Things that are unserious considerations
Grip angle and natural point of aim will not make you a better shooter.
A gun feeling “good in your hand” also will not.
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January 15th, 2020 at 5:08 pm
I guess it depends on how you define “feeling good in your hand”.
When I was working with Darlin’ Daughter on picking her CCW piece, it included not only holding at the counter, gut getting on the range, working the slide, shooting it and making tactical reloads. Hence a lot of shopping at stores with their own ranges.
Her final choice was not what I would have picked, but that was the point of the whole exercise, for her to get what was right for her.
January 15th, 2020 at 6:02 pm
As Randy said, the fit and feel of a weapon is absolutely a legitimate factor among many in choosing what is right for you; to categorically dismiss it is simplistic and a little bit elitist.
To be sure it should never be the only or most important feature when it is kept in mind what the ultimate purpose of a gun is…
A P220 may fit my hand like a glove and just feel “natural”, while since the 1980’s a Glock always felt foreign, unergonomic, and vaguely brick-like. Yet I only have one Sig these days and that one because it was a gift from a LEO captain who felt I had helped through some difficult private times…and with the recent addition of a $399 no-tax free-ship gen4 Talo G19 I have five various Glocks two of which I carry and use regularly.
Doesn’t mean that *other considerations being equal* I wouldn’t prefer the sexy feel of that Sig in my hand…it is a very legitimate factor but obviously not the most important to me.
January 15th, 2020 at 6:59 pm
I respect Tam, but if the gun you have is hard to hold, or the controls are in the wrong places for your hands, then you’re not going to want to shoot it as much and will not be as proficient as you could be.
January 16th, 2020 at 11:01 am
There are just some guns that are difficult for me to shoot well. I realize that this is totally unscientific. The Beretta M92 & clones thereof require particular concentration for me to hit anything. Cz75 (not too dissimilar) not the case at all. Glocks for some reason are not comfy in my hand, don’t point well for me, and have malfunctioned for me when the same gun worked for everybody else. Steyr M/S series are the opposite on every point.
Go figure.
January 16th, 2020 at 11:47 am
practice is vital, but why spend 3000 rounds getting comfortable with a gun when you can pick up another and overcome ergonomic mismatch? I say this as a guy with weird finger geometry, grip angle and trigger face matter a lot. dismissing it is like saying there’s no difference between a 3lb trigger and a 13lb one.
January 16th, 2020 at 1:20 pm
As a Glock 19 owner, I’ve found that other guns are a lot easier to shoot now that I’ve become a little proficient at gripping, aiming and triggering the clunky Glock. And I chose the Glock for reasons of economy and reliability and caliber, not ergonomics.