Quote Originally Posted by TonyL View Post
Love my 40! I find it really easy to shoot accurately.

Love my 45 for its looks, heft, character and feel.

Would love a 75, too, one day.
So Tone, you'd want the HW75 to shoot as good as (or better than) a HW40, and look / feel / handle as good as (or better than) a HW45...?

It is Tone! It absolutely flippin is! The 'dummy hammer' from the 45 is a real hammer on the 75 - and the 'match trigger' is a match trigger ... Plus, the semi-target grip ain't bad either

Quote Originally Posted by peteswright View Post
Yeah,seen that vid, but honestly it wouldn't be any advantage to me personally. I've seen rubber cycle inner tube of correct size slipped over gun grips to mold to the form and give a different feel. What I would prefer is a flat front strap on all pistols. Not keen on these finger grove front straps. Universal flat front straps give me the feel I like. In fact, I've been thinking of filling in all my grooved grips to get them flat. Any ideas for this on polymer/plastic grips? ATB. Pete. PS. Just thought. Brian Zinns (google) does a piece on grip, and mentions this butt slipping thing.
I'm with you on that Pete... I can't stand finger grooves on any pistol (or rifle) grip...

As I'm sure you know, but others may not - grip pressure should come from just the 3rd finger (the one next to the pinky)... and I completely agree that a wide flat front-strap area is preferable (as-seen on a match pistol grip)... however, too wide (without a chamfer), and you could introduce fingertip pressure (which is bad, as can cause technical errors)...

I suppose we could go around in a circle with modding grips, as a match pistol has a match grip, a combat (shape) pistol has a combat grip (obviously designed for reasons other than precission one-handed shooting).

Re the HW40 with it's combat grip formed as part of the frame - I can't find the Zinns article, but I think stippling would help. Or, how about your inner tube idea with a shaped piece of wood or delrin etc shoved up the front, with the rubber bit of tube holding it all together?... Probably wouldn't feel secure unless it was glued though... Or, a match type grip that fits over the existing grip... although the wood (or whatever) would probably need to be mighty thin in places (unless you have giant hands), and I guess would still need to be glued or screwed on... but you're probably asking the wrong person, cos I can be a bit 'Dr Frankenstien' with the woodworking tools...

Tell ya what - I'd like to try a 'tuned/fettled' HW45 with a match-type grip

ATB - Phil