Trigger Protocol - Page 2

T. O'Heir · June 21, 2017, 11:35 AM

"...on the slide/barrel..." You don't want your finger there when firing a live round. Left handed or not the slide will bite you.
"...Jack Ruby used that method..." Ruby was also less than 10 feet from Oswald. And Ruby used a revolver.

Doc Holliday 1950 · June 21, 2017, 05:13 PM

Sorry. I keep my finger below the slide on the frame. It figured that one out but incorrectly stated it in my original post.
Thank you for bringing that to my attention.

rodfac · June 24, 2017, 05:55 AM

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Doc, don't get hung up on the this named style, or that named style. Any of which are only important to the self appointed gun expert that think it is the only proper way to shoot. Try what ever feels right to you. The "experts"aren't shooting your gun with your hand

Good points, Cheap. I concur. Rod

tipoc · June 24, 2017, 11:33 AM

I think mostly we shoot with the "trigger finger" because it's usually the strongest and most sensitive finger for this type work (try shooting a wheelgun fast with the "up yours" middle finger and see how quickly it goes wrong). Also we've been building guns, long and short, to use the index finger for a long time.

It's the alternate name for the index finger. There is a medical condition, an inflammation of the tendons that's called "trigger finger". Etc.

But try it and see how ya do.

Maybe one day you'll accidentally shoot half your index finger off and have to use the "up yours" finger (I believe that's it's actual medical name for the middle finger isn't it, maybe in Latin though?). So let us know how you do.

tipoc

June 21, 2017, 11:35 AM	#26
T. O'Heir Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 12,453	"...on the slide/barrel..." You don't want your finger there when firing a live round. Left handed or not the slide will bite you. "...Jack Ruby used that method..." Ruby was also less than 10 feet from Oswald. And Ruby used a revolver. __________________ Spelling and grammar count!

June 21, 2017, 05:13 PM	#27
Doc Holliday 1950 Senior Member Join Date: June 16, 2014 Location: Bout as south as it gets Posts: 1,238	Sorry. I keep my finger below the slide on the frame. It figured that one out but incorrectly stated it in my original post. Thank you for bringing that to my attention. __________________ Shoot well and be Accurate, Doc

June 24, 2017, 11:33 AM	#29
tipoc Senior Member Join Date: December 11, 2004 Location: Redwood City, Ca. Posts: 4,114	I think mostly we shoot with the "trigger finger" because it's usually the strongest and most sensitive finger for this type work (try shooting a wheelgun fast with the "up yours" middle finger and see how quickly it goes wrong). Also we've been building guns, long and short, to use the index finger for a long time. It's the alternate name for the index finger. There is a medical condition, an inflammation of the tendons that's called "trigger finger". Etc. But try it and see how ya do. Maybe one day you'll accidentally shoot half your index finger off and have to use the "up yours" finger (I believe that's it's actual medical name for the middle finger isn't it, maybe in Latin though?). So let us know how you do. tipoc