If personalizing the grips, as discussed on the Handgun Selection page, does not produce optimal alignment of the middle phalanx of the trigger finger, you may wish to try altering your finger placement. Keep in mind that it usually takes greater hand strength, which you may need to develop, to work a trigger with the tip of the finger than by placing the crease of the distal joint next to the outer edge of the trigger. Inserting the finger past the edge of that joint is counter-productive for most shooters, partly because the tip of the finger is likely to hit the frame of the gun before the gun fires.



(Illustration by Paige Robbins, from Defensive Use of Firearms: Revised and Updated, copyright © 2010, by Defensive Use of Firearms, LLC.)