It has been met with severe criticism in some quarters, but that does not change the facts of the matter.
Naturally. Any time you challenge one of America's most beloved platforms, you will be met with criticism.
The gist I take from your article is your criticism of the 1911 is...
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Originally Posted by 5shot
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Basically, the method calls for placing the index finger along the side of the gun and using it to aim with, and pulling the trigger with the middle finger.
IMHO, that should never be done with any handgun. Period.
I tried it, and the gun points down....there is no way 'pointing' with my finger with the middle one in the trigger did anything but aim ridiculously low.
Shooting a firearm in any situation, let alone a defensive one, in that manner just seems rediculous. It would be un-natural as .22guy stated, and I don't recall ever hearing about this in any formal defensive handgun training I've been through. And since the 1911 poses a problem for this particular grip, it has a design flaw? I think not.
Eh, dunno. I kinda took it the OP was wanting a flame war. Then again, I like jumping to conclusions. I'm good at that. I just close my eyes and let it do what it do.
Shooting a firearm in any situation, let alone a defensive one, in that manner just seems rediculous. It would be un-natural as .22guy stated, and I don't recall ever hearing about this in any formal defensive handgun training I've been through. And since the 1911 poses a problem for this particular grip, it has a design flaw? I think not.
Me thinks this would be nearly impossible with dueling pistols as stated. Most dueling pistols are side-lock and the shooter would most like get his index digit caught up in the lock. Ouch
Used to do this when I lost my Red Ryder pistol...I also hollered Bang! The louder the yell the bigger the bullet.
Seems like a joke thread to me.
Weird thing...My first post disappeared too !
I will repeat what I said...As a 1911 shooter, by design, the Index finger cannot ride on the takedown pin without also being in an un-natural position and if fired like that, the finger will be impacted by the slide. The Natural position is that the Index finger rides at the top of the trigger guard in the machined surface below the slide and below the pin. So you CAN point your
Index finger and you Can't fire with the middle finger without risking damage to your Index finger being hit by the slide. John Browning Knew what he was doing !
Rich
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