Hello all, I recently picked up a nighthawk falcon in 9mm, and am having some trouble with the grip safety.
When establishing a grip from appendix, the web of my hand sometimes lands high up enough on the beaver tail that I’m not actually engaging it. The grip safety is tuned correctly, and deactivates at about 15-20% travel.
I’m used to drawing with a claw grip on glocks and berettas, so when drawing a 1911 my strong hand thumb is between the beaver tail and my body, more or less level with the rear of the slide. I’ve tried drawing with my thumb in between my body and the holster before, but frankly I find it to be slower and any holster that is loose enough to allow my thumb to form a “full firing grip” doesn’t actually conceal well at all.
Has anyone else had issues like this when transitioning to 1911s? What helped?
I’d prefer to keep the grip safety functional rather than pinning or otherwise deactivating it, I’m open to replacing the grip safety with a unit that protrudes further from the frame, but I’d like to try and solve the issue via technique first.