How does one get the trigger finger to cooperate?

[Moparmike]

I have trained my trigger finger a little bit on my longarms, but this new pistol I have magnetically draws my finger to the trigger or trigger guard. HOw on earth do I get this finger to cooperate? I realize its training, but it seems so ingrained. Ugh.

Any ideas besides practice practice practice? (and cutting it off...)

 

[Art Eatman]

Start slowly and be deliberate. For instance, acquire the pistol (from table or holster) and deliberately keep the trigger finger straight. Do many repetitions. You can go for speed in the actual shooting practice, of course, but the inital movements must be "on purpose" as opposed to reflex.

You'll wind up building the "straight finger method" into a reflex.

For whatever reason, I'm far more likely to keep the trigger finger straight with my handguns, but I reflexively tend to put it in the trigger guard of a rifle.

Art

 

[El Tejon]

Mopar, take a piece of skateboard tape and place it along the slide where your finger should be. This will create a reference point for you.

Then, as Art sez (and the Russians), repetition is the mother of learning.

 

[Standing Wolf]

Practice, practice, practice, and more practice—and then practice some more. If you draw and dry-shoot fifty rounds an evening, you'll have the technique down tight in less than a month, and your accuracy will probably be noticeably better, too.

 

[C.R.Sam]

Practice finger control in everyday life too.
coffee cup, hand drill, etc etc.

Sam