Posted: 11/29/2016 12:47:55 AM EDT
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Last Thursday, I snatched up one of those $339 CZ P-09s like a hawk snatching up a tasty little field mouse. I also picked up a few hundred rounds of hardball, and a hundred rounds of 147 grain Sig V-Crown hollowpoints. Before I even got it home, I stopped by a local gun range to have some fun... er.... function-test the pistol. I had no failures of any kind. Shot a hundred rounds of hardball and forty rounds of the JHPs , and all fed, fired, and ejected with 100% reliability. I noticed, though, that I had a tendency to aim high. I had to make a concerted effort to bring the front sight post back down to where it belongs. I also noticed that my finger would creep forward on the trigger, lending to the tendency toward pulling it with the joint of my finger, rather than the pad. It should be noted that for the last couple years, the only pistol I've been shooting is a 4.25" Sig bobtailed 1911.
Back at home and cleaning the pistol, I started looking at the other two backstraps. Turns out, it came with the smallest one installed. Thinking that it might help with my trigger finger placement, I swapped the smallest backstrap out for the middle one. Back to the range the next day. I stopped off at a big box store on the way to pick up some more ammo, and ended up with 500 more rounds of hardball, and a 75-round pack of Hornady 115 gr XTP hollowpoints. I noticed that with the larger backstrap installed, my finger pad stayed on the trigger much more easily, which I expected. What was unexpected was that I had no more problems with the front sight post climbing. The difference between the two days was nothing short of amazing. It was much easier to keep the front post and rear notch lined up. So, arfcom pistoleros, explain the mechanics to me. What is it about changing the grip depth that makes such a difference when shooting? |
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It fits your hand better. (Being the reason for the concept of little plastic thingees added to a grip frame. Individualization. As opposed to a Glock Gen 1-2-3.)
And doesn't squirm around so much when firing. And promotes the finger position of your choice without so much "thinking." And you got more used to it for the second session. |
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Think about it - if you change the angle of how the backstrap fits against your hand, you then change the tilt of the entire grip and that in turn changes the angle of the barrel, slide, and sights. The grip to slide angle can't change, what you do change is the tilt in your grip. The larger backstrap raises the muzzle. Try the third one and you may find yourself shooting too high. Try it.
Biggest issue some people have with Glocks vs 1911's. Grip angle. It's one of the things that S&W changed early on with their auto pistols back in 1954, they altered the grip angle and made it more vertical like the 1911. Gun companies try to get the best compromise into the design. Over the years its moved back and forth. |
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Think about it - if you change the angle of how the backstrap fits against your hand, you then change the tilt of the entire grip and that in turn changes the angle of the barrel, slide, and sights. The grip to slide angle can't change, what you do change is the tilt in your grip. The larger backstrap raises the muzzle. Try the third one and you may find yourself shooting too high. Try it. Biggest issue some people have with Glocks vs 1911's. Grip angle. It's one of the things that S&W changed early on with their auto pistols back in 1954, they altered the grip angle and made it more vertical like the 1911. Gun companies try to get the best compromise into the design. Over the years its moved back and forth. That's what I was thinking, except for... putting a larger backstrap on it actually worked to LOWER the muzzle. That's why I was wondering if there was something in the mechanics of how the human hand works that I don't see. |