Mag Release: Can you reach yours without altering your grip?
- Thread starter krausb
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- Niagara Region, Ontario. For now
A lot of people tend to grip a gun cocking there wrist slightly to wrap there fingers around the front of the frame. I watched a video explaining that a proper grip will have u first concentrate on the gun in the web of your hand and then wrap ur fingers around. The idea is that ur wrist lines up with the gun and doesn't sit off to one side. Kinda hard to explain but it helps with recoil management greatly as well as with reaching the mag release, and point of aim. Basically the gun should line up perfectly with your arm. At first it feels slightly strange but once u get used to it the benefits are there.
I like this idea (for guns that allow you to do this) but do you ever have any issues with unintentionally depressing the mag release button?
No, when I first changed out my M&P I thought I would, but you never come close to it. Same is true of my SP-01 and Shadow. The trigger finger, while shooting does not press up against the frame or the mag release hard enough to engage the mag release. I have thought of buying a right side mag release part for my 1911's but the darn things cost around $80. and I don't shoot my 1911's all that much so I haven't bothered.
You should give it a try. I would be surprised if you didn't find it faster and ceratinly more convenient.
Take Care
Bob
I will have to give that a try. Thanks for the tip!
Yes and you left handed shooters sure kept the secret to yourself for a very long time.
IIRC John Browning was left handed.Take Care
Bob
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- Edmonton, AB
I've got large hands. Hell, my glove size is XXL. Problem is, it's all palm and no digit. They're friggin PAWS. I gotta turn the gun in my hand a bunch to hit the release.
The first thing I do to all my 1911's is install an Ed Brown extended mag release. It looks like it's stock it's just slightly longer and makes all the difference. I can eject the mag without changing my grip yet it's really unobtrusive and still looks stock.
Here's a pic of the Ed Brown version (stainless) compared to a stock Colt.
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Here's a pic of the Ed Brown version (stainless) compared to a stock Colt.
So it's official (more or less), a little over half of all handgun shooters can't reach the mag release without changing their grip.... So if nothing else, at least I know that I am not alone in not being able to reach it.
I am definitely going to try moving the mag release on my M&P to the other side and use my index finger, but I am surprised that more manufacturers haven't come up with more innovative mag releases. As far as I can see, only HK does anything really different...
I am definitely going to try moving the mag release on my M&P to the other side and use my index finger, but I am surprised that more manufacturers haven't come up with more innovative mag releases. As far as I can see, only HK does anything really different...
I tried that on my M&P 40 and it worked very well, even seemed quite natural. But I'm old and hard headed so I switched it back.
Only on the soon to be released Gen 4 Glocks. The older ones do not have the option. Well, soon to be released in Canada; they've been out in the States since the SHOT show last month.
I'm waiting for a Gen 4 myself.
It is also worth mentioning that the ambi mag release on the gen 4 is only compatible with gen 4 magazines. Older Glock mags only have a notch on one side so they will only work with a standard mag release set up.
