Been getting into IPSC at the range lately and going through the long process of acquiring a pistol license and then a pistol 6 months after that (as per the laws in Australia).
At the moment I have tried a CZ 75 SP01 and a Glock 17A (other members guns who have been kind enough to let me use for the comps). Here are the issues:
I have short fingers and a wide palm which makes reaching the controls on the CZ difficult (and requires adjusting my hand grip to even reach the slide release lever on the CZ). For the times I have used the Glock, I simply pull the slide to ready the weapon before firing.
As Pistols are very very hard to get here, no one has them in gun stores, so I cannot try out various pistols that may fit me better and the 120mm Barrel Length minimum wipes out all compact and subcompact pistols from my options. So I am stuck with trying to find a pistol that will fit better for my shorter finger reach..
My question is this, are there any other full size with a barrel length in excess of 120mm, that would fit my hand better? As I mentioned above, the CZ is just a bit too much of a reach, the Glock 17A (Australian version with extended barrel) almost fits me and I am wondering if the Beretta 92Fs or something else full size would fit me better with its controls further back on the slide.
Another member has a Taurus PT99 which from what I can tell has very similar dimensions to the Beretta so I might try that for a fit also.
Any suggestions at all? This is purely a range gun (only place we can use it), so accuracy is a requirement, weight is not as much of a concern as I am not going to be carrying it except for comps and no need for concealment.
At the moment I have tried a CZ 75 SP01 and a Glock 17A (other members guns who have been kind enough to let me use for the comps). Here are the issues:
I have short fingers and a wide palm which makes reaching the controls on the CZ difficult (and requires adjusting my hand grip to even reach the slide release lever on the CZ). For the times I have used the Glock, I simply pull the slide to ready the weapon before firing.
As Pistols are very very hard to get here, no one has them in gun stores, so I cannot try out various pistols that may fit me better and the 120mm Barrel Length minimum wipes out all compact and subcompact pistols from my options. So I am stuck with trying to find a pistol that will fit better for my shorter finger reach..
My question is this, are there any other full size with a barrel length in excess of 120mm, that would fit my hand better? As I mentioned above, the CZ is just a bit too much of a reach, the Glock 17A (Australian version with extended barrel) almost fits me and I am wondering if the Beretta 92Fs or something else full size would fit me better with its controls further back on the slide.
Another member has a Taurus PT99 which from what I can tell has very similar dimensions to the Beretta so I might try that for a fit also.
Any suggestions at all? This is purely a range gun (only place we can use it), so accuracy is a requirement, weight is not as much of a concern as I am not going to be carrying it except for comps and no need for concealment.