Why do some shooters hook their index finger on the front of the trigger guard, and is it a good thing? In the late 1970s and into the 1980s, many pistol designs (especially European models like Glock, Beretta and certain SIG Sauer pistols) featured squared-off trigger guards with a flat, often checkered, front face. This wasn’t an accident - manufacturers intended it to serve as a “rest” for the support-hand index finger. The theory was that placing the finger there would increase control,...

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