Amen. I have worked with numerous 'new' shooters who are having trouble achieving a proper grip with their new tupperware guns. I will let them grab my 1911 and the look on their face is really amusing. Even more so when I tell them the design dates back 100 years. Most of them now have one of Mr. Browning's gems. Ergonomics before there was such a thing.
***I am still stunned by the fact that the Genius of Browning designed a gun that EXACTLY fits my hands almost fifty years before I was born.***
The Browning Hi-Power! Fits my hands perfectly!
Then comes the Browning 1911 with a flat mainspring housing.
Czech 75 looks great but is too big for my hands!
As for revolvers, N-frame with small Pachmayer grips works perfectly! Way too many N-frames at home!
The one that bites in a Iver Johnson TP-22. Looks like a Walther but the slide will slice my hand each time I fire it.
I can even handle the N-frame.44 Mag S&W with small Pachmayer grips!
Same for Ruger DA revolvers.
My personal favorite is a Dan Wesson .357 with 4” barrel and small Pachmayer grips.
Yep...my hands aren't excessively large, but are pretty thick and meaty, and I've NEVER had a hammer bite issue with the stock hammer or grip safety of a GI 1911, 1911A1 or 1991A1. Personally I think a lot of people who complain about it "choke up" way too high on the grip than it was designed for. Commander hammers are ok, but I like the good spur on the Gov't so you can safely lower the hammer on a loaded chamber should that need ever arise (though I don't recommend the practice with a SA auto like the 1911 which was designed to be carried in "condition one"). I personally think the long ass, hooked beaver tail grip safety looks ridiculous especially on pistols that have been bobbed and are advertised for "snag free" concealed carry...