trigger finger placement (Read 6228 times)

Inspector

Re: trigger finger placement
« Reply #20 on: June 18, 2020, 12:47:07 PM »
Took a 'lil break, but I'm back shootin'  ;D

Had a bit of "ammo" built up, so good to fire off some rounds. . .  8)
Glad to hear you’re back in the saddle again and shooting. I hope you are not too rusty. Man, when I went Tuesday it felt like I couldn’t  hit anything. I need to practice. A lot.

I am building up my supplies little by little. I try and reload at least 100 rounds a day if I’m busy and at least 300 if I’m not. I’m running out of brass tho. So have you been hitting pistols or rifles or both? Have you been practicing at home? Are you trying some drills?
SCIENCE THAT CAN’T BE QUESTIONED IS PROPAGANDA!!!

groveler

Re: trigger finger placement
« Reply #21 on: June 18, 2020, 12:49:15 PM »
I don't even think about where my finger goes when it is on a trigger.
I mostly trained for self defense pistol, long gun hunting, and military.
You're scared, out of breath, and adrenaline is pumping like nobodies
business.
Sight picture, breath control, don't jerk the trigger, is about all
you can do when your heart is doing 120, you are out of breath, and
shaking.
I'm a finger pad guy.

drck1000

Re: trigger finger placement
« Reply #22 on: June 19, 2020, 09:45:23 AM »
Glad to hear you’re back in the saddle again and shooting. I hope you are not too rusty. Man, when I went Tuesday it felt like I couldn’t  hit anything. I need to practice. A lot.

I am building up my supplies little by little. I try and reload at least 100 rounds a day if I’m busy and at least 300 if I’m not. I’m running out of brass tho. So have you been hitting pistols or rifles or both? Have you been practicing at home? Are you trying some drills?
The rust definitely showed in my pistol shooting. Have some rifle training planned as well.  I expect the rust in rifle shooting to not be as severe as pistol shooting, but manipulations will probably show some rust. 

When I started working from home mid-March, I was doing a lot of dry fire (including reloads and stuff).  But that sort of tapered off after the first month.  Then the handgun class came up on short notice and that was actually "good" and an opportunity to see the effects of a longer break from shooting. 

Have you been doing practice at home?  Assume you're all settled in your new home.  I was mainly working on draws against a timer and picking pretty small targets on a wall.  Was using 1" tabs of painter's tape on the wall.  Was also working on multiple target transitions.  Wish there were shooting matches here and there to test, but hopefully will get back to that in the next month or so.   

Inspector

Re: trigger finger placement
« Reply #23 on: June 19, 2020, 03:51:03 PM »
The rust definitely showed in my pistol shooting. Have some rifle training planned as well.  I expect the rust in rifle shooting to not be as severe as pistol shooting, but manipulations will probably show some rust. 

When I started working from home mid-March, I was doing a lot of dry fire (including reloads and stuff).  But that sort of tapered off after the first month.  Then the handgun class came up on short notice and that was actually "good" and an opportunity to see the effects of a longer break from shooting. 

Have you been doing practice at home?  Assume you're all settled in your new home.  I was mainly working on draws against a timer and picking pretty small targets on a wall.  Was using 1" tabs of painter's tape on the wall.  Was also working on multiple target transitions.  Wish there were shooting matches here and there to test, but hopefully will get back to that in the next month or so.   
I still have to get a couple of good holsters. I intend to carry my S&W Model 10 DAO mostly but I want to carry my Sig P228 as an alternate. I can get holster certified at the range and they will allow me to do live fire draws. I am scheduled to take a CCW class next month. I don’t need to but it was free with the membership. It couldn’t hurt when I travel to other states. But right now all my money is going toward reloading supplies. I won’t be happy until I have a years worth of bullets, primers and powder. So holster and draw practice on the horizon.

I practiced today at the range with my SD pistol (S&W Model 10 DAO 3” barrel). Since I can fire as fast as I like I practiced double taps at 9’ and 15’. I also tested 3 different practice loads. I felt like I did pretty good. At least much better than I expected to. Then I tried just general target practice at 21’. I didn’t do as well as I would have liked to. But the gun is not a target gun. My nephew and his beautiful new wife are driving up to visit us tomorrow. My nephew and I are going to sneak out for an hour or two and practice. Tomorrow I’ll bring out the Sig and see if I can hit with it or not.
SCIENCE THAT CAN’T BE QUESTIONED IS PROPAGANDA!!!