Everyone's different.
Me?
With a G26 or 43 I shoot them the same and maybe even more accurate slow fire with the flat base.
Getting it out of the holster and pressed out is easier/more consistent with a pinky extension.
Everyone's different.
Me?
With a G26 or 43 I shoot them the same and maybe even more accurate slow fire with the flat base.
Getting it out of the holster and pressed out is easier/more consistent with a pinky extension.
This thread is timely as I am taking receipt of a P2000sk very soon. The standard 10 round mags have pinky extensions on them but flat base plates are available. I'm wondering if concealment will suffer with the extensions. When I had a G26 I certainly liked the Pearce extensions but found that they did print more than flat base plates but I did not carry AIWB back then. I'm curious to see how things shake out with the P2000sk. I'm sure holster selection is key.
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P2000SK... pinkie plates cramp my hand. I'm better with my pinkie off the grip and under the mag.
In most cases I prefer a flat bottom magazine, as long as I can get two full fingers around the grip.
If I am carrying my Glock 26, it is probably because I need or want something that prints considerably less than a G19,or something that can fit in a pocket that the G19 will not fit. That means I need a flat base plate. The finger grooves on a G26 fit my fingers perfectly, so I have a solid hold even with only 2 fingers.
For my Kel-Tec P-32, i do not need finger extensions despite the 1 1/2 finger grip. However, my wife is more likely than me to carry this gun right now, so I do have +0 finger extensions on its magazines. With a Crimson Trace LaserGuard, the extra grip length can help.
With a Kel-Tec P3AT, the gun will shift in my hand with every shot without a finger extension. I can only get 1 1/2 fingers around the grip, and a Crimson Trace LaserGuard leaves even less frontstrap area. +0 extensions help considerably.
I use +0 rather than +1 with the Kel-Tecs because I find they are quieter, and also do a better job of improving my grip.
Hmm. I seem to be able to draw and shoot my Glock 26’s with the flat baseplates just fine.. I think people give up on them too soon and just end up on the long, exhausting adventure of contemplating the pros and cons that are mostly in their minds.
When people ask for my advice, I just tell them to practice more and shoot the gun the way it was designed to be shot.
If guns suddenly only came with two-finger grips would everyone quit shooting or would they adapt and move on to bigger things?
I found that I had a much easier time with both drawing and maintaining control over the gun while shooting quickly with the pinky extension mags on my P99c, and back when S&W was acting as Walther's importer, you could get either style baseplate for $2.08, so I bought 3, which made all 6 of the mags I have for the gun have pinky extension plates. I eventually gave away the flat ones to somebody on the Walther forum who wanted them, so there's no going back for me. I never found the pinky extension plates to be a significant concealment problem; others' mileage may of course vary.
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