Posted: 8/13/2013 6:12:24 AM EDT
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Who else uses the short reset function of the two-stage trigger during the rapid-fire stages?
When I break my first shot, I hold my trigger through recoil, my one breath and until I acquire my sight picture. Then I reset the second stage and break my next shot. Doing this does a few things for me. First, I can have a lighter second stage trigger pull and eliminate accidently breaking a second shot before I am ready. Second, I gain about 5 seconds, (1/2 second per shot), not having to take up the first stage each shot. I know that this is nothing new, but am curious if others do the same. |
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I've been doing this since the Marine clinic in the mid-80s. I also do it in slow fire to exaggerate my follow thru. I use a Jewell trigger with a 1lb second stage. Before adopting this technique, I would inadvertently break through my second stage before I was ready. This corrected that problem and as you indicated, improved my shot follow through. |
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Several years ago a local shooter came back after a year's absence; he'd been shooting with an Air Force Reserve team. If his coach didn't hear the click (reset), he had to do wind sprints or something running that would ruin his day. I was familiar with the reset on a 1911. He said his groups shrank a lot, and after trying it, mine did as well. I expect to clean each string of rapids now; shot several 199s in NRA matches, 99s are common in leg matches, and I have cleaned a rapid prone in a leg match. That group was X-ring size, but to the left with 8 tens and 2 X's. I was just happy my wind call was close.
For me, there's less of a chance of having a double with the trigger held back(follow through), and I don't reset until after inhaling (FS goes down) and exhaling(sight goes back to the bull). Same size breath each time. I think that holding one's breath for several shots can cause the vision to fade, and taking a big breath to get the oxygen on board again may change the sight picture slightly. You can take big breaths while changing mags. Sight picture is good, reset, and shoot. Inhale, exhale, reset, Bang! Repeat as needed. Any fliers I get now are due to losing focus on the front sight, and that occurs less often since I went to a 0.062" post. Of course, NPA is absolutely needed, and full support with bone and sling to prevent "muscling" the rifle into position. That'll get some fliers, too. Try it; it's not that hard to get used to, and may be of benefit. |