He makes a lot of sense. I’d also add that not only are shooters’ hands different, but so are their guns. My comfortable and effective “trigger finger position” is different on my 9mm pistol (just inside the center of the pad) than it is on my wife’s .380 (crook of 3rd knuckle), or the .22 (inside edge of the pad), because the grips are all different sizes. The claim that the trigger MUST contact the trigger finger at such-and-such point essentially says that some guns can’t be shot except by people with very large or very small hands, or conversely, that some people have hands that are simply too large or too small to shoot certain guns (and by extension, that some people just shouldn’t shoot — at all).
That’s a ridiculous statement that has no basis in the other fundamentals of shooting — stance, grip, sight picture, follow-through — and only passing relevance to trigger control. It’s my opinion that anyone should be able/allowed to shoot any gun they like, and as long as they possess the requisite strength to control the recoil and keep their shots on target, it’s not any of my business which gun they like.
This article is filed under the category(s) Firearms,Guns and was published September 18th, 2016 by Herschel Smith.
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On September 19, 2016 at 5:14 pm, Archer said:
He makes a lot of sense. I’d also add that not only are shooters’ hands different, but so are their guns. My comfortable and effective “trigger finger position” is different on my 9mm pistol (just inside the center of the pad) than it is on my wife’s .380 (crook of 3rd knuckle), or the .22 (inside edge of the pad), because the grips are all different sizes. The claim that the trigger MUST contact the trigger finger at such-and-such point essentially says that some guns can’t be shot except by people with very large or very small hands, or conversely, that some people have hands that are simply too large or too small to shoot certain guns (and by extension, that some people just shouldn’t shoot — at all).
That’s a ridiculous statement that has no basis in the other fundamentals of shooting — stance, grip, sight picture, follow-through — and only passing relevance to trigger control. It’s my opinion that anyone should be able/allowed to shoot any gun they like, and as long as they possess the requisite strength to control the recoil and keep their shots on target, it’s not any of my business which gun they like.