>>>>>We are taught to not put our fingers inside the trigger housing until we are ready to shoot. I must have pulled my gun a thousand times, but most of the time my finger stayed outside the guard.
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>>>>So you train snap shooting starting from that configuration ? Just seems a *lot* slower. I cannot even imagine it, but I guess I'm too old or my fingers are too long <g> I can see where it would prevent accidents, but my assumption would be that if you have a weapon pointed at somebody (or are going into a situation where you may have to do so very quickly) you *are* ready to shoot.
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>>>Snap shooting is different. You are committed to shooting. If you do a building entry, though, you will have your gun out with the finger along the trigger guard.
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>>Probably a good idea - especially if you're first through the door and the guy behind you is a nervous rookie. I just cringe when I see the cop on TV drawing down on a guy with a gun pointed at him and still having the finger alongside the guard <bg>
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>Uh, one minor point of correction - we always let the rookies go in first!<g>
And recruit fat rookies <bg> Reminds me of my old scuba diving rule about always diving with a buddy so there's a 50-50 chance the shark will eat him.
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