Gun Digest Shooter's Guide to Competitive Pistol Shooting by Steve Sieberts

Author:Steve Sieberts
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: F+W Media

This drill, the shooter is firing into the berm, focusing the concentration on trigger control without a target, getting used to applying a steady rhythm to the application of trigger pressure, without the distraction of a target. This drill can also be performed indoors, with a blank target and dry firing the pistol, and focusing on the sights without a target.

The interesting aspect of trigger control that shooters must understand is contained in the words “steady building pressure.” It’s the part of trigger control that high-level shooters have mastered, and new shooters struggle with. New shooters do not yet understand that the trigger must be pressed straight to the rear, with steady building pressure. While at the same time trying to maintain as near to perfect sight alignment as possible. The better the sights are aligned when the sear disengages the striker or firing pin hits the primer and the bullet exits the barrel (which by the way, is a lot longer process than most people think), the better the shot will be.

As mentioned, it’s the steady building pressure that most new shooters have trouble with and there are many reasons for this, but they have to be overcome on order shoot with any degree of success.

New shooters apply pressure to the trigger much like the following description: the application of pressure starts and stops, speeds up and slows down. Sometimes this type of trigger pressure is almost imperceptible to the shooter. The shooter is focusing so intently on the sights, they may not be aware that the trigger finger is applying very uneven pressure to the trigger. They may also be “reacting” to the sights and trying to shoot sight picture, trying to apply all or most of the pressure to the trigger as the front sight swings by the target. This is called “ambushing” the target, also known as “setting up the shot” and is the surest way to get poor results when firing a handgun. And while rifle shooters can sometimes get away with using this technique successfully, it has no place when firing a pistol. So the proper way to apply pressure to the trigger is with a steady building pressure, straight to the rear.

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