Our fingers are designed to do a whole bunch of wonderful things: Pick noses, prod Pillsbury-Dough-Boy tummies, get hit with hammers and inform other drivers of our opinion on their vehicle operating skills, but they are certainly NOT designed to pull directly backward with a constant force in a straight line. This is quite a shame as that is exactly what we need them to do to impress our buddies at the range. As we learnt in (Table 1) above, the weight of a pistol is usually significantly less than the force we will be applying to it. Therefore, if we do not pull the trigger directly backward then we will be moving the pistol around and causing divergence at the last second before we send hot lead down range. To give us the best chance of obtaining rearward pull we need to align the finger so the geometry of the knuckles works with us rather than against us. (Fig 5) diagrams the most common ‘first time shooter’ grip where the knuckle or even past the knuckle is place on the trigger. This is also seen visually in (Fig 6). Incorrect finger placement like this will certainly cause a push to the side and a movement of the POI. (Fig 5), (Fig 7) and (Fig 8) indicate correct finger placement with the trigger at the top of the swirls in the fingerprint or opposite the white bed of the finger nail. Some shooters will use a finger contact which is right into the edge of the first knuckle (Fig 5) which provides more leverage and makes it easier to shoot DA. This placement is falling out of popularity but is still useful on heavy triggers or if you don’t have the strongest of fingers.