Are Glocks more finicky than other pistols?

[lazarus]

This! I’m so used to the grip angle of the 1911 the Glock feels odd...plus models like the Glock 20 and 21 feel like a 2”x4” in the hand.

Tell me you have little hands without telling me you have little hands.

I am joking. I know my hands are a bit above average. A 20 and 21 feel just fine in my hands. The sf does feel just a little better. I am willing to admit that. I never handled one until I took a chance on a 21sf frame for a sweet deal and figured if a 17 and a 21 both felt great in my hands, a 21sf would also be great.

 

[calicojack]

This! I’m so used to the grip angle of the 1911 the Glock feels odd...plus models like the Glock 20 and 21 feel like a 2”x4” in the hand.

My Glock 21 is super reliable but yeah, the ergos are not the best. I think the 2x4 analogy has some truth to it.

 

[calicojack]

Tell me you have little hands without telling me you have little hands.

I am joking. I know my hands are a bit above average. A 20 and 21 feel just fine in my hands. The sf does feel just a little better. I am willing to admit that. I never handled one until I took a chance on a 21sf frame for a sweet deal and figured if a 17 and a 21 both felt great in my hands, a 21sf would also be great.

Big hands or not, can you honestly tell me that a Glock is the best handling handgun you have ever shot? A 1911A1 is better.

 

[lazarus]

Big hands or not, can you honestly tell me that a Glock is the best handling handgun you have ever shot? A 1911A1 is better.

Oh heck no. Cz75 is probably the best. A 1911 is fairly high up there (any with the longer beaver tail, I don’t ride high and never been bit, but it is still more comfortable in my hands).

But I’ve shot or handled many a pistol worse than a G20/21 in my hands.

 

[lazarus]

Big hands or not, can you honestly tell me that a Glock is the best handling handgun you have ever shot? A 1911A1 is better.

Oh heck no. Cz75 is probably the best. A 1911 is fairly high up there (any with the longer beaver tail, I don’t ride high and never been bit, but it is still more comfortable in my hands).

But I’ve shot or handled many a pistol worse than a G20/21 in my hands.

 

[TheOriginalMexicanBob]

Try a S&W Model 59 vs. a 39...the Model 39 is one of the most comfortable in the hand pistols ever. The Model 59...while having a larger capacity...is a crude block of wood by comparison.

Still...a 1911 platform pistol is best in my hands. As much as ergonomics it's due to familiarity from years of shooting them.

 

[Crosseye Dominant]

How can support hand ride high over the strong hand thumb when it should be under?
Typically the right thumb rides slide lock down preventing the slide from locking back on empty.

People who learned on revolvers often do this.

 

[Blaster229]

People who learned on revolvers often do this.

They should often not do that then.