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<blockquote data-quote="aestus" data-source="post: 1864451" data-attributes="member: 2989"><p>Quick update. Went out to the range out near Banner Road today to give the HK USP a quick test drive. It took me a few mags to finally get a grip that I was accurate and comfortable with. Most people complain about how when they hold Glocks in a natural position, the gun points up due to the steep grip angle. For me it was the same, but opposite with the HK. Holding the gun in my usual stance, I couldn't see the front sight. The barrel was pointing down when I held it in my natural grip. I guess all those years on a Glock has my hands naturally pointing with the Glock grip angle, heh.</p><p></p><p>After adjusting my grip to accommodate a more vertical grip angle on the HK, I finally was able to get used to pointing the gun from a low ready position on target. Took me about 10 minutes to "unlearn" my Glock grip to get used to the HK grip. Confident that I'm now ready to squeeze off shots, I fire off a mag. Much to my dismay, all my shots were low. Embarrassingly way low. Like from 7 yards out, all of my shots were about 6" + low. I must have tried 20 different grips and every time my shots were low. Finally went back to a high, thumbs forward grip and really torqued my support hand under the trigger guard to apply pressure upwards and now my shots were only about an inch low. I loaded my Glock 23 as a B test to make sure it wasn't just me having a bad day, and I was making 1 ragged hole through the bullseye at 7 yards with the Glock. Hmmmm.</p><p></p><p>After putting more mags through the HK, I started to get a better. It seemed like a lot of work and concentration to get my shots on target and not 6" low, however. Another thing I've come to realize is that I like the baseball bat Glock grip. Lots of room for my support hand. With smaller broomstick type grips, my support hand has a hard time finding space to grip on to that's not crushing down on my fingers and my thumbs get in the way of my trigger finger, unless I go with a high - thumbs forward grip. Also, I've noticed that after extended shooting, the fingertip of the trigger finger can get a little sore from smacking the bottom corner of the trigger guard and mag release. You can really feel it after shooting it in double action. It forced me to shoot with more of my finger tip the more I shot the gun, because it was getting so sore.</p><p></p><p>Overall, it seemed like a good shooter. I need more practice with it for it to be a carry piece for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aestus, post: 1864451, member: 2989"] Quick update. Went out to the range out near Banner Road today to give the HK USP a quick test drive. It took me a few mags to finally get a grip that I was accurate and comfortable with. Most people complain about how when they hold Glocks in a natural position, the gun points up due to the steep grip angle. For me it was the same, but opposite with the HK. Holding the gun in my usual stance, I couldn't see the front sight. The barrel was pointing down when I held it in my natural grip. I guess all those years on a Glock has my hands naturally pointing with the Glock grip angle, heh. After adjusting my grip to accommodate a more vertical grip angle on the HK, I finally was able to get used to pointing the gun from a low ready position on target. Took me about 10 minutes to "unlearn" my Glock grip to get used to the HK grip. Confident that I'm now ready to squeeze off shots, I fire off a mag. Much to my dismay, all my shots were low. Embarrassingly way low. Like from 7 yards out, all of my shots were about 6" + low. I must have tried 20 different grips and every time my shots were low. Finally went back to a high, thumbs forward grip and really torqued my support hand under the trigger guard to apply pressure upwards and now my shots were only about an inch low. I loaded my Glock 23 as a B test to make sure it wasn't just me having a bad day, and I was making 1 ragged hole through the bullseye at 7 yards with the Glock. Hmmmm. After putting more mags through the HK, I started to get a better. It seemed like a lot of work and concentration to get my shots on target and not 6" low, however. Another thing I've come to realize is that I like the baseball bat Glock grip. Lots of room for my support hand. With smaller broomstick type grips, my support hand has a hard time finding space to grip on to that's not crushing down on my fingers and my thumbs get in the way of my trigger finger, unless I go with a high - thumbs forward grip. Also, I've noticed that after extended shooting, the fingertip of the trigger finger can get a little sore from smacking the bottom corner of the trigger guard and mag release. You can really feel it after shooting it in double action. It forced me to shoot with more of my finger tip the more I shot the gun, because it was getting so sore. Overall, it seemed like a good shooter. I need more practice with it for it to be a carry piece for me. [/QUOTE]
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