Use middle finger for trigger pull?

[9mmepiphany]

2) help combat against the twist of the gun to the right (trigger finger on the right hand) as I pull the trigger.

If your gun is twisting to the right as you pull the trigger, you have too much finger on the trigger. You should be bending your finger at the second joint to put pressure on the trigger

 

[Arp32]

Might I gently suggest that if you are new to shooting handguns, you'd be better off starting with "traditional" finger placement and setting yourself up with good habits before trying something unconventional. I'm not trying to be demeaning at all - please don't read it that way. Just suggesting that you get a good foundation before making innovations You'll probably find that with practice, it makes sense to use your fingers like 99.99% of other shooters do.

Im thinking of a new driver getting used to a manual transmission who tries using the left foot for clutch and brake. Yes, possible, but why not learn to drive it the way it was designed to be driven before picking up odd habits...

Plenty of other alternative grip styles to try that all use the trigger finger for, well, pulling the trigger

Happy shooting!

 

[9mmepiphany]

That is a good point.

Along the same lines, I'd suggest that you work on trigger pull in sighted fire before you progress to point shooting

 

[LJ-MosinFreak-Buck]

Along the same lines, I'd suggest that you work on trigger pull in sighted fire before you progress to point shooting

Yes, you can be really good at point shooting, but if you aren't practicing sighted fire, you won't get any better.

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

There is a trainer out there who advocates this, for "point shooting" only in the belief that it indexes the gun on the target better, but I can't see any reason to do it unless you're missing the tip of your index finger, or the entire digit.

 

[rayatphonix]

I shoot with both my index and middle fingers. As mentioned above, I started out with my index finger and shot thousands of rounds that way. One day I tried using my middle finger and found I shot more accurately. I shoot 9mm and 40 S&W CZ's so my index finger is not in the way of the slide or the escaping gases although my finger has a lot of residue on it when I finish shooting. I wouldn't use my middle finger on most other designs.

All that said, I recently got disgusted with my shooting and went back to using my index finger. In the end, I don't think it makes much difference one way or another for me.

 

[iLikeOldgunsIlikeNewGuns]

Make the gun be your middle finger.

LMAO!


Yeeeeeeah, using middle finger when you still have an index is a bad idea in my lil ol' opinion

 

[hAkron]

It was placed in order to keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot something.

It is taught in every gun class in the nation.
Finger goes in the trigger guard when you decide to shoot, Never before.

rc

This is what I was thinking too. If your index finger is where it SHOULD be when you are aiming the gun, which is against th trigger guard, pointing forward, then you are actually pointing with it anyway.

 

[kris7047th]

I have a damaged index finger which complicates things for me. The finger is not only weaker from an injury, but shorter missing the tip. WHen I first learned to shoot I was told to buy a revolver for my first gun so I bought a S&W 638. The trigger pull was like at 12lbs. I was taught how to shoot with this gun and took my CPL test with it. However while taking the test I had one heck of a time pulling the trigger until I switched to using my middle finger vastly improving my accuracy. Pulling the hammer back didn't work as that was too difficult also. It didn't take long for me to figure there are better guns that I didn't have to struggle with and sold the revolver. I run almost exclusively semi autos that have a 4 lb trigger.

IMO .. If you have to resort to using the middle finger for whatever reason .. get a different gun so that you can shoot correctly.