Are Glock grips really that fat?

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GunMaverick

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Or is it just people with small hands complaining and trying to hide their manliness by saying "oh it's just the grips are too fat". I'd say I have average size hands, and I might get a Glock, but I can't decide 21 vs 21 sf because of the grips. If anyone with personal experience with Glocks could give some input that would be great.

GunMaverick
 
Welcome to the forum!

I didn't like Glocks until the gen 4 models came out. They fit me pretty well and I have small to medium sized hands. I have become fond of their squared off grips now and shoot them accurately.
 
I have owned several Glocks over the years in various calibers. I really wanted to like the Glocks in 10MM but found the grip was simply too large for me. The newest generation with the interchangeable grip panels (none installed) solved that issue for me. I am rather happy with it.

Prior to that I did not have any complaints with various 9MM and .40s. I never tried a .45 Glock.
 
Early gen 1&2 Glocks have blocky feeling grips. (AWKWARD FEELING)
The wooden grips on my early Beretta 92s aren't any thinner, but they feel better . The contour is more ergonomic to me .
 
I really wanted a Glock 30 but the grip was just too big for my hands. I can handle the Glock 21 for some reason, it works, but the 30 is a no go.
 
When Glocks first came out the grips were smooth , no checkering or other gripping texture !! :eek: That was the first thing I noticed and commented on.
However you can checker or otherwise texture the platic . Even do some carving !!:p
 
While it might just a fraction of dimensional difference, the SF reduces an otherwise borderline "too large" of a grip for some to a more manageable width and trigger reach.

The difference on paper is minute but definitely noticeable
 
It's not so much that the grips are "fat." It's that they're misshapen.

For lots, not a few, but lots of shooters, the Glock finger bumpers hit in all the wrong places no matter the model. Some people will only own Glocks from Gen 1 or 2 for the 17 or 19 as a result.

The trigger guard where it meets the front strap, rubs a lot of people the wrong way, and finally, the "hump" on the back strap annoys some, but Gen 4 has mostly minimized that since it can now be modified without tools.

If there weren't legitimate issues about Glock grips there wouldn't be a whole cottage industry built around burning and sanding them. The demand is real.
 
JMHO-- Glock needs to take a hint. walther, springfield(mod 2) and H+K all have much better ,more comfortable grips than the block of glock(even gen 4)

and they are adjustable too. Glocks only get bigger.

the ONLY reasons I own glocks are price and reliability--certainly NOT comfort when using
 
You bring up a good question. I have fairly large hands and the Glock grips seem big to me, especially the Glock 20. That said, I really don't know if they're any bigger than any other gun.
 
Go to a range that rents guns....and try them first...

Its not just the size ( width )....its the grip angle, etc.../ ...but if you can reach all the controls ( mag release primarily ) without shifting your grip, it should be fine. I'm not a glock fan ( I hate the grip angle and the triggers - how they break and reset )...but they do run pretty well.

But rent some of their competitors guns too.... HK, Sig, S&W, etc....make notes - and compare before you buy is smart.
 
I have small hands (I install short triggers in all my 1911s). I can manage the Glock 17/19 size okay but not the 20 or 21. I'm not, however, real fond of the shape of the Glock grip.

I just had ROBAR do grip reductions on my two Glock 19s, and it's a significant improvement for me.
 
I have a Glock 17. The grip is fine. If you want to know what a "fat" grip feels like, try the following:

S&W 2nd Gen 9mm 659
Taurus PT99
Desert Eagle XIX
Megastar

Basically, it's a tad thicker than a 1911 with slim panels or a Hi-Power.
 
The G20, G21's are too big for some people and the SF versions help. The actual dimensions and grip angle of the G17, G22 family of guns is actually darn near identical to an original 1911 with an arched mainspring housing.

If you don't like the arched mainspring housing on a 1911 and prefer flat then the G19, G23 family will probably work much better. These guns don't have the hump near the end of the grip.
 
Only ever played with one Glock a copper had left unattended on our range, long ago, when Glocks were brand new things and there was only one model. No idea which. Found it fit my short but wide hand ok but was kind of slippery.
Anyway, a 9mm M17 is 30.00mm/1.18" wide. A .45 ACP M21 is 32.5mm/1.27" wide. That 2.5mm or 90 thou isn't much, but you would feel it.
"...Desert Eagle XIX..." Yeah! Still laugh about that. My finger came to the side of the trigger. And the thing's frame had been reduced by Cylinder and Slide I think was.
"...arched mainspring housing on a 1911..." Has a purpose that's more than just feel. Pushes the pistol's muzzle up.
"...can't decide 21 vs 21 SF..." Same size anyway. If the thing doesn't feel right, pass on it.
 
the "standard" G17 size grip fits the medium sized hand. folks with small hands with say its too big and folks with large hands will say its usable but will prefer the larger G20 type grips.

grip sleeves allowed folks with large hands to find something more to their liking and the SF short/slim frame allowed folks with small hands to gain a little more something to their liking.

the Gen4 allows medium size hands to be happy and large hands to get something too without having to add non-Glock stuff to the gun.
 
The generatiom 3s and prior model 21 amd 20 have absolutely huge grips, and you wlnt notice it until you fire the weapon. I had a model 20 a few years ago, and have a medium/large sized hand. I think i where a size 8 glove, anyways because the recoil and thr fact that my hand could not properly grip and contain the grip, the weapon would torque in my hand and i could not achieve decent accuracy. I was not flinching. I tried about 400rds of 10mm and got my grouping to shrinl but it was still way too poor for my liking.
 
The smaller (9mm, .357, .40, .45 GAP) grips are really no fatter than anything else, thinner even, than some wood grips. As some have mentioned, the oddly placed finger grooves, palm swell, and general square shape make them FEEL fatter.

I hated Gen 3 Glock grips for years, until I picked up a Gen 4 Glock 21, love at first grip (I have medium to large hands). Now most of my collection is Glocks.

So for the 21, I would say get a Gen 4, or SF at least. The Gen 4 feels (to me) a smidge smaller than even the SF.
 
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