My #1 grandson is a jinx sometimes

We got together at our local gunclub on a very early Sunday morning two weeks ago to shoot pistols. I purchased a Sar B-6 sometime ago for a range toy, did the spring conversion, and found I had a very nice 9mm for not much money so I took it along and asked him to try it out and see what he thought. After he shot it he said it pinched his trigger finger. I told him it had never pinched mine so I didn't know what his problem was. Of course when I shot it, it pinched my trigger finger. I told him it was all his fault. Of course he denied it.

Now I have to determine why it did it. I have a pretty good idea and since it's a polymer lower a small half round file should solve the problem and not be very noticeable.

 

My trigger finger hurts just looking at most polystriker pistols......

 

I’ve got plenty of hammer fired CZ’s that do the same thing.

 

I could wake with amnesia and tell you if I went shooting the day before or not.

At least one of the handguns I shoot is going to pinch my trigger finger at least a bit.

That's life for big-handed folk.

 

The Glock 48/43X/43 pistols pinch mine on occasion, too.

Sad thing is I really like the way the 48/43X feel, carry and shoot an awful lot, so I put up with the occasional pinch.

Stay safe.

 

Both of us have identical sized hands. Medium by the American size chart. Since US made gloves are scarce we buy large and sometimes those are a little tight. Oh, for the good old days when you knew what size would fit without trying anything on

 

I am curious about this as it has never happened to me. Where does the pinch happen on the finger? Finger too low on the trigger?

 

Behind the trigger. I think it wasn't paying attention to finger placement. I am going to do a little more shooting before I take a file to anything. Sometimes I let my finger slip around too far on certain guns.

 

CZ pistols and my Walther P99 AS pinch my trigger finger if I shot them enough. None of them have the trigger safety dingus.

 

I was thinking the same thing.

I will admit I haven't shot handguns as much as some may have; maybe only tens of thousands of rounds since the late 1970s.
I don't recall ever having my finger pinched by any trigger. I can't even visualize how that could happen.

How in the world does your finger get behind the trigger?

And if your finger IS behind the trigger, how does the trigger get pulled back far enough to allow pinching?

What am I missing here ?

 

OK, let's try this. The pinch was on the part of my finger that lies along side the trigger and it felt like it was pinched between the trigger and frame. Clear now? Finger behind the trigger?

 

Okay, I had to go get a handgun and figure out how it happens.

If I stick my trigger finger into the guard, way on in there to the second joint, when I pull the trigger sometimes my fingertip will curl around the trigger, and get pinched in between back of the trigger and the guard.

Wow.

That has never happened to me when shooting.

 

You still don't see the picture. My finger is not wrapped around the trigger and getting behind it. I am right handed. The pinch is on the lower part of my finger, the joint against my hand, like the trigger is catching it between it and the frame as it recoils.

 

You are correct, I don't see how that can happen.

I'm not disputing that it happens to you, I'm just mystified as to how. Unless you have some huge hands. I wear XL gloves, and have never had it happen.

Oh well, everyone is different.

 

No need. He is 37 years old, works out regularly, and still wears the same size clothes he wore when he graduated high school. He isn't large but is solid muscle. I can't teach him a thing about being tough. He played linebacker in school and opposing coaches had no love at all for him and neither did quarterbacks.

As to hand size, ours are identical and according to the American hand sizing chart are medium in size. We will get it figuered out.