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Gas pedal
- Thread starter JCann
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KurtM
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It is a misunderstood device, that has now morphed into a "recoil control" sales gimmic. If, and this is a gigantic if, it really helped with recoil control every grand master IPSC shooter would be running one, and they are not. I am assuming you mean it in the context of a carry gun/limited pistol and not in the context of a comped full on open class race gun. It plays a very different roll on a race gun, and really has nothing to do with recoil control.
Mine doesn’t help with recoil but it burns money about as fast as shooting does.
When it runs lol
JCann
Member
Glock calls it a thumb rest trigger pin and I thought the way my support hand mounts the pistol this may be more comfortable.
When I shoot my 1911 I appreciate the extended thumb safety and I always wished I had a thumb rest for my support hand. Years ago when I had a comped 1911 shooting 155gr recoil really wasn’t an issue. My 38 super with really hot loads is a little snappy.
When I shoot my 1911 I appreciate the extended thumb safety and I always wished I had a thumb rest for my support hand. Years ago when I had a comped 1911 shooting 155gr recoil really wasn’t an issue. My 38 super with really hot loads is a little snappy.
I have one on my revolver but I’m not telling you how to install it. I’m obviously the most experienced shooter here . . .
Glockpride
Member
I have a gas pedal, well, it’s more like a flapper than a pedal. The wife says that I don’t always control it at the appropriate times.
adamsredlines
Member
I put one on my space gun P320. Looks funky, but that was the "theme".
I went and looked these up. It definitely appears to be a solution looking for a problem. It seems that people pushing it don’t know what to do with their nonfiring thumb besides pointing it at the target. I think it would probably affect your shooting negatively especially if you hold the pistol normally.
If recoil mitigation is an issue, I highly recommend these and a dose of M.A.N. They’re cheaper too
If recoil mitigation is an issue, I highly recommend these and a dose of M.A.N. They’re cheaper too
KurtM
Member
Well, on open pistols, they usually run a lightened slide and around a 7# recoil spring. It's real easy for your support hand thumb to inadvertently rub on the slide and slow it enough to cause malfunctions. That and many of the C-More sight mounts would bang into the end of your support thumb. So Bevin Gram of Grams engineering came up with a REST for the offending digit which kept it out of the way. Then somebody about 4 years later started marketing them as a "recoil control" device, and the "rest" is history!..... Like what I did there??? Anyway, if you run one on a pistol you carry, you will almost need a ghost holster of some sort.
Low T? Words like that makes me think You wanna meet me at the Braums for coffee and drive up Mt. Scott together.
Only if I looked like an 80 yr old alcoholic with cirrhosis of the liver that hangs out in a van across the street from elementary schools. Lol
KurtM
Member
While I admire the Kunfu grip and all, I would like to point out that there are several women grandmasters in IPSC and many more slightly built guys who would have a very hard time crushing an aluminum Coke can. Could it be technique might play a far larger part in fast and accurate pistol shooting? I for one would save that bone crushing grip for the times you are in "that van"..... 
Nothing wrong with good grip strength, but I honestly believe, like the "gas pedal" deal we are talking about here, that for shooting it is highly over rated.
Nothing wrong with good grip strength, but I honestly believe, like the "gas pedal" deal we are talking about here, that for shooting it is highly over rated.
