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Fear Not the Double Action Shot

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J Mercurio:
Rodolfo Fierro ,, If you teach students to pause when the sights drift, you're going to introduce anticipation because they're going to rush the trigger pull when the sights are perfect which we all know is not necessary.  Realistically, sights don't drift that much to make a difference unless you're shooting small targets at long distances.   I would recommend a new shooter shooting a dbl action pistol to first learn to pull the trigger without disturbing the sights.  Snap caps or dummy rounds are a great aid.  Once they accomplish this, the next step is to discover how pulling the trigger affects accuracy.  In my experience, pulling the trigger through smooth and uninterrupted is the best recipe for success.

Rodolfo Fierro:

--- Quote from: alimasag2418 on April 30, 2018, 11:46:28 PM ---Train DA shooting with a revolver. Pulling the hammer back is a no-no. 7-8 lbs. or more trigger weight is a great practice. Watch the front sight when the hammer fall. You'll eventually learn to keep the gun trained at the target without sight movement. Save some money by dry firing with snap caps. Good exercise for muscle training too.

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I think it will clarify my method if I describe it better.  I taught everything that Alimasag2418 mentioned with a double action gun with a laser.  When the laser starts to move away from the bulls eye, pause and get back on target.  There is no need to rush, just resume trigger squeeze.  After only a little practice the trigger stroke starts to smooth out.  The number one objective is to keep the gun pointed at the bulls eye, not how smooth you can pull the trigger.  That is the result of learning to pull the trigger without disturbing the sight picture.  The laser is great for showing you how much the gun is moving, before and after the hammer falls.

J Mercurio:
From an article on Brian Zins... The keystone to Brian Zins’ ultimate mastery of this fundamental is he starts pulling his trigger before he has a perfect sight picture. Yes, he actually starts shooting before he’s on target, knowing that by the time the gun goes bang, he’ll be dead on. 

If your shooting slow fire, you need to realize the gun will never stop moving..however, you can control the movement and squeeze through the arc of movement..

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