For all the people that hate Glock's grip angle, Do you ...

[NYRangerfan2]

<--- just trying to get used to the thumbs forward grip ....

[fullspeed1]

For me it was just the indescribable hideousness of the Glock that I couldn't overcome. I mean, it's like dancing with an ugly girl - sure, maybe she's got good moves on the dance floor, but damn, she sure IS ugly!!!

Seriously though, for me it isn't so much the angle - perhaps the pistol I've put more rounds downrange with was a standard Ruger Mark II, whose grip angle is even more rakish than the Glock - it's the thickness and squarishness of the grip. I can get used to it, but compared to other guns I've tried whose grips just melt in my hands and feel like they were custom-made for me, a Glock's grip is about as ergonomic as a desktop stapler.

Are you shooting it or trying to have sex with it?!!

[Gryff]

<--- just trying to get used to the thumbs forward grip ....

Takes a while, but worth it once it becomes instinctive. If you do it right, you are driving your thumbs towards your intended target, and makes index shooting much more accurate.

[xmattedgex]

Funny thing is I can shoot my XD all day, and then pick up my Glock and shoot it without even noticing a difference or changing up my shooting style consciously.

I'm the same way, I don't change anything when I go from my XD to my Glock to a 1911. The one thing I do notice about the Glock grip and angle compared to some other handguns I've fired is the Glock grip helps drive your hand into the beaver tail. I feel like I have a more positive and efficient grip with a Glock than an XD. With my XD, no matter how much I try to really get up as high as I can into that beaver tail my grip backs off it a bit, with my Glock my hand stays high and tight in the beaver tail. If any of that makes sense.

[fullspeed1]

I'm the same way, I don't change anything when I go from my XD to my Glock to a 1911. The one thing I do notice about the Glock grip and angle compared to some other handguns I've fired is the Glock grip helps drive your hand into the beaver tail. I feel like I have a more positive and efficient grip with a Glock than an XD. With my XD, no matter how much I try to really get up as high as I can into that beaver tail my grip backs off it a bit, with my Glock my hand stays high and tight in the beaver tail. If any of that makes sense.

That seems like the nature of the design.

[xmattedgex]

That seems like the nature of the design.

One of the reasons I love it.

[taloft]

I would have been much happier with adjustable front straps to remove the finger grooves. They are my only complaint about the Glock. On the full size guns they fit me fine. But on the compact guns they are too close together for my fat fingers to be comfortable. The other perks of the gun outweigh this one con for me, however.

This is what drives me nuts. I can't stand the finger grooves. My fat fingers don't line up even on a 17. There were no grooves on the 1st gen. glocks and it sold a gazillon guns. Should have stuck with a winning formula. I shoot thumbs forward but, the grip angle is the least of my worries. I could get over that if they ditched the finger grooves.

[xmattedgex]

This is what drives me nuts. I can't stand the finger grooves. My fat fingers don't line up even on a 17. There were no grooves on the 1st gen. glocks and it sold a gazillon guns. Should have stuck with a winning formula. I shoot thumbs forward but, the grip angle is the least of my worries. I could get over that if they ditched the finger grooves.

Great thing about polymer is you can have them removed.

[ZX-10R]

Do you shoot with the thumbs forward grip?

I have always liked the glocks grip, but after switching to the thumbs forward grip, I like the Glock's grip even more. The way my left hand (support hand) locks up makes me feel like Glock was designed to accommodate the thumbs forward grip. It feels so natural on a glock.

For the people who hate the grip angle on glocks, what grip do you use?

The Grip I use is on an M&P 45.

[compulsivegunbuyer]

Thank you. A few people actually answered the question I asked. A lot of people commented that they didn't like the glock grip angle, but did not even bother to say what grip they used. My hypothesis seems wrong, I was assuming that a lot of people who didn't like the grip angle on glocks weren't shooting thumbs forward.

Do you work for Glock or something?

[daybreak]

I don't even own a glock.

[Lead Waster]

If you want to feel a comfy grip in a tack driver gun, try a CZ-75 SA with Hogue wrap-around rubber grips. If you fingers fit in the finger grooves, it's amazing.

[Iknownot]

When I was first starting out, the glock grip angle really bothered me. The thing never felt like it was pointing right. It didn't matter what grip I tried with it. I actually had to think about it when trying to aim. This was different than nearly any other gun I tried at the time. I did better or worse with one or the other, but none felt like they were not pointing right.

Since then, I've shot a lot more and I don't feel the glock grip angle matters much anymore. I can shoot glocks as well as anything else I have limited experience with.

That being said, for me at least, it's too little too late. I don't see any reason at this point to bother with a glock, when there are so many other handguns that feel right just from the start.

[daybreak]

If you want to feel a comfy grip in a tack driver gun, try a CZ-75 SA with Hogue wrap-around rubber grips. If you fingers fit in the finger grooves, it's amazing.

I might try out those hogue grips. I do like the stock rubber grips on the SP01 however. Talk about a gun that feels great in the hand.