highxj Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Had something odd happening to me today. I was running some fast drills today...bill drills, close arrays, like that. Using my STI 9mm, I started out shooting a practice load of a 150 gr. lead at 128pf and things were singing along nicely, pulled off a bill drill in 1.47. I switched to some 124 jacketed loads at 133pf and immediately started having 'bad' trigger freeze issues. Switched back to the slower lead load and the problems disappeared. I'm just getting back into the game after a 20 year layoff so I'm really rusty. Apparently I'm just releasing the trigger barely enough to reset the sear, and the quicker recoil impulse completely screwed me up. I don't know what I'm asking....just making an observation. Thought it was unusual and I can't recall that ever happening in such a dramatic fashion. It appears that with the snappier loads the gun is settling back forward out of recoil about the same time I'm relaxing on the trigger. Or something. I'd love to see a high speed video and watch exactly what's going on.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjimmy57 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I've had this problem from time to time as well. It usually happens to me when I switch guns. Not so much on the ammo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singlestack Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Using my STI 9mm, I started out shooting a practice load of a 150 gr. lead at 128pf and things were singing along nicely, pulled off a bill drill in 1.47. I'm just getting back into the game after a 20 year layoff so I'm really rusty. Out of the Holster? After a 20 year layoff? The problem is not the ammo or the gun. You are trigger freezing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highxj Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 Oh, I know it's not a gun or ammo problem....it's just strange that I only did it with one load and not the other. I need to re-train my trigger finger, among many other things. Yeah, the 1.47 was from surrender, all A's and first shot was .87. But let me say there is no way I can do anything consistently yet. Just like when I first started in 1985, I'm shooting WAY over my head. It's always been a problem for me, shooting only as fast as I can see....but that's everybody's problem I suppose! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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