Surprise Trigger Breaks

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Recently, I came upon some written work by Richard Mann about surprise trigger breaks which I think might be of interest to some here (http://www.shootingillustrated.com/i.../no-surprises/ and http://gunwriter.wordpress.com/2011/...urprise-break/).

I've heard the "surprise break" thing repeated a lot as well, and I don't understand how someone who spends hours a week shooting and dry firing the same gun could possibly be surprised when, during the trigger pull, the gun fires. Every time I pull a trigger, I am familiarizing myself with exactly when the gun fires, and as I continue to practice it becomes increasingly less likely that I'll be surprised by the break that I have felt, and intended, so many times.

Of course, when picking up an unfamiliar gun, it is to be expected that the first shot, at the very least, will be a true "surprise break". I'd like to hear (or read) your thoughts on the matter.

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I think it is an example of poor verbiage. I don't think there is going to be a lot of disagreement about the fact that, after few rounds, nobody gets surprised about particular moment when guns is about to go boom. The opposite is true - people become keenly aware of impending boom.
I believe the intended purpose of "surprise" statement is to convey to a shooter not to anticipate the shot, which is different from being surprised. Thinking of this, if we were truly surprised with gun going off, then shot anticipation as a problem wouldn't exist. That would've been nice.