Monday, January 16, 2012

Pistol Grips for Natural Targeting

Pistol grips are the only part of any handgun that can be customized and made into very personal attachments. Just changing the design and the color of the pistol grip allows you to give any pistol a very personal look that is unique. While looks and color can be of importance, any such customization of the pistol grips, the enforcer  also has to pay very serious attention to the way it can promote the way you are able to handle the weapon and operate it.    

Pistol grips must allow a gun to point at any target naturally. It must also allow the person operating the weapon to waste very little time in aligning the sights. Delays here, especially in law and order situations can make a difference between life and death. The pistol grip should allow the gun to remain in the same position after a shot is fired, without requiring any conscious effort on the part of the user. It should be able to use the straight thumbs method of holding the pistol, which is now considered the best way of holding a gun. In this method, the supporting hand below the trigger guard has the thumb pointing to the front. The thumb of the shooting hand, which normal operates the safety mechanism is also rested on this thumb, also aligned to point forward. When the pistol grip is held in the hand between the palm and the fingers, the forefinger is in a position to pull the trigger, whereas the thumb is clear to release the safety catch, without having to move the palm or other fingers. These pistol grips allow the pistol to be gripped so that the pistol is held in a forward position that allows the pistols to be also held properly oriented in the vertical axis.

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