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I'm a right handed shooter. The left side of the slide nicks me sometimes at the base of the thumb. More commonly with the compacts.
 
Posts: 5243 | Location: Iowa | Registered: February 24, 2011Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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This is why I use the Grip Force Adapters. Im a big guy with big hands. I can shoot a G21 and G41 with nothing on them, but the small frame Glocks....Grip Force Adapter all day.
 
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The Glock 17 is my EDC. I've been using/working with it for 10 years. I've dabbled in others but it is the one gun that does everything I need it to do.

Over the years I've tried different grip styles. I'm a traditional thumbs forward shooter. During my time of shooting this way I've gotten slide bite every time. I have large hands myself.

For the last year I've been experimenting with a new grip technique. It is still the same thumbs forward but with a slight change.

My stronghand thumb now rests just to the outside touching the second joint of my support hand.

This has done 3 things for me:

It has given me a stronger, more stable grip.

It has cured 95% of my slide bite.

It has cured my low left shooting.

I immidiately noticed a change in my sight picture when I switched to this grip. It used to be upon presentation that I would have to do a slight correction to the right when I presented the gun. Wrapping the thumb to the outside, there is no correction needed.

Long winded post. I'd say give it a try and see what it does for you.

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Originally posted by Twist18:
My Gen 3 Glock 17 gives me slide bite, can a beaver tail be added somehow? Changing my grip isn't really an option, as I have fairly large hands. Any other options?
 
Posts: 874 | Location: NE Pennsylvania | Registered: December 10, 2009Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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the only gun that's ever bit me was a milspec springfield 1911. I didn't notice I was getting hammer bite til a couple mags in, and I had a decent flap of skin hanging off the back web of my right hand and blood dripping down. Then I realized the benefit of beavertails. Big Grin

I've seen a couple times, new shooters using the thumb-over grip got a torn up thumb knuckle from the slides. that one always looked painful.



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I have meaty paws and never had an issue with Glock biting me. I had a BHP that gave me some nasty hammer bite, but never had an issue with any flavor of Glock




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