Posted: 7/6/2009 5:56:35 PM EDT
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Just picked up my new H&K P2000SK and noticed the front of the trigger guard is squared and checkered like on my Glocks. Is there some kind of a modified weaver hold that Europeans use with the support hand index finger resting there? I always wondered about that, but never really looked into it. Anyone use this type of grip...pros and cons?
Have a good one. 
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Some shooters - regardless of national origins - shoot with their support index finger around the trigger guard. This is generally the reason for squared trigger guards (with the checking then to boot).
I myself have tried it, but found it awkward and unnatural. The key is always to find what works for you. |
| Of course, wrapping your weak hand index finger around the front of the triggerguard works better on a smaller triggerguard like on the M1911. The triggerguards on most of the modern European designs are enlarged to give clearance to a trigger finger inside a heavy glove. This puts the front of the triggerguard too far forward to really gain any control with the weak hand index finger. Oddly, the European started introducing hooked and serrated/checkered triggerguards around the same time that US competition shooters and gunsmiths were dropping the practice. |
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Just picked up my new H&K P2000SK and noticed the front of the trigger guard is squared and checkered like on my Glocks. Is there some kind of a modified weaver hold that Europeans use with the support hand index finger resting there? I always wondered about that, but never really looked into it. Anyone use this type of grip...pros and cons? Have a good one. I believe both Eric Grauffel and Adam Tyc (IPSC Open and Production champions, respectively) use this technique, among others. |