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Stu · 11-21-2002, 09:49 AM

I suspect Frank is spot on as to the safety usage.

I confess that when I'm at the range I load the pistol, fire and clear and never use the safety as I'm always pointing downrange. The only exception being is I when get a jam I can't clear by cycling the slide.

Has anyone else read that the practice of 'finger outside the trigger guard' is relatively recent ?

From a safety point of view it can't be faulted but the real objective is to make sure the finger isn't on the trigger. I believe the 'outside the trigger guard' practice was introduced so that range officers could tell that peoples fingers were off the trigger more easily ?

Looking at a few period photos they seemd a little more cavalier about gun handling during the war ! One recently for sale on ebay showed some germans messing around and one of them was pointing his Luger at his bayonet wielding colleagues; his finger was certainly within the trigger guard ! Glad it wasn't me it was pointed at...... [img]smile.gif[/img] (I got shot once with the edge of the pattern from a 12 bore, once is enough for this wus !)

11-21-2002, 09:49 AM	#3
Stu User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Atlanta GA Posts: 452 Thanks: 4 Thanked 25 Times in 16 Posts	I suspect Frank is spot on as to the safety usage. I confess that when I'm at the range I load the pistol, fire and clear and never use the safety as I'm always pointing downrange. The only exception being is I when get a jam I can't clear by cycling the slide. Has anyone else read that the practice of 'finger outside the trigger guard' is relatively recent ? From a safety point of view it can't be faulted but the real objective is to make sure the finger isn't on the trigger. I believe the 'outside the trigger guard' practice was introduced so that range officers could tell that peoples fingers were off the trigger more easily ? Looking at a few period photos they seemd a little more cavalier about gun handling during the war ! One recently for sale on ebay showed some germans messing around and one of them was pointing his Luger at his bayonet wielding colleagues; his finger was certainly within the trigger guard ! Glad it wasn't me it was pointed at...... [img]smile.gif[/img] (I got shot once with the edge of the pattern from a 12 bore, once is enough for this wus !)