Trigger technique 101

[JimConway]

This is a discussion thread that occurred on GlockTalk.com in 2000. It started as a simple question posed by Neo Alred but turned into a 20* page book covering every single aspect of Glock trigger control. Some of the details discussed are: trigger reset, flinching, anticipation & surprise, dry-firing technique, follow through, looking for holes, milking the grip and many more. I strongly suggest that you read the entire thing, you won't be sorry.

http://www.glockfaq.com/trigger.htm

I am sure that you will not know many of the sign in names, but let me assure you that they are some of the best in the firearms training industry, I have been lucky enough to have trained by a number of them.

As a note, I can not even guess at how many times that I have read this. My most recent time was just yesterday. Do yourself a favor and print a copy. If you pay attention, you will shoot better.

 

[TimJ]

Thanks, Jim. I am having a tough time getting used to the trigger on my G19 after shooting 1911's all of my adult life. It's like swimming upstream some days.

Hopefully this will help.

 

[Fsorrent]

I'm definatelly going to give this a try. My problem is the low-left shot placement but only with the GLOCK. I don't do it any other pistol including my new .45. I feel myself getting excited when the sights line up perfectly, and then I shoot and I htink that is my problem, I should be more patient. Thanks for the link

 

[JimConway]

Fsorrent & TimJ
A Glock shooting left for a right handed shooter is a known problem.
I suggest that you take a hard look at the shooting error chart prepared by Louis Awerbuck and made into a PDF file by Neshooters.
http://www.neshooters.com/awerbuck.pdf
Look for the items on the left with Asterisks.
These are Glock specific problems

On every Glock that I have owned I put in the Glockmeister.com competition trigger package. It is about $65.00 to buy and about 3 minutes to install. If you can get to Westford, MA on a Sunday afternoon, I would be happy to install it (free)

 

[skol]

I noticed after picking back up shooting I had a small flinch - something I never had before!!

I'll try some of the techniques on that page WRT to flinches and I'm sure it will help.

Thanks

 

[Lugnut]

Fsorrent & TimJ
On every Glock that I have owned I put in the Glockmeister.com competition trigger package. It is about $65.00 to buy and about 3 minutes to install. If you can get to Westford, MA on a Sunday afternoon, I would be happy to install it (free)

Hmmm. I'm not saying a trigger job isn't going to help but the fundamentals are the fundamentals. It's just that some "less forginving" triggers magnify the same problem as opposed to say a nice 1911 3.5lb trigger. As good shooters strive to get better, a trigger job is a way to get a little more of an advantage. I guess what I'm saying is that before someone gets a trigger job... they should make sure they can get a nice tight group from say at least 25 feet. All the Glocks that I've shot are more than capable of doing this with a stock trigger. This is just my humble opinion.

EDIT: I'll read the post... I'm sure it has some great points in it.

 

[packingungal]

This is a discussion thread that occurred on GlockTalk.com in 2000. It started as a simple question posed by Neo Alred but turned into a 20* page book covering every single aspect of Glock trigger control. Some of the details discussed are: trigger reset, flinching, anticipation & surprise, dry-firing technique, follow through, looking for holes, milking the grip and many more. I strongly suggest that you read the entire thing, you won't be sorry.

http://www.glockfaq.com/trigger.htm

I am sure that you will not know many of the sign in names, but let me assure you that they are some of the best in the firearms training industry, I have been lucky enough to have trained by a number of them.

As a note, I can not even guess at how many times that I have read this. My most recent time was just yesterday. Do yourself a favor and print a copy. If you pay attention, you will shoot better.

I printed this out, Jim, and did some dry fire yesterday, and tried it for real today. By changing my focus from all the other advice I have been given to this technique resulted in a feeling of comfort and "going with the flow". I am going to continue this, and see the improvement I will have over time. Thanks for the information.

 

[JimConway]

Packingungal
The material is tried and true and will always work. Remember that the focus of the thread is pure marksmanship. The most important aspect is the recommendation for a lot of dry firing (not with a .22, please). When you dry fire you can easily call where every shot would have hit. This ability to call your shots will transfer over to live fire and be a gigantic benefit as the need for speed increases

 

[packingungal]

Packingungal
The material is tried and true and will always work. Remember that the focus of the thread is pure marksmanship. The most important aspect is the recommendation for a lot of dry firing (not with a .22, please). When you dry fire you can easily call where every shot would have hit. This ability to call your shots will transfer over to live fire and be a gigantic benefit as the need for speed increases

Taken seriously, Jim - thanks!!