Gun enthusiasts: ever hear of a thumb trigger?

What if you hold it sideways?

Seems like it could reduce side torque vs a regular trigger. But if for any reason it was shot without being properly shouldered, it would probably do some damage to your thumb.

Man, that thing looks like an accidental shooting waiting to happen. I understand that sticks and such can still get into a traditional trigger guard, but that thing's just an open hole you stick your thumb into with a button in it.

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As opposed to an open hole with a hook in it?

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Yeah. If a stick gets into the trigger well, it's got to come in sideways and move backwards to pull the trigger or come in from the perfect angle from the front where it missed the front of the trigger guard, but gets to the trigger to push it. You can see the picture I posted. All something's got to do is get shoved straight into the thumbwell to contact the trigger and can push the trigger with the way the trigger surface is angled.

There might be part of the mechanism I'm missing or some type of safety that isn't obvious, though. Maybe like a grip safety that won't release the trigger to move unless you've got a good hold on the weapon.

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That actually seems pretty smart to me as it would eliminate pull.

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Yeah, it's definitely an interesting idea just from a standpoint of the physiology of the hand. The motion of the thumb is way less connected to the motion of the fingers than the fingers are to each other. This idea more effectively decouples the action of pressing the trigger from the action of gripping the weapon and providing for stability while firing.

Interesting innovation. I wonder how it is for people with arthritis in their thumbs. On a low recoil weapon it is probably fine, but if there was a big kick gun say a 300 win mag I would think your thumb is going to pay a price.

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probably requires a special BCG to go along wit it.

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What would releasing the sear have to do with the BCG? That makes zero sense. As far as people thinking something could get in there and fire the weapon, it sounds like y’all think he is pushing with his thumb and that’s not how it works. He is pushing the trigger down with his thumb. An object would have to get into the hole and then push down. Not that likely.

But them claiming it is “30% more accurate” is stupid. A trigger helps the shooter be accurate but it doesn’t make the rifle accurate or inaccurate.

Almost like a butterfly trigger. Except covered. I imagine there'll be room for improvement since it's a new design.

Can't wait to see the equivalent game controller design.

I was completely uninterested after watching the video. Comments now have me interested in trying it.