Working The Trigger In Dry Fire.

[mcoliver]

I never really paid much attention to what I'm doing with the trigger when live firing (Duh! Probably explains why my shooting sklills are stagnating.) But recently, I noticed I'm not slapping the trigger during my dry fire drills. And when I did, it hit me that the feeling was very much like my live fire. But I gotta check my live fire if I really am slapping.

This is a question for those of you who are aware that you're a trigger slapper. Do you also slap the trigger even when you're only dry firing?

[fastshuter]

I can't say I slap my trigger at all either dry or live firing. I used to shoot a lot of 22 bullseye previous to IPSC so maybe that has helped me more than anything. I guess for some folks they may need to concentrate more on the trigger set? It comes natural to me.

[Jasonub]

Im a trigger slapper but when the targets are difficult i feel the trigger off

[eric nielsen]

I have a 'dry-fire trigger' for my Glock which allows *almost* realistic dry-fire working of the trigger. I slap away when I have that in there.

I've also found [last Sunday] that I need something more defined for shooting steel plates at 20-30 yards so I'm working on slapping the finger forward but taking up the slack on the plates before I break the shot.

Just going by the TV/VCR , haven't asked him, but it looks like this is EG's technique as well.

[Ron Ankeny]

I haven't pulled the trigger in dry fire for over a year because I was trying to beat the buzzer with my finger. I am now beating the buzzer with my eyes. It makes a difference.

[Clay1]

Ron, tell us more. I see where Steve Anderson doesn't pull the trigger on multiple shots since he is looking for a sight picutre not just a trigger pull. Maybe he pulls on single shots, maybe not. Is this what you are saying? You don't actually pull the trigger just look for the sight picture?

[Steve Anderson]

Clay,

Not exactly. I don't pull the trigger on sight picture, or "1 shot drills." I see a lot of people set a real low par time for a draw, then click the hammer to beat the time with no sight picture.

I do pull the trigger for all multiple shot drills (el prez, for example) because I'm not timing the first shot anymore. I've built in to "shooting like me" that I never drop the hammer on a draw without a sight picture.

This one change yielded some great improvement for me...

SA

[Clay1]

Thanks Steve, I was falling into the grip, rip bang camp with no sight picture and when I read about not dropping the hammer and aquiring a sight picture that made much more sense. Thanks for the great info.

Rick

[AWLAZS]

Clay,

Not exactly. I don't pull the trigger on sight picture, or "1 shot drills." I see a lot of people set a real low par time for a draw, then click the hammer to beat the time with no sight picture.

I do pull the trigger for all multiple shot drills (el prez, for example) because I'm not timing the first shot anymore. I've built in to "shooting like me" that I never drop the hammer on a draw without a sight picture.

This one change yielded some great improvement for me...

SA

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I have been using Steves book and using the sight picture only draws. It has made me pay way more attention to the sights during the draw. When I hit the range for live fire I know where every shot has hit. Looking for the sight on the target during multiple shot drills has become very important before I slap that trigger back.