Revisit this thread.
The hogue grip makes a big difference IMO in nullifying the snappiness of the 48.
Little fuller in the beaver tail
Little fuller in the palm swell feel
And the finger grooves reduce front strap slide between shots.
More of a proper purchase area on the front strap on the 2nd pads of your 3 fingers due to the grooves also.
A big difference in the overall ergo feel in a positive way.
I polished the shark fin
Polished the birds head.
Polished the firing pin plunger and cut 3 coils off the plunger spring.
Instalked sheild metal mag release
Installed a Double Diamond 3.5 connector.
Installed a bigger Ghost slide release, the glock one kinda sucked IMO.
Went from almost 6pd inconsistent factory to a crisp 3.35 to 3.45 trigger.
Between the hogue grip and the trigger stuff my groups at 21 yards are around 3" with the glock grip now.
They were 4 to 5" with flyers blowing em out to 9 to 11"
WTF flyers have been eliminated and those I attribute to grip issues prior to the hogue grip install.
The trigger work helped some also.
A good crisp trigger is a plus.
But the grip issue,s were the biggest cause IMO.
Was having a hard time maintainong a consistent grip prior to the hogue grip and the snappiness of the pistol requiring me to repurchase a proper grip on it at times.
I was finding myself concentrating way too much or having to reaquire proper grip between shots.
It is due to the slimline of the pistol IMO.
Which I really like!!!
But I had to do something to address grip ergos in my mind.
I dont have to focus on grip now with the pistol .
It is muscle memory now.
Never had the grip issue with my other glocks I have had.
G17 gen 5, G44, G22 gen 3, G24 gen 3, G17 gen 1 or other peoples glocks I have shot over the years.
All non slim line obviously....
I always come back to glocks.
86 other brands and come back to a glock.
Been that way for me since 1987....
And I really like this 48 now that it feels right in my hand and the snappiness factor and grip issues have been eliminated for me.
Blue jean back pocket carry pistol in the summer,t shirt draped over.
Winter will be a belt holster, shirt jac/coat carry.
15 + 1 in these 48,s is nice.
To me the 48 is the best glock 9mm I have ever shot and carried honestly.
Little over a 4 inch barrel.
15+ 1 with these sheild mags.
Little trigger polishing work and a aftermarket connector.
The hogue grip
Set of tritum sights
It is a accurate pistol and easily concealable and has firepower.
Carry 115 gr barnes tac xp,s in it.
Smiling Larry of all people had these black hogues on clearance (they fit the 43x also) about a month ago for 5.71 IIRC
Was like 13 and some change shipped.
Some of you guys might wanna check em out if you have the snappy feel and reaquire grip problems I had.
And honestly that grip dont add much width at all to the slim line profile of the factory width.
But it does improve the ergos of the grip and you dont have to reaquire grip. Also gives you consistent grip muscle memory to the pistol which is very important for accuracy when shooting any handgun.
IMO
JME
YMMV
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