A little bit of anticipatory flinch and index finger clenching (curling) at the wrong moment, instead of a straight rearward press during the trigger press, can result in unintentional and unrecognized muzzle deflection.
Some folks think that means they have to restrict their index finger/trigger contact to the "tip" of their finger, which can be awkward and lack control throughout the trigger press, when shooting revolvers, especially in DA/DAO.
Yes, RH shooters typically see low/left hits and LH shooters typically see low/right hits.
This can sometimes be complicated when long fingers are involved, or someone grips the gun a little too low or too high, or doesn't have their thumb out of the way of their index finger (or has the rear of the cylinder or cylinder release/thumb latch repeatedly banging into the tip of their thumb, causing some flinch).
The increased felt recoil can be uncomfortable for many folks, and induce some unwanted clenching of the trigger finger as the rest of the fingers clench into a fist to fight recoil (as a shooter unconsciously prepares to fight recoil just before the gun actually fires).
The diminutive grip frame, light weight, short trigger reach and heavy DA trigger (mechanical leverage) can cause even shooters experienced with larger revolvers to develop some trigger press/flinch issues when shooting the snubs.
As more of our older revolver shooters (started careers carrying revolvers) have been either picking up some of the newer Airweights, or digging out old steel 5-shot snubs, it's not been unusual for them to need some "refresher" help on the firing lines.
As a number of our younger shooters (who never carried revolvers) are buying them for off-duty/secondary use, it's been a little more involved, as they never had the necessity to develop the original foundation skillset required to run a DA (or DAO) revolver.
Some folks think that means they have to restrict their index finger/trigger contact to the "tip" of their finger, which can be awkward and lack control throughout the trigger press, when shooting revolvers, especially in DA/DAO.
Yes, RH shooters typically see low/left hits and LH shooters typically see low/right hits.
This can sometimes be complicated when long fingers are involved, or someone grips the gun a little too low or too high, or doesn't have their thumb out of the way of their index finger (or has the rear of the cylinder or cylinder release/thumb latch repeatedly banging into the tip of their thumb, causing some flinch).
The increased felt recoil can be uncomfortable for many folks, and induce some unwanted clenching of the trigger finger as the rest of the fingers clench into a fist to fight recoil (as a shooter unconsciously prepares to fight recoil just before the gun actually fires).
The diminutive grip frame, light weight, short trigger reach and heavy DA trigger (mechanical leverage) can cause even shooters experienced with larger revolvers to develop some trigger press/flinch issues when shooting the snubs.
As more of our older revolver shooters (started careers carrying revolvers) have been either picking up some of the newer Airweights, or digging out old steel 5-shot snubs, it's not been unusual for them to need some "refresher" help on the firing lines.
As a number of our younger shooters (who never carried revolvers) are buying them for off-duty/secondary use, it's been a little more involved, as they never had the necessity to develop the original foundation skillset required to run a DA (or DAO) revolver.