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sxsman1,

How far are you placing the trigger finger into the trigger itself? Are you pulling it with the first "pad" of your trigger finger, the first crease of your trigger finger, or are you putting the trigger finger further into the guard than either of the previous options, like maybe the second crease?


The reason I ask is ................the further up on your trigger finger you pull the front trigger the nearer the back of the triggerguard your next finger will be. Sometimes it's something as simple as that.

SRH

Stan has a good point. With double trigger guns, one is best suited to set up for the back trigger and use a minimal part of the index finger for the front trigger. This is why the thumbhole needs to be right. In my opinion, the thumbhole measurement is very important with all shotguns but especially so with double triggers. I�m sure people here will argue that point, but they are wrong, plain and simple.

I have never, in my life that I can recall, had a doublegun recoil the trigger guard into my second finger, though I have tried hard to understand why it happens to some.

This is the only reason I can think of, aside from a child with small hands trying to use a two-triggered gun.

Hope it helps.

SRH

You could always deduct a middle finger like the actor James Doohan did on your shooting hand. He lost his to friendly fire on D-Day. A nervous Canadian sentry with a Bren gun shot him multipe times, four in his leg, one in the chest, and one through his right middle finger. The bullet to his chest was stopped by a silver cigarette case given to him by his brother.[6] His right middle finger had to be amputated, something he would conceal on-screen during most of his career as an actor. If that seems extreme then the finger bumper is a good option.

I've been doing exactly what Buzz has suggested ever since I got my first double trigger gun. I always set up for the back trigger with my grip, then simply reach for the front trigger. Works like a charm. I hate the looks of the trigger guard bumpers.
Karl

It seems to me that if someone who uses a bumper, behind their t.guard, would grip the wrist at the same point that they would have to with the bumper in place, they could just remove the bumper and the guard wouldn't hit their finger anyway.

One further query......... is it a straight gripped gun?

SRH

Yes, just use the very tip of your index finger to pull the front trigger so he rest of your hand and middle finger should be no where near the back of that trigger guard.

For some reason I rarely get the knuckle thump with a straight grip gun; it's usually with a tight pistol grip. Trigger hand adjustment is the way to go...Geo

The first trigger may be farther forward than on the guns that don't bite you. I have a couple of guns that have front triggers that are uncomfortably placed.

Thanks for all the suggestions, It is a straight grip gun, and I do pull the trigger with the tip of my finger.
I can place my hand back further on the grip if I shoot the rear trigger first and that stops the trigger guard from hitting my second finger, but I than have to stretch to reach the front trigger and then my second finger gets hit.
When I reach the front trigger with the tip of my finger that puts the rear of the trigger guard tight up against my second finger and I don't have small hands, my fingers might be slightly thicker than average though.
Pete