Re: tip of finger vs. 2nd joint
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: TJ.</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The first two pics show an interesting trigger finger angle compared to the third
Now this is 90 degrees...
I have no idea what to make of these last two. What do you call that technique, is it widely used ?
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Most AR classes are shot inside 100 yards and are dynamic based classes. The Pat Rodgers Class you took the pictures from were shot inside 50 yards only and were mainly speed based drills. The images you have copied were part of the drills were you go fro Standing, Kneeling to Prone with all shots inbetween shot in less than 20 seconds with magazine changes.
Because my hand is small, I am using a grip too big for me personally and that fact I am shooting very fast it appears to be way off, which it is slightly but I am still using the pad of my finger and not digging my hand to a knuckle. Because I have very short fingers, the 90 is less pronounced, but look a my video above and you'll see it is still very similar.
As I stated in the quoted link, accuracy will not be effected up close, especially inside 50 yards where this will be shot. It's why I take outside classes because it pushes you beyond your own thinking and methods. In fact if you look I am using the Docter Sight and not even the Elcan itself because I am shooting fast.
Sterling,
That was an archive version it was marked as the AMU BRM however it could be fake.
Also I wouldn't take the advice of the guy in the article. His method might work for him, digging his hand in to the second knuckle, but as stated above it is physically impossible to pull anything back straight using the knuckle that far dug in. Big hand or otherwise -- the body is not made to work that way. He is probably what we call a good - bad shooter. There are some people who can get away with stuff simply because they practice it that way, but it doesn't mean it will translate to anyone else.
Practice and repetition along with consistency make a good shooter, comfort is a result of those... comfort cannot come first, some people with just naturally gravitate to doing it incorrectly out of comfort. People who win in shooting are not people fall back on generalized references, but people who practice to the degree their competition does not and fine tunes their positions for the best possible results. I doubt anyone who excels is shooting is doing so the same way they started out.
The last picture is very common with a 7.62 gasser. Guys also do this with an AICS they are simply floating the thumb to maintain the 90 degree angle.
it's about building the position from the trigger back and not the grip forward. The primary purpose of the firing hand is to manipulate the trigger with a secondary of controlling the rifle. So he is building his positions from the trigger back and not the grip forward.
Common yes, I have hundreds of pictures of guys doing it that way. It's about precision.
