No wonder I love 1911's so much

[Deleted member 79987]

Shift your right thumb. Instead of resting it on the gun, rest it on the back of the base of the left thumb. That’s what I do, due to my long fingers. Doesn’t effect my grip, but gets my thumb away from the slide release.

Grip with your right hand, but stick the thumb up and out of the way, not touching the frame. Sock the left hand up in the gap, high and tight. Rest the right thumb on the base of the left thumb. This will leave a “pocket” where the slide release is at, with nothing touching it.

As an added bonus, this will get the left hand a bit higher up on the gun for added recoil control and recovery.

This is the grip that I teach my students, as well.

I think I understand what you're saying, but it's exactly those contortions which seem so unnatural to me -- and which I am unlikely to remember to do when I'm in a hurry.

 

[BLIP]

Nope, but I've always wanted to try out the 'ole 7.62x25 cartridge on a TT-30. Can you attach a light and a red dot to it?

NOT to the m57.... yet.

 

[payneed]

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[BLIP]

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Is that a real thumb?

 

[KingTuna]

I rest my right thumb on my left thumb as well when I shoot. I picked up a CZ p09 the other day and love it. It actually feels a little large in my hand, but in a good way. It also seems to have a real similar grip angle as a 1911

 

[cmshoot]

I think I understand what you're saying, but it's exactly those contortions which seem so unnatural to me -- and which I am unlikely to remember to do when I'm in a hurry.

It’s a matter of training. I didn’t start with that grip, but I switched to it, trained with it, and now it’s natural.

It isn’t that hard of a transition. Placing the strong thumb on the back/base of the support thumb gives you a definite point of reference that you can feel with both hands.

I suggest practicing the draw with the new grip at home.....with an empty and safe weapon, of course. Practice as often as you can, until it cancels out your previous grip. You never know what handgun you may have to pick up and use, so you may as well have a grip that works for all of them.

 

[Deleted member 97214]

Gotta love those gluck grips, though:


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[Deleted member 97214]

It’s a matter of training. I didn’t start with that grip, but I switched to it, trained with it, and now it’s natural.

It isn’t that hard of a transition. Placing the strong thumb on the back/base of the support thumb gives you a definite point of reference that you can feel with both hands.

I suggest practicing the draw with the new grip at home.....with an empty and safe weapon, of course. Practice as often as you can, until it cancels out your previous grip. You never know what handgun you may have to pick up and use, so you may as well have a grip that works for all of them.

Yea thats totally not the way I hold a gun. The thumbs forward thing is weird to me.

 

[cmshoot]

Yea thats totally not the way I hold a gun. The thumbs forward thing is weird to me.

I don’t make my students do it, but I urge them to try it. It will feel weird at first, but it gives advantages:

1. Recoil absorption. Helps keep the muzzle down for quicker follow-up/subsequent shots.

2. This is by far the more minor advantage, but it places your support thumb in a position to readily operate weapon-mounted lights. I was using the thumbs forward grip many years before I ever used a WML.

 

[Deleted member 97214]

I don’t make my students do it, but I urge them to try it. It will feel weird at first, but it gives advantages:

1. Recoil absorption. Helps keep the muzzle down for quicker follow-up/subsequent shots.

2. This is by far the more minor advantage, but it places your support thumb in a position to readily operate weapon-mounted lights. I was using the thumbs forward grip many years before I ever used a WML.

Unfortunately I taught myself to shoot runnin el presidente in the woods over and over by myself at the end of a dirt road where I grew up lol. I have an unorthodox method.