Finger position on Glock trigger

[rlewpolar]

Bought my first Glock, a 17 and am shooting it a bit left.

I have a few Sigs and usually place the middle of my first pad on the tigger when shooting with good results.

I also have an M&P Shield and use more finger on
it (usually the crease of the first joint) since the gun is fairly small.

Thinking I need to do the same with the Glock, which is odd since the gun and grip seems big, if not bigger than the Sigs I'm used to shooting.

Curious if other people are using more finger on the Glock trigger than other platforms.

I've googled the Glock shooting left phenomenon and apparently it is fairly common in right handed shooters. There is even a video of Jerry Miculek shooting a brand new Glock 41 and he is shooting a bit left at only 7 yds. He grumbles that he is messing up and being sloppy on the trigger. Love how humble that guy is.

Anyway, want to see what the Glock shooters out there think and whether they use more finger on the trigger than other platforms.


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[JDW67]

I had the same issue when I first got my 19. With my Sigs, I'd use the pad or joint of my trigger finger and I'd get good results. The same technique did not work with the Glock. I ended up using almost the very tip of my trigger finger to get on target.

[SonofWWIIDI]

[Gryff]

Every time I see someone shooting left with a Glock and telling me that the sights are off, I test fire the gun and hit dead center on the target. I'm putting the center of the pad of my distal phalanx on the trigger (although I sometimes shy a tiny bit more towards the tip of the finger).

To me, the trick with the Glock is trigger finger discipline, as well as proper finger placement. You have to smoothly press the trigger straight back with very consistent pressure. The best I can describe it is the same press you need to shoot a double-action revolver well...with only a fraction of the strength. But the press has to be consistent from start to finish.

ALSO, try easing up the amount of strength you're using in your strong hand to hold the gun, and compensate with more strength in your support hand. Most people hold a gun 60:40 or 70:30 in strong hand:weak hand, but I find that 40:60 in strong hand:weak hand allows more trigger control.

[rlewpolar]

Finger position on Glock trigger

That's what's confusing to me. The wheel diagram above and my experience tells me to use more finger. Yet, some people (like JDW67) are saying less finger.

I'm wondering if replacing the stock trigger with a flat faced trigger would solve this issue and let me shoot with my regular finger position (center of the first pad).

Guess I need to put more rounds down range and find out which position gives me the best results.


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[kmas]

Try this for the G17:

Ensure that:

1.the web of your hand is all the way up to the rear edge of the "backstrap".
This may initially feel unnatural, but persevere.

2. Grip your gun firmly with your shooting hand - this prevents movement when pressing trigger.

3. your finger contacts the trigger near the crease of the distal joint

- I have my finger fully & comfortably inside the trigger guard after I have a proper grip, and it works well. - i.e rather than the very tip of the pad of the finger, it is the inside of the pad that is on the trigger and the other side of the trigger touches the crease of the first joint.

Then press the trigger straight back.

[baranski]

Drift the sight right and move on.

[rlewpolar]

Try this for the G17:



Ensure that:



1.the web of your hand is all the way up to the rear edge of the "backstrap".

This may initially feel unnatural, but persevere.



2. Grip your gun firmly with your shooting hand - this prevents movement when pressing trigger.



3. your finger contacts the trigger near the crease of the distal joint



- I have my finger fully & comfortably inside the trigger guard after I have a proper grip, and it works well. - i.e rather than the very tip of the pad of the finger, it is the inside of the pad that is on the trigger and the other side of the trigger touches the crease of the first joint.



Then press the trigger straight back.

Excellent, thanks. I'll try this. Been actually doing it exactly this way while dry firing and with a laser the last couple of days and it feels good with no movement when the trigger breaks. Just have to do some live rounds to see if I can get good results.


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[GOLDEN GUN]

Drift the sight right and move on.

if u drifted the sight to the right and it was shooting left, the gun would shoot even more left..

if you drifted the sight left while it was shooting left he would shoot more center lol

[baranski]

if u drifted the sight to the right and it was shooting left, the gun would shoot even more left..

if you drifted the sight left while it was shooting left he would shoot more center lol

Yeah that,

[dyjag]

I found I have better results with more finger. Other triggers like beretta, sig and cz I use the pad. For glock I am almost on the first joint. I have smaller hands so perhaps this gives me a better grip. Not sure but the results are what counts.

[ElDub1950]

Center pad on all my Glock's works best. BTW with my Shield trigger is at the first joint. Lack of a straight smooth trigger pull is usually the problem with left or right POI.

[Germ1]

Your shooting left because you're jerking the trigger.(or flinching) Not because of your finger position, I shoot off the first pad. Work on your trigger control. Spend some time dry firing and more time with live fire. This issue comes down to a lack of experience. Try SIG academy's accuracy drill. When you fire on the empty chamber you will see just how much movement you have.(there should be none) I bet you'll see the entire gun jerk to the left, or pull the whole thing down from anticipating the shot.(flinching). Long story short, your presses aren't smooth.
It takes thousands and thousands of rounds of live fire to completely work out a flinch and stop pulling. You'll eventually get to the point that you can feel when you pull a shot, and you know exactly why that round landed where it did. because your trigger control wasn't on point.

[Germ1]

Every time I see someone shooting left with a Glock and telling me that the sights are off, I test fire the gun and hit dead center on the target. I'm putting the center of the pad of my distal phalanx on the trigger (although I sometimes shy a tiny bit more towards the tip of the finger).

To me, the trick with the Glock is trigger finger discipline, as well as proper finger placement. You have to smoothly press the trigger straight back with very consistent pressure. The best I can describe it is the same press you need to shoot a double-action revolver well...with only a fraction of the strength. But the press has to be consistent from start to finish.

ALSO, try easing up the amount of strength you're using in your strong hand to hold the gun, and compensate with more strength in your support hand. Most people hold a gun 60:40 or 70:30 in strong hand:weak hand, but I find that 40:60 in strong hand:weak hand allows more trigger control.

Most people who know what they're doing use a 100% positive grip. Like every professional shooter alive.

[george223]

Years ago when I bought my 1st centerfire handgun, a Beretta 92F, I took it to the range. Eager to shoot it, I loaded up 5 rounds, sent the target out about 20ft, and fired away. It felt really good and I thought that I put all 5 rounds in the center, until I reeled the target back in. Not 1 on the paper. So I asked the range officer if this was a problem with Beretta. So he comes out, shoots 5 rounds dead center. Nope, not the gun.

I never saw myself flinching and I never flinched while dry firing but whenever I put a live round in the chamber, I would always shoot low and to the left. So 1 day I decided to make up some dummy rounds and load a couple rounds in the mag randomly, looking away while loading. When the dummy was chambered, I couldn't believe how much I flinched when I pulled the trigger.

I'm not quite where I want to be yet, but it's getting better. By practicing using a couple of dummy rounds in the mag (or is it a clip?), it has helped me immensely. Now, sometimes every round in the mag hits dead center and sometimes I start flinching again. When this happens, I'll go back to the dummy rounds again until I get the flinching under control.

Practicing this way is easier to do with a revolver.