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[bps3040]

Do you "stage " your trigger pull? Pull it back to the break and squeeze thru? I am trying not to, but my natural inclination is to stage it. I figure when the nerves are tweaking and adrenalin is pumping ..this may be an accidental discharge waiting to happen...... up to 300 dry fires now. So I am trying to take it slow and squeeze past it. What do you think? Thanks.

 

[Huddog]

Long ago in my LEO career when revolvers were king, I used to shoot my model 10 by staging but then I read several articles and books on revolver shooting and the prevailing tactic appears to be smooth all the way through rather than staging. So I began to try to do that, old habits die hard though so occassionally I still find myself staging. My 642 has a very solid lock up and stages easily but I stll attempt to squeeze all the way through start to finish.

 

[jad0110]

Long ago in my LEO career when revolvers were king, I used to shoot my model 10 by staging but then I read several articles and books on revolver shooting and the prevailing tactic appears to be smooth all the way through rather than staging. So I began to try to do that, old habits die hard though so occassionally I still find myself staging. My 642 has a very solid lock up and stages easily but I stll attempt to squeeze all the way through start to finish.

I've gone through an interesting progression myself. I used to shoot exclusively in SA. Then I started DA shooting, mainly. Though I usually staged the trigger. In the past year, I have been fairly successful at simply applying a firm, steady pull, but as you say, old habbits die hard and I still catch myself staging now and then.

 

[hank327]

Do you "stage " your trigger pull?

Nope, I just squeeze the trigger all the way through in one smooth motion until it fires.