Glock grip angle

[el_clingon]

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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you need to train with the Glock, like any other hand. What I did to my Glocks is that, I added a grip force adapter to help out the grip angel.

[AreWeFree]

dry fire, a lot, and practice presentation.

[k1dude]

If you're consistently hitting 6" low with a Glock at 10 yards, I suspect you've developed a flinch due to anticipating the recoil.

I imagine you shot other guns first during that shooting session and picked up the Glock last. So your flinch was in full effect.

Everyone fights the flinch. The longer your shooting session, the more likely that flinch will rear it's ugly head.

[patriot_man]

It isn't the grip angle. It's your stance.

Stand up straight with a slight forward lean, head erect and bring the gun up to your eyes.

My friends do the tactical turtle and shrug their shoulders and get their head as low as they can and they always shoot low. They're perceiving the sights to be straight when in reality is angled downwards but their view makes it appear like it's lined up perfectly.

[9mmepiphany]

If you're consistently hitting 6" low with a Glock at 10 yards, I suspect you've developed a flinch due to anticipating the recoil.

I would suspect that it is more due to anticipating trigger letoff...he's trying to "catch" the sights while they are aligned on the target

[9mmepiphany]

They're perceiving the sights to be straight when in reality is angled downwards but their view makes it appear like it's lined up perfectly.

If you read the above aloud, you'll see that it doesn't make any sense.

It doesn't make any difference if the shooter is looking at the target at a upward or downward angle. If the sights are aligned on the target and the trigger is pressed correctly, the shots will go were the sights are aligned

[AreWeFree]

My money is on grip tension and trigger control.

Dry fire will show you what you're doing. If you miss the target, immediately remove the mag, unchamber the round, and dry fire at your target.

You'll see the gun dip, go left/right, or whatever, which is why you're missing. Now keep dry firing and correcting your grip/trigger pull until you get it right, then load and practice until you screw up again. Repeat until you stop screwing up.