Glock grip angle

[rlewpolar]

Can anyone explain to me why Glock chose the grip angle it did? It seems so unnatural compared to any other handgun that I've shot. I really want to get a Glock, I think they are superbly made but I literally cannot hit a thing with them.

What is the rationale for having this grip angle? And more importantly, is it natural for a select group of shooters out there? Seems that wrist and hand angles in relation to a grip, slide, etc would be fairly consistent from shooter to shooter. It's almost like buying a great pair of shoes that you need to roll your ankle slightly to get into and wear around.

Educate me on the Glock grip angle and what can be done to overcome it. Not sure I want to relearn how to shoot to accommodate a Glock but I have an open mind. The ones I've shot are very nice mechanically.


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[TruEdge]

I think you just need to get used to it and practice. For me it feels extremly natural and I can shoot it better then most of my guns. For you it just feels strange because you haven't shot it much. My first handgun was a glock so thats why its so natural to me.

[tankton]

It is natural if you haven't been shooting other guns, first. Just like other guns are natural of you haven't shot anything with a sharper grip angle, first.

At any rate, the grip angle was determined by a sport shooter in the Austrian military. He advised Glock on what the grip angle should be, based off of pointing angles of cadets (a similar process HK used for the grip angle on th P7).

But it is really all moot. How well someone shoots a gun has absolutely nothing to do with the grip angle (that's for point shooting, really), and more with getting used to one thing or another.

Edit: on another note, the grip angle strongly influences bore axis height, since the muscles and bones in our arms (wrt to our wrist bones / wrist angle) are a part of how we handle recoil.

[davidb]

Time behind the gun, its a weird angle and you just have to get used to it

[BoJackUSMC]

Glock... love or hate relationship...
You just have to get used to it....I never liked military M9 handgun, but I still used it because I was given that sidearm.

[tbc]

Where were your POI's?


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[rlewpolar]

Glock grip angle

If you "literally cannot hit a thing with them", it's not because of the grip angle.

By this I mean I have to aim 6 inches high to hit where I want to hit. Always the same no
matter which Glocks I try. All have been stock sights and trigger. I don't get it. Probably just me. I don't have this problem with the Sigs, Shiield and Browning I own. I'm stumped.


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[tbc]

Glock grip angle

By this I mean I have to aim 6 inches high to hit where I want to hit. Always the same no
matter which Glocks I try. All have been stock sights and trigger. I don't get it. Probably just me. I don't have this problem with the Sigs, Shiield and Browning I own. I'm stumped.


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So are you saying you were shooting low on a Glock?


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[rlewpolar]

Where were your POI's?


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6 inches low. 5, 10, 15 yds, doesn't matter.


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[rlewpolar]

So are you saying you were shooting low on a Glock?


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Yes. Should I be hitting high with that grip angle? Maybe I am using the wrong sight picture?


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[TruEdge]

Bore axis is a lot lower then most pistols too maybe thats compounding the situation?

[tbc]

Glock grip angle

Definitely not the grip angle. When you held a Glock with the way you held your Sig, the Glock's muzzle should have pointed upward thus your POI's should have been high not low. Try to work on your trigger control on a Glock.


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[rlewpolar]

Might be the trigger. I was shooting low with my Shield till I swapped out the trigger for an Apex. Maybe a stiff trigger with a light polymer gun is not good for me. My Shield had almost a nine pound trigger when I first got it. I learned how to shoot on metal guns so maybe that's it.


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[static2126]

How well you shoot a gun has nothing to do with grip angle.

What are your usual groups at 10 yards?

[rlewpolar]

Decent groupings. With my Sigs, I can shoot out the center consistently. Shield is a bit more work but I hit where I want. The Browning is a Buckmark with a red dot on it and I can hit Coke can sized plates at 50 yds. Frighteningly accurate. I get behind a Glock and man, horrible.


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