Don't know who posted suggestion to use more finger on the trigger0is yo are shooting low left but thank you! Went all the way in to the first knuckle. What a difference!
Originally posted by 12131: I'm confused. Sticking your trigger finger all the way in, to the first knuckle? And that helped you shoot better? This is a joke, right?
It may well do so. Different sized hands, different sized grips...whatever enables you to pull the trigger straight to the rear without moving the sights. Getting married to the traditional "center of the distal pad" doctrine has done a lot of shooters a disservice.
ETA: I will say that I prefer a pistol that is sized "right" for my hand that enables me to engage the trigger with my finger in the traditional manner, but some simply don't allow for that. J-frames, for instance, get the first knuckle.
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And by knuckle you mean KNUCKLE not that first distal joint? I don’t think I could even pull a trigger from my knuckle point. Now that first joint/crease yeah absolutely but the knuckle?
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Originally posted by cslinger: And by knuckle you mean KNUCKLE not that first distal joint? I don’t think I could even pull a trigger from my knuckle point. Now that first joint/crease yeah absolutely but the knuckle?
You know what I meant, lol!
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Originally posted by 12131: I'm confused. Sticking your trigger finger all the way in, to the first knuckle? And that helped you shoot better? This is a joke, right?
It’s leverage. And with better leverage you can mask poor fundamentals. Low left hits from a right handed shooter is caused by pushing the gun downward at the point of ignition. Putting more leverage on the gun inhibits and masks it.
Learning not to push the gun is a better solution.
I do a demo when I teach classes to illustrate this. There is no difference in marksmanship moving the finger position on the trigger as long as the fundamentals are followed. More finger allows one to leverage the gun better, but limits the ability to shoot at any kind of speed because you lose dexterity.
The old, tired “You can do anything to the trigger you want as long as you don’t disturb the sight” is true, but it sets false expectations of how well you’ll do it.
Originally posted by 12131: I'm confused. Sticking your trigger finger all the way in, to the first knuckle? And that helped you shoot better? This is a joke, right?
Prolly talking about a revolver.
I don’t use the pad of the first finger when I’m shooting revolvers I found more strength when the trigger is centered on the first joint of the trigger finger.
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. I mean there is so much I don’t know I always figure what the hell I could be wrong. 
