As to why I use the middle finger, let's go back some fifty years or so.
Then, I was told to aim my greasegun with my index finger placed along the side of the gun, and use my middle finger when shooting from the hip. I was told to do that by an old WWII Sgt back in 54 when qualifying.
I didn't want to NOT qualify, so I was concerned about doing what he told me to do.
Well, I did what he said when shooting from the hip, and did notice when I shot, wood chips fling off the target which had a wood 1x4 down the center to support it.
Nice center hits.
It worked and I qualified as an expert.
Now to bring us up to the present sort of, several years ago, I saw the shootout on TV where those two brothers were stopped by the side of the road. And a shootout ensued where one cop dumped his gun and the other brother appeared to also do that, and they were about 15 feet apart, and nobody hit nothing but air.
I was amazed as I had since my army days of long ago, thought those who carried and used guns, knew what they were doing and how to use them. I thought "What the...., they need help."
A few days later, I thought of my pointing and aiming and hitting way back in 54....and I thought, why not with pistols too.
I read where an FBI supervisor said that accuracy in armed encounters is about 19 percent. There was Bruce Siddle's book on the fight or flight response in CQB situations and why Sight Shooting fails. Then there were the DOJ stats on the constant and unchanging police casualty rates over the past ten years. I found out about the CAR system, target Focus Fighting, the SOP 9, etc...
Didn't know all that stuff at the start, but I did know what worked.
I wrote an article about P&S, got it published in the Southern Lawman (1998).
One thing led to another.
Walter Dorfner, the former lead instructor for the VSP contacted me and said that he heard of me, and also that he had written a paper based on his development and experimentation with the same method.
He sent it to me, I studied it, made a digest and we both got it published in several police publications (1999).
Based on more searching for and discovering more info, I wrote more articles and sent them to PD's accross the country and also posted them to BB's, and got some published as well in police publications.
Fact is, I was also looking for info to prove me wrong so I could stop, as not only was it getting to be a chore, but talk about NEGATIVE !!! feedback from the traditionalist Sight Shooters and true believers.
I was also spending money on a patent search and such as that.
It's funny now to think back about it, just as the criticism received here by the diehard sour grape types is sort of humorous.
But then, and even now at least some of the time, it really pisses me off!
But I get over it.
I'm just a grumpy old fart that seldom shoots so what the hell could I know.
Fact is, I was right then, and still am, P&S WORKS.
Traditional Sight Shooting sucks for use in CQB situations, and the training on Sight Shooting for use in CQB, has caused the injury and death of lots of cops and civilians (there are no stats available on civilian use as gun efficiency and shooting methods not studied by gov agencies or consumer protection groups).
Check out my site, all the info I have gathered, and articles are there. And most evry item is free.
NEW ARTICLE:
I just finished a new article on using the middle finger to pull the trigger as recommend by and tacitly approved by the US Army:
http://www.pointshooting.com/thedots.htm
The reason to use it, is that if you use the index finger to instinctively, rapidly and accurately engage the target and fire your first shot (per what the US Army says we can do), what makes you think that you can just blast away with all subsequent shots and do as well?
I say do what the US Army says, and point and engage with each shot or keep pointing and engaging, as that is what works, as proven to me in my tests, and via pictures of the results of those tests.
http://www.pointshooting.com/guntests.htm
No stance, no dance, no sights, no trigger control. No problem.
Just Point & Shoot as fast as you can Point & Shoot.
4 out of 5 hits at 12 feet in a second or two that can be covered by a dollar bill, should be sufficient to stop most threats.
If not just keep Pointing & Shooting as the US Army says you can.
And if that in home distance is to close for some, keep in mind that a group of that size will still hit a chest sized target at over 20 feet.