Posted by Bob LeDoux on February 17, 2001 at 11:53:53:
About 12 years ago,
you made a comment in U.S. Airgun magazine about pistol trigger placement. It
was your experience that small amounts front-to-back adjustment could result in
significant changes to the size of target groups.
Do you still stand behind
that statement? Give us some more details.
P.S. It is nice to see your name
appear here.
Posted by Don Nygord on February 18, 2001 at 11:49:15:
Yes, the fact that
trigger (or finger) placement can affect shot delivery has not changed with the
passage of time. Changes as small as 1/8" can have a pretty dramatic effect. One
starts with the conventional "tip of finger perpendicular to the bore" and then
you can experiment from there. This can be particularly necessary if you find
most of your errors in trigger release go in either to the right or left
consistently. Just don't overdo it - try a setting for a while and RECORD the
results before trying another.
Don
: About 12 years ago, you made a
comment in U.S. Airgun magazine about pistol trigger placement. It was your
experience that small amounts front-to-back adjustment could result in
significant changes to the size of target groups. : Do you still stand behind
that statement? Give us some more details.
: P.S. It is nice to see your
name appear here.
Posted by Joe Matusic, MD on February 19, 2001 at 20:40:48:
It helped me
to think of this in that the finger tip goes through an arc as you bend it. The
trigger should break as the finger is moving directly in line with the barrel
(in other words, when the finger pad is perpendicular to the line of the
barrel). Before the fingertip gets to this point, you are potentially moving the
trigger away from your hand and past this point, you are potentially pulling the
trigger towards your hand with the resultant movement of the barrel and shot
placement.
Also think of hitting a baseball with a bat. All other things
being equal, the ball will go straight back at the pitcher if the bat hits it
perpendicular to the path of the ball. Hit it before or after and you go to
right or left field.
Posted by Warren on February 18, 2001 at 12:21:23:
I completely agree
with Mr. Nygord and would make one extra comment for new shooters who may not
take full advantage of this advice.
Make sure you understand that the
critical point of the angle of the trigger finger on the trigger shoe is at the
breaking point of the sear. So many people set their trigger shoe at a point
where it is comfortable for them to sit the finger on the trigger - not
realizing that once the first stage is taken up the angle of pull on the trigger
finger has changed considerably.
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