Square trigger guard question

[5632]

So many pistols today have square trigger guards today.  The older style were rounded.  What is the purpose of the square or flat front trigger guards?

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[870policemag]

It results in flatter shooting duh! I'm just kidding. I think it has a lot to do aesthetics more than anything. Some of them are textured to let your weak side index finger hang on to. I know the M9A1 trigger guard has been squared off but that's to get the light closer to the trigger guard. 

[Alex]

Yea I dont know if they are still teaching that method in other parts of the world but there is still a strong contingent of people that do index finger in front of the trigger guard to help control recoil. I tried it once and couldn't get any appreciable recoil control but that doesnt mean it doesnt work for others.

My memory may be wrong but I think when my buddies in NYPD went from revo to glock they were taught that method.

[coyotesfan97]

Yea I dont know if they are still teaching that method in other parts of the world but there is still a strong contingent of people that do index finger in front of the trigger guard to help control recoil. I tried it once and couldn't get any appreciable recoil control but that doesnt mean it doesnt work for others.

My memory may be wrong but I think when my buddies in NYPD went from revo to glock they were taught that method.

I tried it too and it never did anything wrapping my index finger around the grip didn't do. I saw no reason to switch to it.

[Whathefff]

I shoot with my finger on the guard but it has nothing to do with recoil control, it just feels better and my accuracy improved with doing it that way. I've been "corrected" a couple of time by some know it all's but they didn't seem to shoot any better than me so...

Last year I put a light on the night HD pistol so I'm trying to go back but it feels weird now.

[armoredman]

The weak hand finger on the front of the trigger guard was popular in the 80s, and it never really went away.

[coelacanth]

I guess I'm just weird but, depending on the pistol I'm shooting, I sometimes lay my off hand index finger alongside the trigger guard - especially the squared off ones.   Seems to help with some - not so much with others.   

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