So I took a training course this weekend and we talked a lot about Trigger Control and Trigger Management. A lot of the info boiled down to how you reset the trigger. So many people talk about reset of a particular gun. The fact it is long or short. Distinct or mushy etc... but they don't go into detail about how they use it or how they manage it. Even more to the point don't talk a lot about why they prefer one guns reset over another in direct relationship to how they shoot.
We were introduced to 2 different methods and I will do my best to describe the 2 methods.
Controlled Press:
The shooter fires the gun and then pins the trigger to the rear, realign the sights, and then release the trigger until they feel a distinct click or the reset point of the trigger. As the gun is cycling and you feel/hear the click of the reset. Once you feel that click you get "back on" the trigger and fire the next shot. For some the finger comes up off the trigger for others it stays on. To me it makes more sense for the finger to never leave the trigger. I will refer to this as a controlled press. Some describe it as a "slap". I believe others might refer to it as a "jerk" vs a "slap". The use of the term slap or jerk is not being used as a negative here. Either way the shooter is pinning the trigger to the rear releasing it to the point of reset and then pressing, slapping, jerking the trigger and pinning it to the rear and then rinsing and repeating.
Hard Prep:
The shooter fires the gun and basically is getting off and then right back on the sear without letting your finger leave the trigger. You reset the trigger quickly during the recoil stroke. This is not trying to find that magic reset point each gun has but instead allowing the gun to its full reset point and then while the gun is still recoiling taking up the slack and prepping the trigger for the next shot. As the gun is cycling you are taking up the slack and applying pressure to the trigger. Once the gun has cycled you break the next shot.
So when attempting to shoot a continuity of fire situation like gun games or a self defense scenario where fast accurate hits are essential which method of trigger control do you use and why?
We were introduced to 2 different methods and I will do my best to describe the 2 methods.
Controlled Press:
The shooter fires the gun and then pins the trigger to the rear, realign the sights, and then release the trigger until they feel a distinct click or the reset point of the trigger. As the gun is cycling and you feel/hear the click of the reset. Once you feel that click you get "back on" the trigger and fire the next shot. For some the finger comes up off the trigger for others it stays on. To me it makes more sense for the finger to never leave the trigger. I will refer to this as a controlled press. Some describe it as a "slap". I believe others might refer to it as a "jerk" vs a "slap". The use of the term slap or jerk is not being used as a negative here. Either way the shooter is pinning the trigger to the rear releasing it to the point of reset and then pressing, slapping, jerking the trigger and pinning it to the rear and then rinsing and repeating.
Hard Prep:
The shooter fires the gun and basically is getting off and then right back on the sear without letting your finger leave the trigger. You reset the trigger quickly during the recoil stroke. This is not trying to find that magic reset point each gun has but instead allowing the gun to its full reset point and then while the gun is still recoiling taking up the slack and prepping the trigger for the next shot. As the gun is cycling you are taking up the slack and applying pressure to the trigger. Once the gun has cycled you break the next shot.
So when attempting to shoot a continuity of fire situation like gun games or a self defense scenario where fast accurate hits are essential which method of trigger control do you use and why?
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