![]() This is important to shooting well with any firearm, but really shows up in a small handgun. It is absolutely vital that the trigger finger touches only the trigger, never the trigger guard or frame. Let the hand gripping pressure be in the fingers- except in the trigger finger! Pressures directed against the gun shifts the firearm away from the direction of pressure (usually), and any side pressure on the trigger itself is a leading cause of off-center shots.ĭon’t press in, or down, with the thumbs (plus that can cause function issues if the slide is contacted). That means that pressure, overall, against the gun is equal left and right, and, importantly, that pressure applied to the trigger goes straight back from the fingertip contact point through the centerline of the pistol. ![]() To help keep the gun stable and lined up on center during a shot, get as “neutral” a hold as you can. You may not see this in a confrontation- that’s just reality- but if you’ve practiced it over and over and over there’s a lot better chance you’ll have the gun centered and so too will be the shot. What’s next though, really helps get there. If that sounds just way too slow, it won’t be with enough attention and effort, which means time directed toward attaining that awareness. It’s continually monitoring and adjusting sight position against trigger pull progress until the shot releases, and then knowing exactly where the sight was when that happened. It’s not seeing the sight, then pulling the trigger. So what should you pay attention to? Sights first (and always): Be very keenly aware of the sight location all the time the trigger is pressured toward release. ![]() Get a firm grip on the gun and pay close attention to the sight location all through the process of pulling the trigger, especially at the instant of firing. Hold center and hit center- break center. If you can do that you will hit wherever the sight is holding. The ultimate expression I’ve yet been able to devise to nutshell for the essential fundamentals of firing a good shot is this: center the sight on the target and pull the trigger without moving the sight. So now addressing each issue based on mechanics demands a good overview of the goal of said mechanics. More physical effort is required to pull the trigger AND keep the gun still. Light gun weight, as well as fairly heavy trigger pull weight, unbalances hold-stability dynamics. Smaller errors are not as noticeable, but equally disruptive to shot location. It’s easier to see a warp in a dowel rod than it is to see a warp in a putt-putt pencil, and likewise, it’s easier to see correct sight alignment ( front sight, back sight, target) in a full-size handgun than in a pocket pistol. Another is the very short barrel, which means a very short sight-to-sight distance. That makes it more difficult to settle and hold on target, and can also unintentionally, indirectly create poor grip mechanics. What’s going against agreement between intent and end with small handguns? Long list! The guns don’t fit well in the hand.Įven folks with size XS hands normally can’t get all three supporting fingers of the shooting hand secure on the short pistol grip, which is also usually slimmer. That’s kind of a roundabout way of saying that it’s best for the bullet to hit pretty near to where you at least thought the sight was directing it to. 380 Auto, for good instance, puts more, not less, importance on “accuracy.” Now, for clarity, “accuracy,” here means hitting nearer to a bisection of the intended and supposed aiming point. A well-placed shot is preferable (immeasurably) to a poorly-placed shot, and that’s even more true when, one, the purpose and point of the shot is to save oneself, and, two, the shot itself isn’t packing what most would call a whollop.
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