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Trigger Time Tuesdays
Practice and Fellowship

Trigger Time is Over for 2010

Folks, Its cold, snowy and down right ugly out there. However that doesn't mean we can't practice.. No, we won't be doing trigger time for a few more months, but don't forget to do some dry fire practice and hit the matches on weekends.

Remember the first rule of dry fire practice.. Check, check and recheck that the pistol is unloaded and no ammo is in the room.

The two focus areas that you can practice without ammo is drawing and reloads.

Drawing should be smooth. Take a look at Todd Jarrett on our You tube page. He is smooth, quick and deliberate. He draws, brings the gun up and pushes out. Now video yourself. How do you look? Did you make a big swinging motion? Or did you bring the gun up, then push out? Work on it.... