Finger behind trigger?

[BobWright]

It's only when you are no longer shooting you should remove your finger.

I'm sorry, men. This made me do a double take, then chuckle!

Bob Wright

 

[ArchAngelCD]

Even so, there are some unanswered questions..........

Why, practicing double action shooting, is the finger even removed from the trigger?

Bob Wright

I agree, I said that back in Post #8.

 

[BobWright]

This was the original statement:

I've gotten in the habit of tucking my trigger finger behind the trigger between shots instead of extending it above or on the outside of the trigger guard. I imagine it would look weird if I were to do this at the range, especially for people used to shooting semi-autos, where this is less likely to even be possible; but, I don't think that it's unsafe, as there is no way for the trigger to go back while the finger is blocking it. I know it is slower to get back to ready to fire position than it is from the standard index extended position, but is is also much more comfortable, especially with a big, heavy revolver. Do you think this is a bad habit? Thanks.

This was my question:

Why, practicing double action shooting, is the finger even removed from the trigger?

This was post No. 8:

If you are pointing the gun down range at the target I see no reason to remove your finger from the trigger between shots. It's only when you are no longer shooting you should remove your finger. I would not put my finger behind the trigger, there us just no reason to do it.

I reckon in my mind, I was thinking of shooting a double action revolver, which, in my mind, implicated follow-up shots. If time permits placing the trigger finger elsewhere, why shoot such a revolver in the DA mode? This question was never satisfactorily answered in my mind by the original poster. That why I asked the question that I did.

Bob Wright

 

[ArchAngelCD]

This was the original statement:



This was my question:



This was post No. 8:



I reckon in my mind, I was thinking of shooting a double action revolver, which, in my mind, implicated follow-up shots. If time permits placing the trigger finger elsewhere, why shoot such a revolver in the DA mode? This question was never satisfactorily answered in my mind by the original poster. That why I asked the question that I did.

Bob Wright

We seem to be in total agreement here.

 

[laea7777]

This was the original statement:



This was my question:



This was post No. 8:



I reckon in my mind, I was thinking of shooting a double action revolver, which, in my mind, implicated follow-up shots. If time permits placing the trigger finger elsewhere, why shoot such a revolver in the DA mode? This question was never satisfactorily answered in my mind by the original poster. That why I asked the question that I did.

Bob Wright

I often practice holding holding the revolver single handed with my arm almost fully extended, steadying it on target for long periods of time without squeezing the trigger (we're talking dry firing at home, sometimes including practicing loading and unloading with snap caps). After a while, the 53 oz. starts to feel heavy and it becomes an easy to moderate isometric strength training exercise for the arms and shoulders; I practice both right and left handed. (Even holding your arms out fully extended without a weight becomes difficult if you do it long enough.)

I mostly practice DA because it's harder, pulling more weight with my trigger finger, through a longer range of motion, while still staying steady on target, focusing on the front sight. I figure if I ever use it defensively, DA is the way to go. Honestly, even if I were to hunt with it, I might tend to prefer DA; for some reason, I tend to shoot more accurately DA than SA when at the range; I think it's because I'm just focused on the sight alignment and squeezing steadily until it fires, whereas with SA, I know when it's going to fire and I'm more likely to anticipate slightly; though, this would presumably improve with more SA practice.

Between squeezes, just holding it on target, it just felt much more natural to tuck my trigger finger and sort of wrap it around the grip with the rest of the fingers, much like making a fist. But, as I stated previously, I am breaking the habit as per the advice of almost all of the people who responded, but I hope I answered your question. Thanks.

 

[MrBorland]

Opinions asked for and given, and the OP gets the last word in the form of a clarifying answer, so it looks like a good time to wrap this one up.