[SC_Dave]

I have never found an instructor that advocates placing your index finger of your off hand on the front of the trigger guard when gripping the pistol. Glock does not either. So what is the purpose of the checkering/cross hatching on the front of the guard?
David

 

[MtnBiker]

For those of us who don't hold in the advocated fashion.

 

[CigarandScotch]

For those of us who don't hold in the advocated fashion.

Yup. I still do it. Every time I have tried to "unlearn" that technique, it just feels wrong. And I shoot better that way, so I dance with the one that brung me.

 

[concretefuzzynuts]

I have a friend who was taught to shoot that way.

I don't and wouldn't.

 

[ron59]

When hiding behind a barricade, you can press the gun up against it. that's why it is squarish, not rounded... checkering also.

NOT for your finger.

 

[Bren]

I have never found an instructor that advocates placing your index finger of your off hand on the front of the trigger guard when gripping the pistol. Glock does not either. So what is the purpose of the checkering/cross hatching on the front of the guard?
David

Some do advocate it and it was fairly popular in the 80's or early 90's. Techniques change. That one obviously gives you a grip than can help keep the muzzle down, but a good thumbs forward will do it better.

 

[Topsider]

I'm a newbie shooter, and am becoming comfortable with the thumbs-forward "combat grip" (right-handed). I've already noticed a tendency to apply a little too much pressure with my right-hand pinky finger at times, causing some of my shots to go left. I hate to think what would happen with my left index finger on the trigger guard. Things seem to work best when I have pretty much equal pressure on the grip both side-to-side and front-to-back.

 

[SC_Dave]

When hiding behind a barricade, you can press the gun up against it. that's why it is squarish, not rounded... checkering also.

NOT for your finger.

I respect your opinion but I can't see how the checkering could come into play being that the front of the trigger guard is slightly concave.

 

[9L0ck]

When hiding behind a barricade, you can press the gun up against it. that's why it is squarish, not rounded... checkering also.

NOT for your finger.

This^
Glocks are combat pistols and that is exactly what the trigger guard was designed for.

 

[skyboss_4evr]

When hiding behind a barricade, you can press the gun up against it. that's why it is squarish, not rounded... checkering also.

NOT for your finger.

Excellent point!

 

[theSteve]

I switch back and forth from shooting with my index finger on the trigger guard on my 27. I feel that it at times does add extra control, but my accuracy is still the same. I do this solely because of the size of the 27. I have a 19 and 21 that I do not use the same gripping style.

 

[TK-421]

I respect your opinion but I can't see how the checkering could come into play being that the front of the trigger guard is slightly concave.

Yeah, I was wondering that too.

 

[ReyFufuRulesAll]

I switch back and forth from shooting with my index finger on the trigger guard on my 27. I feel that it at times does add extra control, but my accuracy is still the same. I do this solely because of the size of the 27. I have a 19 and 21 that I do not use the same gripping style.

Same here between my 26 and my 17.

 

[cliffsta]

I thought it was for better grip if your gun runs dry and you commence using it to beat the **** out of someone.

 

[4Rules]

I have never found an instructor that advocates placing your index finger of your off hand on the front of the trigger guard when gripping the pistol. Glock does not either. So what is the purpose of the checkering/cross hatching on the front of the guard?
David

Maybe your instructors have never heard of Eric Grauffel.

 

[Copis]

Squaring up and checkering the trigger guard was a 1911 mod that you would see done in the 80s...... at least thats when I became aware of it.....

 

[Gallium]

Eric Graufell ... all he's shot is 3 million rounds since the 90s???

Sheesh. there is a dude at my gunstore that says when he was delta ops force tango charlie they went thru that much a week, after trekking 70 miles uphill in snow WITH THE AMMO, both ways.

 

[SJ 40]

Squaring up and checkering the trigger guard was a 1911 mod that you would see done in the 80s...... at least thats when I became aware of it.....

As seen in these pictures.
http://www.coltforum.com/forums/col...semiauto-pistols/49072-austin-behlert-custom-chopped-colt-govt-plenty-pics.html
SJ 40