Glock G45

Nagorg · Dec 10, 2018

Anyone have one of these? I picked one up on a complete impulse buy. It's my first Glock. Not sure if I like it even though I want to like it. Maybe it will grow on me over time.
Guess I need to shoot it more to build a callus on my trigger finger... Never had a trigger cause discomfort before. Apparently this is common with Glock triggers due to the safety lever sticking up and causing a sharp ridge that rubs your finger.
Tips on what to do about that would be appreciated... (aside from wearing a glove or wrapping a band-aid around my finger.. lol)

vmax · Dec 10, 2018

I own 7 Glocks
I've never got a sore finger or had a callus on my trigger finger and I shoot all of the time.
Nice gun , I have the G19X and would like a 45 someday

Nagorg · Dec 11, 2018

It does seem pretty balanced and it chewed through 200 rounds without a hitch. I probably just need more range time with it.
It does have me thinking about putting a different trigger in it though. I'll probably give it a while longer.

vmax · Dec 11, 2018

Get a Ghost Edge connector for it.
Should be less than $20, it will lighten the pull.

grasshopperglock · Dec 11, 2018

You're probably wiping your finger over the trigger. Concentrate on putting the first crease of your finger on the edge of the trigger.

Thats where'll stay on the movement back. Keep your finger in place and solid on the trigger. Pull straight back.

When you get good at keeping the finger planted. You can try using the center pad of the finger.

Lots of dry fire practice.

Dawico · Dec 11, 2018

grasshopperglock said:
You're probably wiping your finger over the trigger. Concentrate on putting the first crease of your finger on the edge of the trigger.

Thats where'll stay on the movement back. Keep your finger in place and solid on the trigger. Pull straight back.

When you get good at keeping the finger planted. You can try using the center pad of the finger.

Lots of dry fire practice.

First crease on the edge of the trigger? No.

Generally you go for the pad of your finger about inline with one third to one half of your finger nail.

Dawico · Dec 11, 2018

Nagorg said:
Anyone have one of these? I picked one up on a complete impulse buy. It's my first Glock. Not sure if I like it even though I want to like it. Maybe it will grow on me over time.
Guess I need to shoot it more to build a callus on my trigger finger... Never had a trigger cause discomfort before. Apparently this is common with Glock triggers due to the safety lever sticking up and causing a sharp ridge that rubs your finger.
Tips on what to do about that would be appreciated... (aside from wearing a glove or wrapping a band-aid around my finger.. lol)

Is there a burr or sharp edge on the trigger that you can sand a little bit?

I have shot many Glocks and never had that issue.

grasshopperglock · Dec 11, 2018

Dawico said:
First crease on the edge of the trigger? No.

Generally you go for the pad of your finger about inline with one third to one half of your finger nail.

Not with a Glock. It was never meant as a target shooter. Slide the first finger up to the crease. The crease being a stop and a marking point for the anchor. Pull straight back.

Glock changed a few older rules.

It's ok use the finger guard hook. Left hand pointer finger wraps the hook. The pistol fits lower in the left hand with using the extra control of anchoring the trigger guard. The right hand gets a better wrap. There's a reason they made it that way.

If we were talking a 1911. Sure, practice with the finger pad.

In a high stress encounter. You're not going to care where your finger is. The main concern is getting a bullet out the barrel with enough accuracy to stay alive. Glock incorporates features to ensure that happens. Grip angle, the notorious trigger, squared off trigger guard with a finger perch.

Kar98 · Dec 11, 2018

grasshopperglock said:
Glock changed a few older rules.

It's ok use the finger guard hook.

No. It's not. Fight me.

grasshopperglock · Dec 11, 2018

Kar98 said:
No. It's not. Fight me.

Nope. Because the next time at the range. You'll remember this thread. Thinking back to what I typed and you'll experiment with the hand and finger position.

I won't be there but you'll wish I was. To either cuss the hand positions or say you love it.

Kar98 · Dec 11, 2018

I don't have any Glocks, but my wife shoots hers like a champ with the PROPER finger position I taught her.

