I have a problem with hitting the slide release on my new XDS. The slide will close after the last round fired leading me to think I still have ammo in the pistol. This has been a problem with other pistols of the same size I have had. Does anyone have a picture of the proper grip of a compact or subcompact they could post so I can see where my thumb should be? I shoot a lot with a 1911 and I rest my thumb on the safety so that is part of the problem with this pistol. I may have to start holding my thumb under the slide stop on the thumb notch but it may cause me problems controlling recoil. Could someone please help me because I really like the XDS other than that?
Sidearms & Scatterguns Proper Grip For The Subcompact Pistol
- Thread starter Nosler243Shooter
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I think you've already identified your problem. Long-term 1911 shooters are known to "ride the slide." Make a conscious effort not to. Grip is somewhat subjective: not everyone brings the same size, shape, or side (L vs. R) hand into the equation. You indicated that you have a hard time controlling recoil with a thumb-down grip. What's the caliber, out of curiosity?
I use to have this problem too when shooting a Glock or XD or ?? I'm mostly a 1911 shooter and didn't have the problem. What I determined was that with the 1911 the Slide Stop lever is enough forward that my thumb wasn't touching it.
To aid in better shooting I taught myself to not let my thumbs touch the side of the slide or frame. This helped my shot placement and it also cured my pushing the Slide Stop up on other pistols.
To aid in better shooting I taught myself to not let my thumbs touch the side of the slide or frame. This helped my shot placement and it also cured my pushing the Slide Stop up on other pistols.
read this, it's AMU's pistol guide and it's talking single hand bullseye shooting but if you follow this with the strong hand the only other addition is to fill the gap between the palm and fingertips of the strong hand with the palm of the offhand, let the offhand fingers fall naturally, stack both thumbs(they should be pointing on target) and you should be good to go.
http://cdn.preterhuman.net/texts/wars_and_weapons/Pistol_Marksmanship.pdf
should look something like the first pic here but the two thumbs stacked on top of each other
Grip techniques used with the M9 Pistol (ArmyStudyGuide.com)
http://cdn.preterhuman.net/texts/wars_and_weapons/Pistol_Marksmanship.pdf
should look something like the first pic here but the two thumbs stacked on top of each other
Grip techniques used with the M9 Pistol (ArmyStudyGuide.com)
The caliber is 45ACP but I haven't tried the thumb-down grip yet but from how it looks in my hand the recoil may be harder to control. Hitting the slide release seems to be a problem with this pistol with a lot of people. Hopefully the thumbs down grip will fix the issue for me and the recoil will not be to bad.
I also think the slide stop lever might be harder to mash down on the 1911 than some of the other pistols out there. The Kahr pistols seem to be this way because I don't think I have ever had this issue on one of them and this is a much smaller pistol than the 1911.
That is some good information. I will have to print those out for later. Thanks for posting the link. I have not read those before.
Yeah i shoulda mentioned that that guide i believe is a must read for any pistol shooter, lots of great inf, i use it all the time for the illistrations of proper sight picture and the mastering trigger control section, which bolsters rifle scores as well
