Ernest Langdon demonstrating and describing why you want that 4th finger wrapped around your others and not the trigger guard, this is the best explanation I've heard, skip ahead to 12:40.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...ature=emb_logo
Ernest Langdon demonstrating and describing why you want that 4th finger wrapped around your others and not the trigger guard, this is the best explanation I've heard, skip ahead to 12:40.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...ature=emb_logo
Putting index finger on the guard weakens a support hand grip, that's obvious and Ernest has his way explaining it.
A little digression. A gent named Mason Lane finished last year's CO Nationals placing amidst somewhere M class crowd and good 10% above me. He shot the entire match one handed, his support hand was in the cast.
The point of this is that there are folks who either have strength or specific techniques that don't need or rely on death grip from all four fingers, and who might derive benefit from an advantage that finger-on-the-guard offers, namely placing a support hand higher on the frame.
Yong Lee uses the front of the guard as well.
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It feels more comfortable to me than 'wedging' that finger (index finger) under the trigger guard and none of my support hand is below the grip - in a more conventional grip my little finger doesn't do much. I want to emphasize that I didn't start doing this in order to use my support hand index finger to control recoil. autoclicker.onl
Last edited by Mikeguy2225; 08-09-20 at 00:51.
Finger on the front of the trigger gaurd tended to make me pull shots left, I am right handed.
I would say there is no secret sauce...try everything and see what works for you. However, in general most people (including myself) need to grip more with their support hand (crush). I would suggest filming yourself shooting bill drills (or just into the berm) with different grips and watching it back on the Coaches Eye app. Make mental notes if you feel the gun moving in your grip or how the sights tracked.
my 2 cents.
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