Posted: 8/18/2013 6:30:47 PM EDT
| Seen several customized Glocks where the front of the trigger guard has been rounded/sanded down. Why is this done? What is the (perceived?) advantage? |
| New shooters look at the squared off and slightly checkered trigger guard and think its for extra grip. I even see some people put their support hand index finger on the front of the trigger guard while shooting. That's generally bad for accuracy, it makes you string shots side to side. Rounding it off will take that visual cue away from new shooters. Baah, who am I kidding? I've done it on one of mine because I thought it looked better. |
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Quoted: Be aware if you do it, your holsters may not fit well after.  |
For the most part the rounded trigger guard is rounded because if personal preference. For me, they aid in re-holstering in rigid kydex style holsters, specifically duty holsters. The trigger guard hook would sometimes hang up when re-holstering. Rounded trigger guard, issue resolved. For other folks they have it done because it looks better to them. The hooked trigger guard has no advantage to me in a barricade situation either. I have always used a support hand which is what I place on the barricade, not the pistol. I have rested the pistol against a support/barricade in one handed drills. I have done this with my duty pistols, rounded triggar guards, and factory Glocks, and the hooked trigger guard didn't make any difference with me. But then again I learned how to shoot with 1911's and Browning HPs, so rounded trigger guards have never been a hinderance for me.  YMMV
I'll take mine rounded all day. 
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Quoted: New shooters look at the squared off and slightly checkered trigger guard and think its for extra grip. I even see some people put their support hand index finger on the front of the trigger guard while shooting. That's generally bad for accuracy, it makes you string shots side to side. Rounding it off will take that visual cue away from new shooters. Baah, who am I kidding? I've done it on one of mine because I thought it looked better. thats what its there for. when Glocks were designed in the 80's, wrapping the support hand index finger around the front of the trigger guard was still commonly done. pretty much all handguns that came out in that time frame had checkering on the trigger guard for that reason |
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What's the (perceived?) advantage of the eurohook? Quoted:
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Seen several customized Glocks where the front of the trigger guard has been rounded/sanded down. Why is this done? What is the (perceived?) advantage? What's the (perceived?) advantage of the eurohook? Uh, that "eurohook" was due to American gunsmiths squaring off the trigger guard on custom 1911's and Hi Powers back in the 1970's...........Glock just copied it into his design. |
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For the most part the rounded trigger guard is rounded because if personal preference. For me, they aid in re-holstering in rigid kydex style holsters, specifically duty holsters. The trigger guard hook would sometimes hang up when re-holstering. Rounded trigger guard, issue resolved. For other folks they have it done because it looks better to them. The hooked trigger guard has no advantage to me in a barricade situation either. I have always used a support hand which is what I place on the barricade, not the pistol. I have rested the pistol against a support/barricade in one handed drills. I have done this with my duty pistols, rounded triggar guards, and factory Glocks, and the hooked trigger guard didn't make any difference with me. But then again I learned how to shoot with 1911's and Browning HPs, so rounded trigger guards have never been a hinderance for me. YMMV
I'll take mine rounded all day. http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff295/Texaspoff/DSC_0307-1_zpsd0cb1be9.jpg TXPO TXPO - Your work just keeps getting better and better!. I love how you extended the back of the grip frame down flush with the mag base 
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