Round of of Glock grip modifications for carry

[Speederlander]

What are people doing to their CARRY guns (not race or comp) with respect to the grip?
Stippling?
Grip Tape?
Silicon Carbide?
Undercutting the trigger guard?
Reducing the grip?
Other?

Just curious what the consensus is (if there is a consensus).


EDIT: Title should be "Round UP of Glock grip modifications for carry". Anyway...

[Beat Trash]

I was carrying a Gen4 Glock 19 off-duty, now it's a Gen5 Glock 19.

The only thing I do to the grip is to install the medium beavertail backstrap.

I've been an inter-city LEO for 26 years. I've had numerous occasions to put someone at gunpoint. I've never remembered how my grip felt afterwards, when reviewing the incident in my mind.

So one as the gun fits your hand and is secure within your grip, I think a lot of people overthink grip modifications for carry guns. For the size and shape of my hand, the medium beavertail backstrap combined with the factory grip texture on the Gen4/Gen5 Glocks works for me as is.

[andre3k]

While I have carried stock frames in the past I prefer not to shoot them that way. I haven't tried the Gen 5 yet, so I might not have to do this any more. But usually I remove the finger grooves and finely stipple the frame, and undercut the trigger guard so that I wont get the Glock knuckle. Looking at the Gen 5, I will probably still have to undercut the trigger guard.

[okie john]

So one as the gun fits your hand and is secure within your grip, I think a lot of people overthink grip modifications for carry guns.

This, and welcome to P-F.

Folks who post here are pretty conservative on modifying carry guns, especially Glocks. I think that the Gen 1-3 Glocks benefitted from common modifications, especially reduction. There used to be a lot of threads here on grip mods, but they tapered off once the Gen4 guns came out and I think that the Gen5 guns will probably put an end to them.

I still find that stippling is important on the G43, though.


Okie John

[BK14]

Depends on the gun/role. For me I need a beaver tail on my Glock’s to avoid slide bite. With the gen 4 (I assume the gen 5 as well) I’m satisfied to use a cut down medium beavertail, with a rounding/undercut trigger guard.

Gen 3, I really want more texture. My gen 4 19 has been stippled because I wanted to remove the finger grooves. But a stock gun isn’t going to limit you besides something like Glock knuckle hurting like heck.



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[Darth_Uno]

On Gen 3-4 Glocks, I buzz off the finger grooves and give it an aggressive stipple. Just preference. Not sure I’d bother with a Gen 5.

I’ve also undercut some and not others; I get why people do it but I can’t tell a difference honestly.

[RJ]

Gen 5 Glock 19, Gen 5 Glock 26.

I do not use any backstrap or beavertail and my grip is as per the factory. Being, a lefty, with size M hands, I have relieved the bottom left of the trigger guard to round off the edge very slightly. But that is about it.

My scores on the Gabe White standards were not affected in the slightest by grip or lack of same. My problem is always not using the "bumpy things on the top of the slide". I find the stock grip on my Glocks perfectly adequate.

[Bucky]

No grip mods for me. Admittedly, I never warmed up to pre Gen 4 19 frames because of the way they felt. Perhaps I’d have liked them more if I did mod the frame.

[peterb]

Narrow hands, so a little undercut & rounding of the trigger guard makes a high grip more comfortable.

Rubber grip panels(Talon clone) on G42.

[Artemas2]

As much improved as the gen 4/5 grip is, I find it lacking for Single hand only use, particularly when it's wet or sweaty. Which this summer was often both. On my USPSA 34 after a match in the rain during which I dropped substantial points on a WHO string due to trying to shoot with a wet bar of soap. Since I was already messing with the frame I did all the other "comfort cuts" which I did find to be an improvement. Shortly after my carry guns all received the same treatment.

This has become my standard procedure for all my glocks

Medium beaver tail strap (on 19s it gets cut at the start of the frame hump)
Remove finger groves
Aggressive stipple with a wide pattern. (small patterns like dots and waffle tips make annoying shlocking sounds when moving a against sweaty bare skin during carry)
Lightly sand said aggressive pattern. To where I can tolerate it on bare skin all day
Undercut trigger guard where it meets the frame. To reduce glock knuckle and allow a slightly higher grip
Bevel the edges on the trigger about 2/3s of the way forward. Reduces discomfort on my SH index finger

[Darth_Uno]

Same. Wider patterns also take a lot less time than thousands of dots. I take a chisel point and drag it. You can see I’ve experimented with other styles but that’s my go-to. You can take an X-point and twist it, that covers a lot of ground fast also.

If it looks like someone had a couple beers and decided to maul their frames...that’s exactly what happened.

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[ubervic]

Grip modifications are probably more of a personal preference thing rather than a purely ergonomics thing.
That said, I believe most Glock users would benefit from a mild to moderate trigger guard contour (aka undercut) to avoid or eliminate Glock Knuckle. Shooting a few hundred rounds with factory trigger guard vs a contoured trigger guard is like night vs day.

[11B10]

On the three Glocks I've owned (all G30S's), I've had to undercut the trigger guard (big hands/fingers), and "rounded off" the edges of the trigger guard as previously mentioned by Rich Jenkins. Those two mods have made a big difference in comfort, especially when shooting a lot. I've have had good results with TALON grips, although this one does not have them....yet.

[Screwball]

My 30S is a Gen 3... and I really have no issues that require anything major done.

I did toss in an extended slide release and smooth trigger... both Glock. I do have the Pearce grip plug installed, as it smoothed out the back when inserting the magazine.

Being the 30SF frame, my main changes are due to the magazines I run. I have a few nine rounders with the standard base... more for when I want the gun more compact.

Most of my magazines are the ten rounders, which all have the Pearce bases. Makes the gun feel like a 19 with the magazine in place. Personally, I’m shocked that Glock didn’t license them from Pearce, possibly changing them slightly for the Gen 3 guns (making the molding identical).

And I also have some 13 round 21 magazines, with X-Grip sleeves. Will be going out to PA until I move, since they are so dangerous to public safety.

[GuanoLoco]

I remove a little material from a Gen3 or Gen4 to get rid of the Glock knuckle issue and get a better/higher grip.

The finger grooves seem to work for me. That is all.

[Rex G]

A plain Gen 4 G17, with none of the packaged add-on things stuck on the back, seems to work for me.

[ViniVidivici]

Stipled the frontstrap, 2nd gen G17, with soldering iron.

Did same with 3rd gen G23, after removing finger grooves.

Works for me.

[William B.]

I stipple the grip panels, the front strap, and the bottom of the trigger guard. I've never had an issue with the finger grooves. I also use a GFA to prevent slide bite since my Glocks are Gen 3's.

[Nephrology]

Medium grip panel on full size guns, no grip panel on my G4G19s. All of my carry pistols are basically stock, plus sights, gadget.

[Bucky]

Medium grip panel on full size guns, no grip panel on my G4G19s. All of my carry pistols are basically stock, plus sights, gadget.

You mean backstraps? I prefer the same setup (with regards to “grip panels” ;) )

[SW CQB 45]

No mods yet, but for sure high front strap for my home piece.

I need to figure out how to do a Jarvis cut.

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[Nephrology]

You mean backstraps? I prefer the same setup (with regards to “grip panels” ;) )

Po-Tay-To, Po-Tah-To :P