tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6455819.post6510606500249268980..comments2023-10-25T06:17:13.178-04:00Comments on The Freeholder: The end is near--maybe?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6455819.post-41944816768260709722017-03-18T20:04:04.290-04:002017-03-18T20:04:04.290-04:00The G30 is definitely among the larger guns in the...The G30 is definitely among the larger guns in the sub-compact category. I compared it to the Springfield XD Mod 2 Sub-compact in .45 that I bought and it is substantially larger. I can do the measurements if anyone is curious. However, all the Gen 4 guns are built on Glock's smallest frame, which allows them to use those god-awful grip overlay things so that Glock Marketing can say they have adjustable grips, too. I have a G19 and G21, both Gen 4 guns, that I have no problem getting my finger in the right place. I have no clue why the G30 is different.<br /><br />Ayoob goes over the issue of failing to control recoil when a shooter modifies their grip as you've outlined. He calls it an "H grip". It sort of looks, very vaguely, like a letter "H" when you have a grip on the gun.<br /><br />The hand exercises I've been working on, mostly because my old friend carpel tunnel has been kicking up. Too much time on the keyboard years ago means I have to be very careful now. If I had known I'd live this long I'd have taken better care of myself. :-) I have one of those nifty adjustable spring grip gadgets, and another gadget to work on my wrists.<br /><br />Ayoob's claim is that trainers have been teaching the "center of the pad" trigger position due to the density of nerve endings there--it allows a competitive shooter to feel the reset of the trigger. His contention is that in self defense shooting it is unnecessary, and that the critical need is to make a smooth, straight back press of the trigger, which is best accomplished by using the distal joint (or the "power crease" as he calls it).<br /><br />I make no claims as to who is correct. All I can say is that moving from the pad to the distal joint fixed my groups, so I'm going to stick with it. I'll experiment with the rest, same as I do with anything that a trainer asks me to try.<br /><br />I just wish I had discarded some things sooner. Much sooner.The Freeholderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09989697995675652792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6455819.post-79041545314864647732017-03-17T18:54:17.826-04:002017-03-17T18:54:17.826-04:00I think that will work when the shooter's hand...I think that will work when the shooter's hand is large enough to accomplish it. <br /><br />It's common to see female revolver shooters "go deep" on the trigger, primarily because they don't have the hand strength to operate a DA trigger any other way. The problem occurs when more finger on the trigger forces them to rotate the gun in the hand to get more finger on the trigger because their hands aren't large enough to accomplish it any other way, aligning the grip frame backstrap with the base of the thumb rather than in the palm inside the thumb muscle. This misalignment prevents lining the recoil thrust line directly up with the wrist (and elbow, shoulder, etc.) to transmit recoil thrust to the mass of the upper body through the bones. Anything larger than a .22 is difficult to control well when it's rotated in the hand, causing accuracy to suffer and tires the shooter out faster. <br /><br />The two available solutions are: 1) shorten the distance between the trigger and grip frame backstrap to accommodate smaller hands, or; 2) increase hand strength sufficiently to allow pressing the trigger directly rearward using the approximate center of the first finger pad. (An additional complication, especially among new shooters, is not understanding, or being able to accomplish, pressing the trigger directly rearward with the index finger instead of squeezing with the entire hand, which is guaranteed to cause unwanted gun movement) <br /><br />#1 fails because the size of the gun is the size of the gun (although grip frame width - as with double stack magazines - plays a substantial role).<br /><br />#2 is more easily achieved with hand exercises, and stronger hands are a great benefit to good shooting above and beyond just trigger manipulation. (I've sent many students to Walmart to procure "Shooters' Hand Strength Enhancement Equipment", which Walmart sells in packages of 3 for about $1.50, cleverly disguised as a can of tennis balls; squeezed between the fingers, and not in the palm like squeezing a lemon, a couple weeks of 10 minutes a night will work wonders.)<br /><br />On a separate note, did, or is, Glock considering high speed video to analyze the ejection pattern of your previous gun? It's an odd enough problem that I'd be curious to know what caused it. Aliennoreply@blogger.com