Dawico · Dec 11, 2018

grasshopperglock said:
Not with a Glock. It was never meant as a target shooter. Slide the first finger up to the crease. The crease being a stop and a marking point for the anchor. Pull straight back.

Glock changed a few older rules.

It's ok use the finger guard hook. Left hand pointer finger wraps the hook. The pistol fits lower in the left hand with using the extra control of anchoring the trigger guard. The right hand gets a better wrap. There's a reason they made it that way.

If we were talking a 1911. Sure, practice with the finger pad.

In a high stress encounter. You're not going to care where your finger is. The main concern is getting a bullet out the barrel with enough accuracy to stay alive. Glock incorporates features to ensure that happens. Grip angle, the notorious trigger, squared off trigger guard with a finger perch.

This is why so many (right handed) shooters shoot polymer pistols low and to the left. Too much finger on the trigger pushing the gun to the left and pulling it down.

Plus how can you use the finger hook guard with your off hand when your trigger finger sticks out so far? Your fingers hit each other.

Glock didn't change any older rules. They actually punish you more for not shooting properly.

grasshopperglock · Dec 11, 2018

Glocks shoot high because of the grip angle. Something else they're notorious for. Pressure to the left or right is from having a death grip on the pistol. The 'aim' is fighting over stiff muscles.

Only practice will help a balanced control of the grip.

grasshopperglock · Dec 11, 2018

What's messed up. I was trained using the modified weaver stance.

It's core programmed training. So more then likely, during tunnel vision. Ill resort back to the beginning.

Train as you fight they say. Until the next shooting position is invented....

vmax · Dec 11, 2018

I guess I'm just the oddball here. I just picked up a Glock years ago and could shoot it without over-thinking the process.

Orbie · Dec 11, 2018

Fight Fight Fight Fight!

Nagorg · Dec 11, 2018

vmax said:
I guess I'm just the oddball here. I just picked up a Glock years ago and could shoot it without over-thinking the process.

I wouldn't say you were an oddball... I picked mine up and shot it without over-thinkng it. Then, somewhere around ~100 rounds or so, I noticed my finger getting sore.. lol

Anyway, good info in the responses. That finger position tip seems un-natural to me but I may try it just to see what I think about it. But I do think it wouldnt be what I did by default... That Ghost connector bar sounds like an inexpensive thing to check out too.

BuzzinSATX · Dec 11, 2018

Dawico said:
First crease on the edge of the trigger? No.

Generally you go for the pad of your finger about inline with one third to one half of your finger nail.

Nope. Not with a Glock.

Dawico · Dec 11, 2018

BuzzinSATX said:
Nope. Not with a Glock.

So that one video proves me wrong?

I found ten proving me right.

Guess it all depends which "expert" you want to believe, or at least agrees with what you think is the right placement.

Everybody has their own opinion on what works best and one way may not work the best for everybody.

To each their own. I know using less finger made all the difference in my handgun shooting.

BuzzinSATX · Dec 12, 2018

Dawico said:
So that one video proves me wrong?

I found ten proving me right.

Guess it all depends which "expert" you want to believe, or at least agrees with what you think is the right placement.

Everybody has their own opinion on what works best and one way may not work the best for everybody.

To each their own. I know using less finger made all the difference in my handgun shooting.

I have no idea who made the ten videos you are talking about, but the guy in that video I posted, Pat McNamara, is one of the best defensive firearms (pistol/rifles) instructors in the US. He trains hundreds, maybe thousands of folks every year in full classes across the country. He knows what he's talking about.

Also, on a couple of the Gunsite classes I attended, as at least a third of every class I attended were Glock shooters, the instructors there said the same thing numerous times...get more finger on the trigger.

And in my sample of me, a guy with medium sized hands, who's put well over 30,000 rounds through a number of Glock's over the years, I know that when I don't get enough finger on the trigger, I shoot to the left.

Kyle Lamb, another very popular instructor and real world shooter, has this to say on trigger finger placement:

So while I am all for "to each their own" and choices, the prevailing instruction from folks who I consider quality instructors, is consistent..."when shooting Glock's, get more finger on the trigger".

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