I think it was Clint Smith that said "...on the target on the trigger, off the target off the trigger." Always made good sense to me.
One problem - placing my finger that high up on the slide blocks my CT laser (on those that have one).
The big positive of having a fixed, repeatable index that has a positive feel with some bite, is your finger is less likely to slide off in to the trigger guard.
I may or may not have accidentally shot the instructor with a marking cartridge while grappling with another student at a class. My finger wasn't on the trigger.... until I was squeezing with both hands trying to keep the gun. Then it squished right down the frame and in to the trigger guard where it didn't belong.
Could that have been some random bystander in my real gunfight? Yep. Could it have been one of the people I thought I was trying to protect? Definitely. Is it scary to think I might have blasted a loved one? Sure is.
Good thing it was just in training.
In that scenario it really does not matter as to what you are doing with the finger. A grappling situation might overcome even the high position. It is just your finger.
My finger is always on the slide line. Finger tip just forward of the guard. I am not sure I can re-train for this register position. I have been messing with this for a bit today.It will not work on my CZ's due to controls. A 1911 with the Ambi is tough as well. Just not comfortable. My EDC is Ambi-safety.
The 1st one of you wise guys that says buy a G****..........
I'm not sure he's specifically advocating the ejection port so much as the highest point possible with a positive feel to it.
The more margin and more resistance to slidind away, the better. I may nit have had different results with his position. But I may have. It's something to consider.
You could always just buy a g...oat!In that scenario it really does not matter as to what you are doing with the finger. A grappling situation might overcome even the high position. It is just your finger.
My finger is always on the slide line. Finger tip just forward of the guard. I am not sure I can re-train for this register position. I have been messing with this for a bit today.It will not work on my CZ's due to controls. A 1911 with the Ambi is tough as well. Just not comfortable. My EDC is Ambi-safety.
The 1st one of you wise guys that says buy a G****..........
You could always just buy a g...oat!
...The 1st one of you wise guys that says buy a G****..........
I wouldn't tell you that.
rhino showed me this high index years ago when I started training with him. I couldn't make the reach on my 1911, so it went by the wayside. Fast forward to the last few years, switched to Glocks. I can now make the reach with a little effort.
I have pulled the trigger a few more times and wrestled through a few FOF scenarios. The importance pointed out by Southnarc of a place where my trigger finger would stick through rough circumstances appeals to me. Like Jackson, I have "shot" an innocent bystander in a FOF scenario and it was devastatingly eye opening.
As Coach mentions, when you are responsible for watching other's safe gun handling, it is a breath of fresh air to not have a concern whether their finger is off the trigger vs riding it.