paradoxbox
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Make sure to get sights installed on the right hand side of the barrel there
I think your taking it a little to literally Doug. The reasoning is to prevent ADs by keeping you finger away from the trigger until your ready to shoot.
Holding gun in right hand taking pic with left hand, turned ghetto for a better photographic angleMake sure to get sights installed on the right hand side of the barrel there
If that was directed at my picture I'm not sure I understand. none of my finger is in the trigger guard whidh is the purpose of the exercise.Think you need to get a little more of your finger in the trigger guard
That may be true in the exact position that you are holding the gun now, but what if the gun is forced downward somehow, like in a fall or many other ways. your finger is still in the trigger guard when you do not have a clear and/or intended target.The other ways of handling it your thumb or hand is blocking the way, but with the two above ways, the hammer cannot move back
I can understand where you are coming from and what you are saying, I used to think the same thing, but the finger inside the trigger guard, on the trigger, actually gives me the chills.
Maybe I've programmed myself to actually feel ill when I do that or others do that, I don't know. Maybe it's a good thing, maybe it isn't (to feel that way). But for myself, I find that keeping my finger off the trigger to be a good thing, and I expect those around me to do the same, "unloaded gun" or not
Hell, I've been caught doing it with soda cans.orionengnr said:but I've noticed in the last few years, even out in the garage when I handle my Makita or my pneumatic air wrench...my index finger is pointed straight forward.
the impression i got (and others apparently) is that you handle the gun that way all the time, loaded or not. even if its only when unloaded, whats to prevent you from learning those movements and subconciously bringing them into your "loaded" routines and/or movements.
For your pictured positions, whats to prevent you from slipping from there during a fall or some other unanticipated movement? You're absolutely relying on your hand/thumb to be blocking the hammer, and any movement away from that causes a serious problem.