cstone;39473 wrote:Are you clapping your hands on the grip, with about equal palm contact on both sides of the grip, with both thumbs parallel and pointed forward?
With an unloaded pistol, work on gripping the pistol in a way that allows you to put the middle of the pad of your strong hand index figure on the trigger. You may not get the backstrap into the web of your thumb, but you will get part of your thumb around the backstrap. The counter pressure of your support hand should give you ample support to hold and steady the pistol.
Once you find the grip, you will need thousands of repetitions practicing the feel and developing the muscle memory to your grip and draw.
Are there any reputable pistol instructors in your area? IMO, having a few different instructors assist and observe you will be worth much more than what you pay for the instruction.
Be safe.
Let's see if I can be more specific as to my grip difficulties:
If I grasp the pistol so it fits the web of my hand properly, I can reach the trigger properly as well but the knuckles of my other fingers are at about 1:30 which is back just far enough to prevent me from curling my fingertips enough for a really secure grip. It feels like I could improve my grip if the grip itself was a little smaller.
With my support hand, I simply can't seem to get my palm to make any significant physical contact w/the side of the grip. This way I feel like my grip pressure is almost entirely on the front & back of the grip (could this mean that in reality I need a larger grip?).
Now, if I change my grip so the pistol's rotated a little counter-clockwise, it's not fitting the web of my hand as well but my fingers have a better grasp w/more pressure on the grip from the palm of my hand. There's also more available space on the left side of the grip for my support hand palm, but only the bottom of the support palm seems to make any significant contact w/the grip.
Does that make any sense?
I appreciate the training suggestion and it is something I've been trying to do. Unfortunately, in this part of Idaho the only place offering classes went under before I could attend their handgun classes (however, I did manage to take their carbine classes before that happened).
Tomac