Description
The Cross Armory Thumb Grip, designed to make everyone a better and more consistent shooter.
With pistol shooting evolving toward a “maximum surface contact” style, we wanted to develop a way to use our off hand in a more efficient way. The challenge was getting in this “full contact” position comfortably, without contacting the moving slide.
Professionals and Special Forces have used this style for years now, but without the help of aiming accessories. We wanted to put the power back in our hands, both of them.
Getting the off hand up to the barrel height and forward was the main goal. This position should aid accuracy and improve the user’s response to recoil. With better control of the recoil the target can be re-acquired more quickly.
The Thumb Grip by Cross Armory is designed to easily attach to a pistols lower rail. When the Thumb Grip is attached to a pistols rail, it gives the user a place to rest their off hands thumb, which naturally puts the user’s hands in the correct position while keeping clear of the slide.
The Thumb Grip also gives the user an additional place to apply forward pressure and grip strength, which subsequently improves accuracy, reduces recoil and increases stability.
The Thumb Grip is a simple solution, that can be easily added or removed from a pistol, to help train you or your loved ones to shoot like the pros!
tiddster85 –
I’ve had this CROSS thumb rest for a good 6 months on a few different pistols from a Walther P22,XDs Mod2 3.3″, and most recently the 365 AXG legion and I’m definitely a fan. Would give 5 stars but the bottom pic rail screw isn’t really “universal” to all pic rail slots as I had to grind it down to fit the XDs. Also added grip texture on thumb rest area for better pressure on the smooth metal. Overall a decent product.
Billy Hellums (verified owner) –
The thumb rest is probably the best one on the market, but there are zero known holsters that are compatible. So… unless you are just using it to plink at the range, you can’t use it. This makes it unusable in any matches such as USPSA or Steel Challenge. Just a heads-up.
echild53 (verified owner) –
First, some context. I’m a USPSA B/A class shooter in Limited optics/Carry optics division, mainly shooting 2011’s and CZ shadows.
First, the pros. The rest mounted just fine to my Laugo Alien, and is the only one on the market I found that actually will fit it. The rest is the only picatinny mounted rest on the market that I found that actually understands that your thumb should be near or above the trigger, rather than pushed way out towards the front of the frame glock-style. The rest is aluminum, and nicely machined and coated.
The cons, the surface area for your thumb is quite small. I’d say less than 10mm across. The pistol-side of the rest is quite large. If you look at an atlas shielded safety, with a small lever but large shield, it’s similar to that but even smaller. The idea is to push your thumb into the angle where the rest and the shield meet. It’s pretty effective but I do wish the thumb rest side was slightly larger. The rest is quite smooth and because there is not a lot of surface area, it’s hard to get mob tape to stick properly.
Unlike the product pictures (thankfully), the branding is on the shield portion of the rest instead of on the outside, so it’s easily hidden and hidden while shooting.
4 out of 5, if the thumb rest portion was 3-4mm bigger to facilitate bigger thumbs and allowing grip tape to stick better, it would be a 5/5.