For the last few months, I have been shooting the CZ P09, and just loved the pistol. When problems with my interface with the P07/09 recently surfaced, I decided to shoot a Glock 34 with a DeltaPoint Pro, while I sorted out my hardware. I have had a multiple decades love hate relationship with Glock pistols. I love so many things about the Glock, but just have never been a fan of the trigger on low prob shots. After my first Glock session about a week ago, I was complaining to Gabe about the trigger while shooting 25 yard groups, and he basically told me to suck it up, dig down and figure out the Glock trigger again. I decided to do that.
For a few years, with many pistol types from striker to LEM to DA/SA, I have been using a modified, compressed press out, where in the very last portion of my presentation, I decel the pistol, and work the trigger during that movement to get a compressed surprise break. Recently, with the P09, on successive shots, I follow Leatham doctrine of "stop, aim, jerk the trigger." That works out great with the relatively short, crisp and light CZ trigger. When I tried to do the same thing with the Glock 34, it didn't work nearly as well at speed because of the length, weight and character of the Glock trigger resulting in a less than perfect, consistent press. Pulling out memories of my Glock past experiences, I have associated my very best Glock shooting with doing, in effect a lateral press out, where I do the Glock trigger manipulation with the sights (or in my case the red dot) in motion, so the movement of the pistol masks the junk in the Glock trigger, and the shot breaks as soon as the dot settles on the target. This also works on successive shots to the same target, except the movement is vertical rather than horizontal.
I have been experimenting with this technique the last few days, and decided to go full in with this today. During my practice session, I had my wife video a high percentage of the drills, to record the effort.
First thing I did, was use this method on the head of a USPSA target at 28 yards. It was more vertical than horizontal. Here is the shooting:
Here is the results:
Next I did draws to shooting three steel at 32-35 yards, where I work the horizontal trigger manipulation, so the shot breaks as I arrive on the target.
And, on one target at the same distance, where the manipulation happens vertically.
Then I shot upper A/B shots on USPSA targets at 12-15 yards.
Here are the results, and what was notable is I felt no stress doing this shooting.
Then I did one shot draws to the eight inch steel at 35 yards, and again no stress.
Finally, a Bill type drill on the eight inch at 35 yards.
What this method of working the Glock trigger does for me, is turn the negative of the Glock trigger into a positive, as I am running it just like a short travel DA revolver trigger, which as Jerry Miculek says, he works between the targets. This is also reminiscent of what Patrick Kelley has advocated with a carbine doing off hand pass shooting. Check it out and see how it works for you.