Gotcha. Some people do advance the concept of beginning the trigger press as they present the gun, but that depends on the path they take the gun to the target.
I don't do the straight up out of the holster/straight out to the target draw so getting on the trigger (even a DA) on the way out is a no go for me.
Last edited by Alpha Sierra; 04-03-2019 at 07:03 PM.
I ditched consciously conducting trigger prep a long time ago.
There is also a lot of misunderstanding between what constitutes trigger prep vs. staging.
Todd and I went back-and-forth a little (largely agreeing with each other) a few years back:
https://pistol-forum.com/showthread....l=1#post129549
Man... I look at my recent USPSA performances: I'm a bit of "match" practice, slower than I used to be. But, I shoot a lot of alphas and generally don't make mistakes - it might make my shooting somewhat boring, but, that's ok.
I trained consistency for years and I think it gave me something that I can hang my hat on: practice with a lot of pressure, learn to accept mistakes as feedback during "general maintenance training", learn to be accountable for every shot.
Yes, there is a lot of time spent trying to speed up, work on movement, where I "allow" myself to make more mistakes, but, generally, I try to be able to give 85% performance 100% of the time. Tired or not, hungry or not, into it or not, angry or happy.
For me, my biggest near term opportunity is to know what is required to make any specific shot, and then have the discipline to make sure I then do what is needed with sights and trigger before sending the shot.
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I'd guess that you've got enough experience "to know what is required to make any specific shot" and that most of your work will be integrating that knowledge into the discipline side of it.
Kind of like developing a focus articulating the thinking behind a shot fired in self-defense.
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Obviously the amount of sights and trigger required varies by shot, and I am trying to build an internal data base that can quickly accept or reject the amount of sights and trigger I have dialed in, and subconsciously decide whether to send the shot or further refine sights/trigger.
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