Poor choice of wording on my part. Your correct, grip is a huge part or recoil management. I was assuming or thinking that when most people say they can grip a gun tight they are talking about just when they grab a hold of it not actually going out shooting it, trying to control recoil. I.E. oh this gun feels good in my grip standing at the gun counter, not actually taking it out to the range. I have seen pictures of handguns from many top instructors. Defore, Vickers, Costa, Mcnamara, Hackathorn, Haley and it seems most of the time their polymer guns have extra texturing.