Most notably, the trigger guard on my middle finger on my strong hand. On G19s, the bloody grip hump can get annoying (G17s much less so). I also find that if I don’t get a PERFECT grip out of the holster my trigger finger is either dragging against the bottom of the trigger guard or I’m exerting pressure on the frame toward the top of the trigger guard.
Please keep in mind that I’m essentially splitting hairs and being picky as far as what is perfectly optimal vs not. While yes, Glock Knuckle and forming a small callous on my trigger finger aren’t the most comfortable, it’s not something that would prevent me from being able to defend myself well or shoot a match well. What it does do, however, is make dryfire and high round count classes painful and becomes distracting sometimes pretty quickly which can muddy progress and consistency.
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Last edited by spinmove_; 08-20-2019 at 01:20 PM.
If sinking more finger into the trigger guard solves your problem, then it sounds like you were exerting lateral pressure with your strong hand, however minute it might’ve been. The curved face of the OEM trigger, I’ve found, is sensitive to that sort of thing. It also could be that forcing yourself to specifically use the pad of your finger pre-sets some tension in your strong hand that is conducive to you exerting lateral pressure.
Lots of people aren’t using enough force with their support hand and frequently cheat dryfire in this manner.
I’ve found that the more neutral and more comfortable that you can make your grip in general the more consistent success you’ll have. Having to remember to do specific things when actually doing the shooting is usually not great. Having to retrain your body to do something other than what it naturally wants to do is usually also a headache.
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Experts have reported for many years that modifying Glock triggers is a poor idea. We must accept the fact that we can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. I learned long ago that my grip caused me to shoot to the far left with Glocks. Fortunately when shooting my 26, my grip permits point of aim shooting. I quit trying to figure it out and rejoice that I have this 3rd gen Glock that does not throw brass the wrong way, came to me as a new gun with a stock but almost 1911 trigger, and possesses target accuracy. With it I never miss dirt clods, stumps, beer cans, or flying insects. I lied about hitting flying insects. It was hyperbole.
Ken
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Ken
BBI: ...”you better not forget the safe word because shit's about to get weird”...
revchuck38: ...”mo' ammo is mo' betta' unless you're swimming or on fire.”
You might enjoy this clip from one of Pat's videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8JX2hZR_6g