Great buy, Trent. Yes, that transition from pistol to revolver can be a bit frustrating at first. But in the end, what you master from your revolver experience will make you a better pistol shooter.
I'll pass along some advice given to me from a wheel gun man from many years ago:
Really, really focus on that front sight as you pull the trigger. You'll see the sights waver a bit as you continue your trigger pull. Concentrate on maintaining your hold on target with that front sight. The gun's finally firing should surprise you just a bit, but because your focus has been on keeping proper sight alignment on the target, your shots will become more consistent.
Don't worry about speed, it will come in time. The technique I talked about above will help you improve and develop a smooth trigger pull.
Great advice, this is something I've been working on all year. The problem I'm having with the DA pull is that it's so strong, once it breaks, during the time the hammer is dropping the nose of the pistol down and left about 2" on target. My *groups* are great, just off center.
Try as I might I haven't been able to correct this. The force needed for my trigger finger, suddenly releasing, makes my finger travel back as the hammer is falling, throwing my shots off slightly. It happens so fast that there's no way I can tell my finger "stop moving damnit!"
I think the ONLY option I have is to hold at the 3 O'Clock about 2-3" when firing double action; as when I do that, my shots fall dead center.
This phenominon is something I never noticed in semi-autos, I've always been inaccurate when firing double action (say, on the Taurus PT92, or other SA/DA semiautos). I've gotten VERY little practice at double action over the years, typically only the first shot from the draw, and I never stopped to practice it regularly.
My training regimen with semi-autos will now change. Instead of focusing on split times and mag change times, I'll be focusing on getting that FIRST shot dead on center. The rest, I'm already fairly solid at (avg. .24 split time on major auto, .17 on minor).