Hi everyone,
I was wondering if you change your trigger finger placement depending on say if it's single stack or double stack? Do the different grip sizes force you too?
I'm a new shooter. I have a shield 9mm and have gone shooting with it 3 times. I have medium sized hands and I still notice how relatively small the grip is.
I have been researching on proper shooting techniques. Everyone seems to say place your finger on the trigger with the first pad. That doesn't seem to work for me with this small frame.
I'm left handed, and when I tried shooting with the first pad of my finger, my shots would go down and to the right. Almost always outside the black center on the NRA targets, and a decent amount outside of the target circle completely.
Yesterday, I dry fired a bunch at home, doing the dime test. I decided to play around with my hand placement, and my finger placement.
I found I did pretty well when I used the second pad on my finger, a little past the first knuckle. I didn't even drop the dime a few times.
Last night I went to the range and the difference was huge. Immediately I was no longer shooting low. While at first I was still shooting slightly to the right, it was still much better.
By the end of the night, I was shooting almost completely inside the black center of the target, which I think is 3-4 inches in diameter. Shooting from 25 feet.
I am at about 475 total rounds fired, with 200 of them coming from last night.
Anyone else have to do something weird like this to shoot better?
Am I just strange, or is it simply because it's a smaller firearm?
A couple weeks ago I held a glock 19 at a gun shop and it felt amazing in my hand. Certainly better than the shield. I assume though with the thicker frame, I would need to use a more traditional finger placement.
Thanks!
I was wondering if you change your trigger finger placement depending on say if it's single stack or double stack? Do the different grip sizes force you too?
I'm a new shooter. I have a shield 9mm and have gone shooting with it 3 times. I have medium sized hands and I still notice how relatively small the grip is.
I have been researching on proper shooting techniques. Everyone seems to say place your finger on the trigger with the first pad. That doesn't seem to work for me with this small frame.
I'm left handed, and when I tried shooting with the first pad of my finger, my shots would go down and to the right. Almost always outside the black center on the NRA targets, and a decent amount outside of the target circle completely.
Yesterday, I dry fired a bunch at home, doing the dime test. I decided to play around with my hand placement, and my finger placement.
I found I did pretty well when I used the second pad on my finger, a little past the first knuckle. I didn't even drop the dime a few times.
Last night I went to the range and the difference was huge. Immediately I was no longer shooting low. While at first I was still shooting slightly to the right, it was still much better.
By the end of the night, I was shooting almost completely inside the black center of the target, which I think is 3-4 inches in diameter. Shooting from 25 feet.
I am at about 475 total rounds fired, with 200 of them coming from last night.
Anyone else have to do something weird like this to shoot better?
Am I just strange, or is it simply because it's a smaller firearm?
A couple weeks ago I held a glock 19 at a gun shop and it felt amazing in my hand. Certainly better than the shield. I assume though with the thicker frame, I would need to use a more traditional finger placement.
Thanks!