Handgun trigger pull with strange results

[.Scarecrow.]

Doctrine is to use the first pad of your finger to pull a trigger. I've been dry firing with a new Glock 34 I bought to get to a point where my sights do not wiggle when the trigger breaks. Sometimes I can get it and others I can't. Just for kicks I hooked my finger around the trigger like you're Not suppose to do. Sights didn't move at all when I did that.

Am I missing something here or did I get better results in doing the wrong thing?

 

[Deaf Smith]

Doctrine is to use the first pad of your finger to pull a trigger. I've been dry firing with a new Glock 34 I bought to get to a point where my sights do not wiggle when the trigger breaks. Sometimes I can get it and others I can't. Just for kicks I hooked my finger around the trigger like you're Not suppose to do. Sights didn't move at all when I did that.

Am I missing something here or did I get better results in doing the wrong thing?

Take it to the range and see if it works for you. That is really all that matters.

Deaf

 

[Old Fuff]

The "use the front pad of you're trigger finger" advise goes back to the days when revolvers were thump-cocked and fired. The purpose was to prevent putting pressure on the side of the trigger as you pulled it, thus throwing shots to the left (by a right-handed person).

So far as you're Glock is concerned Deaf is right. If you are shooting to point-of-aim don't worry about it. What works - works.

 

[lemaymiami]

Very good advice... Those us taught to fire service revolvers in double action have been doing that as long as I can remember...

 

[strambo]

Depending on the interplay of your hand size and the grip, that may be best. I do the pad no matter the gun or DA, but I have large hands.

 

[.Scarecrow.]

I have quite long fingers, picture ideal guitar playing hands. Large glove size, but fingers as skinny as someone who wears a medium probably. I just played around and did more dry fires. Using my pad like I'm "Suppose to" it's getting much better and I'm much closer to them not moving. The reason I tried this was because if I used the hook method, yes it works to keep my sights still, but my finger tip is running into my thumb webbing on the other side, sometimes it gets kinda stuck and with gloves it's even worse. So I think I'll just dry fire a lot more, like everyone says to do. You guys were very helpful though, thanks!

 

[strambo]

I'd say with a DA or striker gun there is no best way, just what works for you.b with a rifle or SA, somewhere on the pad is best.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

Where to put the finger on the trigger depends a lot on how a gun grip fits your hand, how long/short light/heavy the pull is and the way the trigger breaks when it fires.

My rule is, whatever actually works best for you is the right thing to do.

I try all recommended techniques and as I age have found going back to some some of the wrong ways now works better.

 

[old lady new shooter]

I was under the impression that for a revolver you are supposed to use the first joint of the finger because the trigger is so heavy.

???

 

[Sav .250]

I do what is comfortable for me....................Practice makes perfect. So they say.

 

[Frank Ettin]

I was under the impression that for a revolver you are supposed to use the first joint of the finger because the trigger is so heavy.

Sometimes a heavy, double-action trigger, whether on a revolver or semi-auto, will require the extra leverage one gets by using the first joint of the finger.

The key to good trigger control is pressing the trigger straight back, with only the trigger finger moving, continually and smoothly increasing the pressure on the trigger until the shot breaks. One needs to let the shot break "by surprise" -- not make the gun fire by snatching the trigger. We find that students can feel the process better with the first pad of the finger on the trigger -- as long as they can manage the trigger that way.

 

[1911 guy]

The bigger issue is how the handgun fits your hand. The sweet spot for you and that gun just may be "wrong" for somebody else. For example, I shoot a 1911 with the typical pad of the finger. Revolvers, however, I have to use more finger on the trigger to keep from pushing the revolver to the left.