Point and shoot index finger rest

An index finger rest for attachment to a firearm is disclosed. The index finger rest is attached to a firearm just above the trigger guard and in a surrounding relation thereto. The index finger rest being aligned with the barrel of the firearm. The finger rest has a horizontal and a vertical surface and the vertical surface being attached to the side of the firearm. The index finger can be placed against the finger rest and the firearm fired with the middle finger. The index finger rest of the present invention provides control and support to allow accurate point and shoot firing of a firearm. The finger rest is applicable to all types of hand held firearms, toy guns, air guns, pellet guns, paintball guns and archery devices.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
This invention relates to aiming and shooting guns. 
Films of actual police shootouts show that in close combat situations, most 
police do not aim carefully and then squeeze the trigger to shoot. They 
just point at or in the direction of a target and shoot rapidly. As such, 
accurate shooting is a matter of chance in those situations. And at night, 
when a sight can not be used, accurate shooting also is a matter of 
chance. 
There is a method of aiming a gun that is automatic and accurate, and which 
can be used in close combat and at night. It utilizes our natural ability 
to point accurately. It can be called Point and Shoot or P&S. Here is how 
P&S works. 
The index finger is placed against the side of a gun just above the trigger 
guard, and aligned with the barrel. The index finger is then pointed at a 
target, and the middle finger is used to pull the trigger. 
P&S can be used with some sub-machine guns and assault rifles, but not with 
most pistols and revolvers. The shape of the upper rear portion of those 
guns does not allow the index finger to be placed above the trigger guard. 
A modified form of P&S can be used with them however. Here is how it 
works. 
The index finger of the gun hand is placed against the side of the trigger 
guard, aligned with the barrel, and used to point at a target. The fingers 
of the other hand are wrapped around the fingers of the gun hand, and the 
index finger of the other hand is used to pull the trigger. 
When P&S is used and a gun is fired, the index finger can move with each 
shot and may need to be realigned. It also may be hit with the slide of a 
pistol or be burned by powder flash. A shim may be needed on the side of a 
gun to allow alignment of the index finger with the barrel. And quick 
alignment of the index finger is not certain during combat or at night. 
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
Adding an index finger rest to a gun can provide a ready and reliable means 
for using P&S to automatically and accurately aim, and then shoot. The 
finger rest is added just above the trigger guard and aligned with the gun 
barrel. The index finger can be placed up and against it, pointed at a 
target, and the gun fired with the middle finger. The finger rest can be 
called a P&S index finger rest. 
The improvement is applicable to all types and kinds of hand held firearms, 
toy guns, other types of guns such as air, pellet, paintball, etc., and 
some archery devices.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
Adding an index finger rest 1, to a gun 2, provides a ready and reliable 
means for using P&S to automatically and accurately aim, and then shoot. 
The index finger rest 1, is about four inches long, positioned just above 
and about one inch in back of the trigger guard, aligned with the barrel, 
and has two flat surfaces each about 3/4 of an inch wide, one that extends 
horizontally out from a point just above the trigger guard, and one that 
extends vertically down from the same point and which can be the side of 
the gun 2. 
The placement of the index finger rest should insure that when the index 
finger is placed up and against it, the side of both the middle and root 
knuckle of the index finger make contact with the horizontal surface, and 
the palm side of the index finger makes contact with the vertical surface. 
Those contacts are critical to automatic and accurate aiming. 
This improvement is applicable to all types and kinds of hand held 
firearms, toy guns, other types of guns such as air, pellet, paintball, 
etc., and some archery devices. The word weapon as used here, means all of 
them. The finger rest can be called a P&S index finger rest. 
Besides allowing automatic and accurate aiming at any time, a P&S index 
finger rest provides improved weapon support because the weapon can be 
grasped and supported by both thumb and index finger. 
A P&S index finger rest also shields the index finger from the slide of a 
pistol, and from powder flash. 
It will start doing what it can do naturally and accurately, and that is 
point. As fast as one can point at a target, the weapon will be aimed at 
that target. 
A P&S index finger rest also provides a flexible yet stable shooting 
platform. One can stay on target while moving. And the free hand can be 
cupped and used as a holder for the gun hand to give added support. Recoil 
can be absorbed better, and target re-acquisition will be quicker. 
The sight still can be used to aim, and the index finger still can be used 
to pull the trigger. 
P&S index finger rests can be incorporated into parts for new weapons or 
existing weapons, or they can be added to existing weapons. They can be 
added to one or both sides of weapons, and they can be added to the front 
grip if there is one. They can be made of metal, tough plastic, or any 
substantial material, and attached with screws, bolts, clips, mounting 
pins, glue, weld, or by the use of spring loaded pins that fit into 
mounts, etc. They can fold up and down, have custom made molded inserts 
that can be attached to them by a variety of means, etc. 
An extended trigger guard and trigger will be needed in most applications 
to allow the middle finger to pull the trigger. That will not be necessary 
in pistol and revolver applications if the alternate method of P&S as 
described above, will be used. Also, no change to the gun action is 
needed.