Getting your pistols to fit you?

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Glocks, I install night sights. Have a stippling tool but haven't changed any grips yet; future project. 1911s, installing an ambidextrous safety is a must due to being left handed. Will change GI sights to fixed combat sights. Might shape and polish the extractor. Might get nicer grips. Haven't used weaponlights, lasers or anything using batteries so far on the home defense stuff. Revolvers I don't do anything. .22 semi autos, I add a red dot sight and whittle on the grips if needed. What do you do?
 
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Glocks, I install night sights. Have a stippling tool but haven't changed any grips yet; future project. 1911s, installing an ambidextrous safety is a must due to being left handed. Will change GI sights to fixed combat sights. Might shape and polish the extractor. Might get nicer grips. Haven't used weaponlights, lasers or anything using batteries so far on the home defense stuff. Revolvers I don't do anything. .22 semi autos, I add a red dot sight and whittle on the grips if needed. What do you do?
I am an absolute believer that the best thing you can do for your guns is to put them in your hands and run rounds through them as often as possible. They work much better if you know how to use them, it is not about what modifications have been made, it is about how capable the shooter is at hitting the target in tactical situations.
 
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Night sights. First had them on a used G21 2nd gen a while ago. Shot that some in an indoor range and liked the idea. Got a sight pusher and installed them a G19 and G35 converted to a G17. G19 is my house gun and the converted glock is for the son. Also have a sight pusher for 1911. One has night sights. Don't personally want to be hammering on night sights to install or zero in. Don't know what the front of sight of the newer Glocks are made of now but plastic front sights will wear out going in and out of kydex holsters. Can either keep replacing, get a steel one or get night sights, hehe.
 
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I am an absolute believer that the best thing you can do for your guns is to put them in your hands and run rounds through them as often as possible. They work much better if you know how to use them, it is not about what modifications have been made, it is about how capable the shooter is at hitting the target in tactical situations.

Agree, a new one should get enough rounds through to make sure nothing falls off. And if it does find out about how well the company backs up its products. Shiny with bells/whistles doesn't make you safe. Knowing how to use it does.
 
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Yea! Fundamentals, we need to master the fundamentals.
The local gun club emphasizes Bullseye shooting as it is the fundamentals, we can go through a shooting season of IPSIC and other disciplines, but it all comes back to the fundamentals of sight alignment, sight picture, trigger control, etc,
 
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Yea! Fundamentals, we need to master the fundamentals.
The local gun club emphasizes Bullseye shooting as it is the fundamentals, we can go through a shooting season of IPSIC and other disciplines, but it all comes back to the fundamentals of sight alignment, sight picture, trigger control, etc,
Marksmanship is important but if the intent of having a gun is self protection then tactics is likely the most overlooked necessity. Standing and putting holes in paper is much easier than moving while firing, having situational awareness, and using available cover.
 
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Some would rather concentrate on skills and leave things as is. That's good.
That said, training one handed (Bullseye) will help to shoot well with the right and left hand. Might have an injured hand or need to hold on to a child. Just imho.

Just remembered. I buy aftermarket barrels for the glocks so I can shoot cast bullets and avoid controversy with the person shooting next to me at the range.
 
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When I was actively competing in USPSA, I had to constantly keep my equipment up and in pristine working order. So my 2011's and 1911's were always being poked and probed trying to shave tenths of seconds off my times.

Now I enjoy keeping my firearms clean and enjoy reloading a lot more. Like working up specific loads slowly vs rushing to find the perfect load for each firearm and then mass making them to shoot each week.
 
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I shoot a lot and modify very little. Change grips here and there. My GP100 was my biggest challenge; it came with the rubber combat grips, and it interfered with loading with speed loaders (158gr SWC .38 Special) even after reducing the top of the grip a bit. I got a factory original grip (with the rosewood inserts), it looks nice, and worked better for loading but it just did not fit me. Ultimate solution was the rubber grips went back on, and I switched from SWC to RNFP. Love the gun. I did install a Ruger High Vis Front with the red insert which is better than the original steel one. Perfect set up for me now.
 
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I shoot a lot and modify very little. Change grips here and there. My GP100 was my biggest challenge; it came with the rubber combat grips, and it interfered with loading with speed loaders (158gr SWC .38 Special) even after reducing the top of the grip a bit. I got a factory original grip (with the rosewood inserts), it looks nice, and worked better for loading but it just did not fit me. Ultimate solution was the rubber grips went back on, and I switched from SWC to RNFP. Love the gun. I did install a Ruger High Vis Front with the red insert which is better than the original steel one. Perfect set up for me now.

Interesting, what brand speedloader do you use? After experimenting with HKS, went with speed strips because, I'm slow anyway. Probably doesn't matter but I load 125 lead swc in 38 cases, way farther out so length is kind of like a .357. Feeds good in the one Rossi lever I have and in my mind, has less of a jump in .357 chambers.
 
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I carry a completely stock Glock 19 (I want to put night sights on it eventually). I carry it with the 15-rd mag and carry a 17-rd mag as backup. I just got a mag sleeve delivered today for the 17-rd mag. I haven't held a full-sized pistol since probably 2007. With that sleeve on the longer mag making for a full-sized grip, that makes one heck of a difference.
 
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