peacefulgary
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The Walther may have felt best, but are you saying that all the other 15-20 handguns were actually uncomfortable?I'd have to disagree. When I went bought my first handgun, I had no idea what I wanted or what I was looking for. I went to a nearby store and just started asking the clerk if I could hold certain ones. I held probably 15-20 different handguns and the one that seemed to fit in my palm and felt the most comfortable was the Walther.To be honest, most pistols today will feel good in most folks hands.
Most gun makers know how to make a grip that will be comfortable for the vast majority of people.
Sure it might not fit everyone's hands, but it will fit most folk's hands.
No, if you have a gun that feels great in your hand but you just don't shoot it very well (and there are plenty of reasons one might not shoot a gun well regardless of the "feel"), and you have a gun that doesn't feel as good as the other gun but you're very accurate with it, which would you rather carry and shoot?I would have to disagree with his also. If a pistol does not feel comfortable, is it going to feel comfortable when you shoot it....probably not. If it doesn't feel comfortable when you shoot it, how willing are you going to be to practice...not very often.Don't focus so much on the feel of the pistol...instead go with the pistol that you are most accurate with regardless of "feel".
The S&W M&P9 I once owned felt better in my grip than my Glock 17, but I was much more accurate with the Glock.
So I traded away the M&P.
I agree.You want something that you WANT to shoot...not something that is so uncomfortable that you don't want to shoot it.
However, we're talking about how a gun feels in your hand.
And I've never held any handgun that just felt so uncomfortable that I didn't want to shoot it.
I have shot light-weight .357 magnums that were uncomfortable....but that was not because of the grip or how it felt in my hand....it was because of the brutal recoil.