Will a Glock throw me off?

[Iggy]

My GF got me Glock The Rise of America's Handgun and the idea of owning one has been growing on me. I researched the cost of reloading 9mm over 45 and it's about 4 cents per round cheaper.

I've never owned a Glock, but I have shot a few and I shoot high due to the hump. The guns I currently shoot are an M&P 45, M&P 40c, and a Kimber 1911.

So I was wondering if I buy a Glock will have to end up having to retrain a lot one way or the other? The gun I shoot the most is the M&P45.

[billped]

I shoot the four pistols in my signature back to back. The Sigs require a bit of adjustment due to the combat sights, but it's not a huge deal.

There is too much weight given to the grip angle issue.

[Lovin]

I shoot the four pistols in my signature back to back. The Sigs require a bit of adjustment due to the combat sights, but it's not a huge deal.

There is much too weight given to the grip angle issue.

Agreed. Sight hold adjustment takes a few more rounds than grip angle.

[Sam]

This sounds sarcastic, but use the sights. If you shoot without them then you will shoot high.

[Iggy]

I know it's a common thing to blame the "grip angle". My only worry is that I will lose muscle memory from the guns I currently shoot the most. Or is nominal?

I ask because I took a pistol class and I shot my buddies Glock 21 though a stage and I missed targets because I shot high and left/center. When I switched back everything was fine.

[Iggy]

Right, and that's part of my question. Is it the hump or just training? I don't mind fixing bad habits, I just don't want to create new one.

[deadhawg]

Maybe I'm weird, but I have no problem at all switching between my 1911, Glock 30 and my Ruger SP101, I shoot them all about the same. Of course, that is at 7-10 yards. Longer distances I do less well with the SP101, but still about the same with the Glock and 1911. Maybe it's just that I almost always take and shoot all three most times I go to the range.

[cmace22]

With the proper grip the angle shouldnt matter. My grip is the same no matter what gun I pick up, the sights point where my thumbs point. The only adjustment I ever have to make is for bore height.

[gwanghoops]

I regularly shoot my M&P45 and just shot a new Glock 17 Gen 4 yesterday. No problems switching over. After a box or two, I got used to the grip angle and sights, and was shooting the same groupings as my M&P45.

[Iggy]

I noticed the grip more when I had to do a fast draw and shoot on target. At the range when I take my time I can't tell the difference.

[MyGlock17]

you shoot high due to the hump? the hump is there so your wrist naturally move a bit downward for reduce recoil...

[Iggy]

Well that seems to be the problem. It appears that my wrist naturally doesn't move a bit downward so gun points a bit upward.

[Sam]

Cold Bore Customs can take that hump off for you.

[9mmepiphany]

and I missed targets because I shot high and left/center.

It doesn't make that big a difference. It sounds like you were actually looking over your sights

[2nd Shot]

As long as you're practiced with all of your options, you'll intuitively line the sights up to the target and won't notice the difference. If anything you'll have to remember if you need to hold the sights on top of or under the target, but that's also case for every other gun you pick up.

I'll commonly shoot quite a few semiautomatic pistols from .22LR to .50AE in one range session and will just pick one up and start hitting with it without much thought given except to careful aim. If you're proficient with the gun, your brain, eyes, and hands will know what to do when you pick it up.

FWIW, "grip angle" is mostly an imagined problem, by people unwilling to master the gun. How many complaints do you hear about the Ruger Mk_ series?