the grip angle thing, actually shoot their guns in a manner where it "possibly" could be an issue?
When you do see/hear all the bickering over this kind of silliness, its pretty obvious, that the people spouting it, are limited in their skills and experiences, or at least to only the things they have/know.
Picking up something youre unfamiliar with, no matter what it is, is going to feel off to you, until you get to know it and learn to work it. Doesnt matter what it is. This same type thing goes on endlessly between AR and AK shooters on the rifle side, and thats all BS too.
Picking something up and trying to make an honest assessment on a couple of minutes of feeling it up, or maybe shooting a few rounds out of it, is nothing, and teaches you nothing. Make a good, honest effort to actually learn the gun, and Ill guarantee you, in short order, youll have a whole different outlook on it. Youll also never worry about grip angle or trigger types, ect, again.