The question: Do very thin grips work against a good 2 hand hold?
It seems like there is a trend towards thinner grips in handguns lately. If not a trend - then that part of the market is being thoroughly explored.
It also seems like what I have learned about a particular style of 2 handed grip (more suited towards Weaver) would work against a consistent grip.
Here's what I mean.
The grip: is the modern 2 thumbs forward grip. Right hand high up on the grip, bore line directed back into the bones of the forearm. Left hand base of the thumb fills in the gap on the left side of the grip, thumb points forward.
Forwards and backwards pressure is supplied by the right hand and possibly some push-pull with the arms themselves. Left-to-Right sqeezing is done with the left hand.
The problem: On guns with slim grips that do not fill the hand, there is a gap between all the fingers and the right side of the stock/grip frame. Not just the index finger. I was taught to deliberately leave a gap between the index finger and the frame so that the frame is not pushed left when the trigger is pulled. But if all the fingers also have that gap, what does squeezing the support hand accomplish?
The pistol is pushed to the right into the gap (or the fingers of the shooting hand are pulled to the left) and the gap disappears but by the end of that shift your grip has changed and now the gun is no longer pointing in the same direction it was before the support hand squeezed.
That is - unless you don't apply much left-to-right squeezing by your off hand. Or unless you resist all sideways squeezing done by your support hand by extending or uncurling the fingers of the shooting hand to resist. But what would that accomplish towards gripping the gun?
Have you noticed a change in your technique to accommodate thin pistols?
It seems like there is a trend towards thinner grips in handguns lately. If not a trend - then that part of the market is being thoroughly explored.
It also seems like what I have learned about a particular style of 2 handed grip (more suited towards Weaver) would work against a consistent grip.
Here's what I mean.
The grip: is the modern 2 thumbs forward grip. Right hand high up on the grip, bore line directed back into the bones of the forearm. Left hand base of the thumb fills in the gap on the left side of the grip, thumb points forward.
Forwards and backwards pressure is supplied by the right hand and possibly some push-pull with the arms themselves. Left-to-Right sqeezing is done with the left hand.
The problem: On guns with slim grips that do not fill the hand, there is a gap between all the fingers and the right side of the stock/grip frame. Not just the index finger. I was taught to deliberately leave a gap between the index finger and the frame so that the frame is not pushed left when the trigger is pulled. But if all the fingers also have that gap, what does squeezing the support hand accomplish?
The pistol is pushed to the right into the gap (or the fingers of the shooting hand are pulled to the left) and the gap disappears but by the end of that shift your grip has changed and now the gun is no longer pointing in the same direction it was before the support hand squeezed.
That is - unless you don't apply much left-to-right squeezing by your off hand. Or unless you resist all sideways squeezing done by your support hand by extending or uncurling the fingers of the shooting hand to resist. But what would that accomplish towards gripping the gun?
Have you noticed a change in your technique to accommodate thin pistols?