{"id":65,"date":"2014-07-05T22:22:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-06T03:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mckinneyfirearmstraining.com\/wordpress\/?p=65"},"modified":"2014-07-05T22:22:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-06T03:22:00","slug":"pull-the-trigger-depress-the-trigger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mckinneyfirearmstraining.com\/wordpress\/pull-the-trigger-depress-the-trigger\/","title":{"rendered":"Pull the Trigger, depress the trigger"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Sandy Keathley<\/span><\/p>\n

Pull the trigger, squeeze the trigger, press the trigger. What is the difference?<\/p>\n

It’s a big difference, at least psychologically, and that translates to shot groups. In the same way that 1\/16 inch misalignment of the sights will lead to 6 inches or more variance from the bulls-eye, a much smaller amount of muzzle movement just before the break will throw off the shot.  Recoil after the break is not the enemy; muzzle movement right at the break is.<\/p>\n

The best advice I ever got, which I also give, is, “be surprised<\/i>“.  If you are surprised when the gun fires, you won’t be moving anything. “Well,<\/i>” they tell me, “I know when my trigger breaks.<\/i>”  Fine.  But you need to pretend you don’t know.<\/p>\n

Some people treat a trigger like a light switch: on or off<\/u>.  If it were a pressure switch, instead of a mechanical device, that would work, but it isn’t.  There is a certain amount of travel in the trigger, and between the start of pressure from the finger, and the break, people do bad things: jerk the trigger, push on the backstrap, apply lateral pressure on the trigger, etc. As the shot groups go wider, panic sets in, and it gets worse.<\/p>\n

That’s where those words come in. Squeeze implies less physical muscularity than pull, and press implies even less. You can’t muscle the pistol into hitting the bulls-eye, you have to finesse it.  The best marksmen are like football linemen with 9 fingers, and a ballet dancer with one.<\/p>\n

Hold the muzzle still, and “be surprised”, and you’ll be surprised at the result!
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