Get a pinky extension for sure! Also VZ grips often help...a little more to hold on to. For me, at least, trying to aim to the X and stage the trigger is a disaster. I am much better with a point and pull movement in 3 or more quick bursts from 10 yards in (but MUCH better inside 7 yards). If I am firing more than 3 or 4 magazines in practice, I wear a shooting glove rather than "training in" a flinch reflex from finger damage. This is still the absolute best small 9 for carry IMO.