BBerguson
Official Pennsyltuckian
Where to start with this... Forgive me, this is long with a lot of parts.
I currently have been carrying a Glock 30 SF which is 45 automatic. I have never shot it as well as I would like and decided to do something different. My “different” is to shoot left handed. I am right handed but very left eye dominant and since I was 12 I have shot rifles, shotgun and bow left handed. With pistol I always shot right handed but with my left eye. It works from a bench, off my knees and I could make it work with most pistols off hand. The Glock 30 I could not shoot it satisfactorily at all off hand, especially getting it up on target quickly. Try it sometime with either hand and opposite eye. It takes longer to get the gun in position and then you have to line up the sights. Anyways, the Glock was much harder for me and I still didn’t shoot it well. In fact every pistol I shoot will hit high left for me so when I sight them in for me nobody else can hit anything with my guns. So I tried to shoot it left handed...
If you’ve every handled a Glock, notice how much the mag release protrudes and how sharp it is. Now grip it left handed and notice how it cuts into your middle finger. This is manageable in one of the 9mm Glocks but not in short framed 45auto. Talk about causing a flinch. It didn’t actually cut me but certainly felt that way. I think I got about 15 rounds through it and gave up. It’s just way too painful.
Before I go any farther let me say that I shot 4 or 5 of my other handguns left handed and felt it was very successful and I’m determined to always shoot pistol that way.
So, on to the new cc pistol... My son, just turned 18, ended up with 2 40S&W from a great uncle. One he likes, the other, a Springfield XD40 subcompact, he absolutely hates. And lucky me, I shot it (Left handed) and kind of fell in love with it. It will be my new carry gun and I’m selling the Glock 30 and giving the money to him so be can have a 1911 that he fell in love with. A true win win for us!
I’ve been siting on about 1,500 pieces of 40S&W brass that I was positive I was never going to reload and almost gave it away several times. Glad I didn’t... I have some in the tumbler right now, a mold and sizer are on order and I need to get an order into Dillon for dies and shellplate for the 40/10mm. I have a 550 I’ll be loading it on.
There, my new cc pistol story, sorry it was long. (This gun was literally new when my son got it, I don’t think it had a full mag through it. The other one, S&W M&P40 is in the same condition)
Bryan
I currently have been carrying a Glock 30 SF which is 45 automatic. I have never shot it as well as I would like and decided to do something different. My “different” is to shoot left handed. I am right handed but very left eye dominant and since I was 12 I have shot rifles, shotgun and bow left handed. With pistol I always shot right handed but with my left eye. It works from a bench, off my knees and I could make it work with most pistols off hand. The Glock 30 I could not shoot it satisfactorily at all off hand, especially getting it up on target quickly. Try it sometime with either hand and opposite eye. It takes longer to get the gun in position and then you have to line up the sights. Anyways, the Glock was much harder for me and I still didn’t shoot it well. In fact every pistol I shoot will hit high left for me so when I sight them in for me nobody else can hit anything with my guns. So I tried to shoot it left handed...
If you’ve every handled a Glock, notice how much the mag release protrudes and how sharp it is. Now grip it left handed and notice how it cuts into your middle finger. This is manageable in one of the 9mm Glocks but not in short framed 45auto. Talk about causing a flinch. It didn’t actually cut me but certainly felt that way. I think I got about 15 rounds through it and gave up. It’s just way too painful.
Before I go any farther let me say that I shot 4 or 5 of my other handguns left handed and felt it was very successful and I’m determined to always shoot pistol that way.
So, on to the new cc pistol... My son, just turned 18, ended up with 2 40S&W from a great uncle. One he likes, the other, a Springfield XD40 subcompact, he absolutely hates. And lucky me, I shot it (Left handed) and kind of fell in love with it. It will be my new carry gun and I’m selling the Glock 30 and giving the money to him so be can have a 1911 that he fell in love with. A true win win for us!
I’ve been siting on about 1,500 pieces of 40S&W brass that I was positive I was never going to reload and almost gave it away several times. Glad I didn’t... I have some in the tumbler right now, a mold and sizer are on order and I need to get an order into Dillon for dies and shellplate for the 40/10mm. I have a 550 I’ll be loading it on.
There, my new cc pistol story, sorry it was long. (This gun was literally new when my son got it, I don’t think it had a full mag through it. The other one, S&W M&P40 is in the same condition)
Bryan