Thread: Trigger control
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Old June 9, 2009, 09:39 AM   #12
Brian Pfleuger
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Trigger control is when the trigger doesn't control YOU. You are aiming, aiming, aiming.... BANG! If you're paying attention to the trigger, you're not aiming. If you're not aiming, you're missing. Archery is a good example. The good shooters, I mean the REALLY good shooters, don't even HAVE a trigger. It's all done with muscle control, so well practiced and rehearsed that it's almost subconscious. The conscious brain is AIMING.

There's one thing about the "Practice, practice, practice" mantra. You have to know what you're practicing. Practice doesn't make perfect. Practice makes habit. Practice bad, you get bad. Really, practice the wrong thing and you get WORSE, not better. So don't go out there and just shoot and think "If I put 1000 rounds down the pipe I'll be better than I was." because you might just be worse. You might be practicing a good strong flinch or a death grip on the gun.
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