So I heard that it's best to reset the trigger during the recoil of your handgun after the shoot has been made. If you reset after the recoil while trying to shoot some what fast then it cause you to snatch that trigger, and get a bad pull. How true is this?

If you allow the pistol to cycle, then allow the trigger to reset, you slow your shooting down. I suppose that people who do this might think they need to slap the trigger because they think it will allow them to shoot "faster". All it will do is show them they are snatching the trigger.

Once I show guys their pistols reset point, we move on from it, because you really should learn to reset the trigger during the recoil cycle.

IMO you are wasting your time trying to learn trigger reset which could be better spent doing other drills/manipulations.

If you have to use a gun different than yours are you going to fret over trying to learn its reset or just shoot the damn thing and focus on sight acquisition and threat assessment.

There is no right answer here. There are videos of Rob Leatham slapping the crap out of a trigger and is works for him. There are others who ride the reset.

You should understand where your reset is. You should also shoot faster gradually so you don't ingrain bad habits.

I shoot a steel match every week and one thing you see all the time with new shooters is they aim the first shot and pull the trigger twice often missing the second. When I am talking new shooters, I am talking new to shooting fast and controlled. Each shot should be aimed individually and you must have good trigger control. Slapping, riding the reset, or whatever else will not make you fast or slow or accurate by themselves.

press the trigger, let the gun recoil, come back on target with acceptable flash sight picture, release the trigger from disconnect but do not allow finger to move off the trigger, press the trigger.... repeat

I see. Thanks for the replies.

Trigger control should be taught independent of speed teaching a new shooter speed usually results in horrible groups andrests I long term trigger control problems imo. Slow controlled shooting mastering the fundamentals first will give a better result long term. I shoot gssf master class and reset after recoil and do pretty well.

this was just discussed last week by Larry Vickers and Ken Hackathorn on an episode of TacTv.

if you go to their site, you can probably watch the episode.

they were discussing "training scars" and they fetl the "mechanical" (deliberate, robotic) reset will cause us guys new to speed shooting to snatch the trigger.

see if you can get the episode on the Net.

good luck

billy boy                
PS  I am still learning as well!   (good reset is easy to say, tough to do.)
resetting on the recoil is what they recommended.     YMMV

in the mid 80s, Tommy Campbell was shooting for Smith & Wesson, and shot a couple Florida State USPSA Matches...he was always very courteous, and answered a lot of our questions....the question of trigger control came up... he commented that in preparation for the previous Bianchi Cup he had worked on not allowing his trigger finger to leave the trigger on reset... he shot 125,000 rounds....at the Cup he was conversing with an Asian shooter and mentioned the amount... the Asian shooter commented that he had spent 84,000, but he was referring to dollars....

I press, follow-through and hold the trigger to the rear during recoil, re-acquire sight picture (focus on front sight) and if target is present allow trigger to move forward until the reset and press again. Repeat as necessary or until slide-lock.

Speed is an illusion created from smooth, deliberate action. Repeated practice with purpose will make you smooth.

Be careful teaching this to other people...  I've seen some accidental double taps from people trying this for the first time.