Changing parts instead of changing firearms to adapt to your personel preferences
9There are always going to be people with different hand sizes and different length of pull with rifles and handguns. One of the smartest things gun makers have done is selling firearms with different back straps so customers can figure out which will work for them by just changing the issued back straps. Smith & Wesson and Glock have all done this with the M&P and Gen 4 Glocks. Certain issued firearms like the Beretta 92FS and 1911 all have complaints from some people just because they don’t feel right or are too big. Well, for all of the people I know that own 1911 handguns, from Les Bauer to Colt M1911A1’s, not a single person I know has the same grips or sights on theirs.
I have taken that step of customizing my 1911s to adapt to my tastes, but still keeping somewhat of a GI look to them. Hogue finger groove grips and Wilson Combat Parts are a good way to get the gun the way you want it to be. Learn the mechanics of the firearm and Wilson Combat parts like different weight recoil springs (depending on the 45acp bullets you want to shoot). The Wilson extended slide release was a big deal to be as well as the extended base pads on my Wilson Combat Magazines. There were changes I could make to my gun griping that made me more accurate with this platform.