1911’s in general, 9mm versions specifically

[Billogna]

@Formidilosus I sincerely appreciate the time you take to break down your processes for those of us wanting to learn. I'm sure you have a literal mountain of other things to do! It's truly selfless and only serves to bring others up to a higher level! Thank you!!

 

[CaptArab]

Trigger finger is out if the trigger guard and indexed up to the limit of its travel on the slide. Never put the finger into the trigger guard until actually pressing the trigger. It is the last step in the process.

In that video you see a draw and one engagement of a single target.

Last shot, full recoil-
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Finished firing, starting to break sight line-
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By this point I have broken the grip and already my right thumb is under the safety to apply it-
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Starting to flip it back on safe-
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At this point is is back on safe and my thumb is on top of it-
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The beauty of a proper thumb safety is that none of what I am saying makes it slower to shoot. All of what I am saying gives a larger margin for error on negligent discharges.

I appreciate the thorough response.

I can easily get my finger in and out of a Glock trigger guard while maintaining a solid grip, but the 1911 and stacattto C is much more difficult so the temptation is to get in there while pushing out.

I might have my knuckles pointed too far forward. I probably just need to work with an in person instructor.

 

[CaptArab]

Just playing with this a bit here in the office, rotating the wrist out a bit like I'm about to palm strike somebody gets the pistol a good bit higher and totally alleviates the issue I was having moving around the trigger guard. I'm going to experiment more with this.

 

[Formidilosus]

I appreciate the thorough response.

I can easily get my finger in and out of a Glock trigger guard while maintaining a solid grip, but the 1911 and stacattto C is much more difficult so the temptation is to get in there while pushing out.

I might have my knuckles pointed too far forward. I probably just need to work with an in person instructor.

This is a good basic primer on grip-

 

[Formidilosus]

@Formidilosus I sincerely appreciate the time you take to break down your processes for those of us wanting to learn. I'm sure you have a literal mountain of other things to do! It's truly selfless and only serves to bring others up to a higher level! Thank you!!

You are welcome.

 

[CaptArab]

Yeah form I'm a recovering reddit gundeals shit buying dork who only shot 200 rounds a year - I really appreciate you pushing us all to become legit shooters, and better men.

I'll make it to a shoot2hunt class one day - it's on the life goals list.

That grip issue "95 percent hold it incorrectly" at 38 seconds is me exactly.

Playing with this a bit more, I can see why you tout 1911 egg shaped grip as all superior - after rotating to a 90 degree trigger finger web grip, all I feel is corners and iggy on Glocks and even my c24. 1911 is Goldilocks