Beavertail Grip Safety question

Does anyone  feels that beavertail grip safety helps them in timed and rapid fire stages? Compared to std grip safety.

I find it to be more comfortable to shoot.

You find that it makes a difference MORE when You have to shoot faster stages ? Or it is more comfortable in general?

I shoot both GI configuration and beavertail. Makes no difference to me. The brand of beavertail makes a slight difference on actual gains of higher gripping. I don't like higher gripping because it starts angling the grip in your hand. In otherwords your fingers start angling down unnaturally.
Jon
Jon

Chasing leg points some time back with real hardball, I developed a callous and sometimes would have bleeding from the standard tail.  I miss the good old days.

I was looking at the scars on my hand from the "good old days." Yep, those were good memories.

Len

Most of those good ol' days guns had long frames that were not blended to the GI grip safety. Easy fix and no torn up hands. When I started shooting BE again I borrowed a 45 for a 2700 state championship. Guy brought an old Colt ballgun with 230gr HB. Bastard wanted to make sure he won LOL. Tore me up bad.....never again.
Jon

I hated 1911's when I shot right handed, now I shoot left handed and like them! No more sore thumb knuckle from the thumb safety. 

Jon, For me it was all hammer bite. My hands are large enough that without the Beavertail to hold the fleshy part down I get/got hit a lot. I'm not really holding it too high. I'm at the same time holding it too low.

DA/SA wrote:I hated 1911's when I shot right handed, now I shoot left handed and like them! No more sore thumb knuckle from the thumb safety. 

I blend the thumb safety as well!
Jon

A lot of information.   With me, I just started to notice better scores in timed and rapid WITH guns that have high cut beavertail  ( Les Baer for example).  At 50 , slowfire , its makes no difference.   Beavertail or not.

I guess I'm not a good enough shooter.  I can't tell a difference in scores or comfort.   I shoot an old Caspian built BE 45 with the standard GI grip.  I shoot Hardball with a Kimber with a beavertail.   The beavertail looks sexy, and perhaps the lighter commander hammer gets the gun back in battery a hair quicker.

I am going to put a beavertail high grip on my Foster frame with Nelson 22 be cause I shoot better scores with My 45 RO with beavertail. I think it helps with A higher hold.