Glock Handling (grip)

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First off, love this forum!

Just a general question for you Glock owners. Which gripping style do you prefer?

this way..

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or this way..

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Second pic, thumbs forward.

Although my left palm/thumb are pressed against the gun, with my right thumb on top of my left.
 
I've tried both and I don't see a difference really. My hands feel more comfortable with my thumbs back towards each other. It's hard to quantify but it just seems more secure to me. However enough people have told me to put my thumbs forward that I'm going to try it occasionally every time I shoot. I'm still a novice. To me thumbs forward feels like it's loosening my grip which is probably already loose.

I have a niece who is self taught and quite good. Her way is a little different than either as she tucks her thumbs like in the first picture but brings her left index finger forward to help support under the trigger guard. I'm not sure why she does that other than perhaps because she started shooting so young that she needed the extra support. Any thoughts on that?
 
First pic. That's how I have been shooting revolvers and semis for 35+ years. I have tried to learn the thumbs forward method and when I am thinking about it and remember to do it, I can shoot OK that way, but my instinct is to use the first method.
 
Thanks everyone! I used to do it the way of the first pic. Then i started thumbs forward like in the 2nd pic. I'm a little more accurate doing it the thumbs forward way. But sometimes my muscle memory goes back to the first way i learned it in the first pic. Smh lol, such is the life huh?
 
I shoot thumbs forward with both autos and revolvers. Just got back from the range as I type, and after 200 rounds of .357, I still have my thumb, and its intact. :)

Once you get used to the thumbs forward grip, you see its advantages. Takes a little getting used to initially, but once you become accustomed to it, it feels natural, and the control is better.
 
Crossed thumbs is old school, but now more appropriate for revolvers. Thumbs forward is supposed to give you more accuracy.

Mkiker, if you think your grip is already loose, than perhaps you need to have an experienced shooter evaluate your grip. Or perhaps you're shooting a caliber with too much recoil for you.
 
Try them both and see what works best for you. The thumbs forward grip works best for me but your mileage may vary.

Moving to Semi-autos.
 
I posted not long ago that I tried both and settled on a grip style with overlapping thumbs similar to the first picture. But I have kept messing with the thumbs-forward grip and now that I am getting a better feel for it I think I am doing better with it. My best advice is to experiment enough to give both a fair try, then be content with your decision.

"Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself." --Walt Whitman, and a much lesser-know fellow who sometimes goes by TailGator.
 
The higher you can "choke up" on the gun, the better you are going to be able to manage recoil, it's simple physics. Thumbs forward with the support hand up high on the frame is the best way to accomplish this.
 
Personally I would never use #2. It reduces the shooters ability to control recoil and muzzle flip.
I use a modified #1 with the index finger of the left hand on the front of the trigger guard.
I know, many professional trainers say that the index on the trigger guard is “bad” but it works for me.
On one of the training videos of Jerry Miculek, he said that you want as tight of a hand hold you can get on a gun to reduce the time to get the gun back on target. But not enough to induce muscle twitch from over pressure.
I started shooting his way several years ago and it vastly improved my rapid shooting skills.
 
Personally I would never use #2. It reduces the shooters ability to control recoil and muzzle flip.
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Ive found just the opposite to be true, and have much better control over both using the thumbs forward grip/isosceles stance.

....you want as tight of a hand hold you can get on a gun to reduce the time to get the gun back on target.
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The thumbs forward grip puts "meat", on the whole grip, with no gaps or spaces in your grip. The #1 grip does not give this, as there is a gap under the left hand due to the right thumb not allowing the left palm full access to the grip. With a thumbs forward grip, the gun is locked in your hands, with very little movement.

I used to use the grip in the first pic, mostly back when I was still using primarily a Weaver stance, and still use a form of it when shooting one handed (thumb wrapped down and tight).

Im always open to trying new things, if it looks like it might have some benefits. Once I gave it a good try, and understood how the thumbs forward grip worked, and how well it worked, and got over the initial odd feel of it, I quickly came to like it. I find I recover from recoil, and come back onto the target much quicker, and with more "natural point of aim" using this method, than any of the others Ive used previously.

Is it perfect, not at all. Standing still, pivoting at the waist, it works great. Moving, well, sort of, depending on how your moving and where your shooting while youre going. For me, I can use it to shoot from straight ahead, to about 45* to the right, but shooting to the left, I tend to move into a modified Weaver or even more so, go to one hand.
 
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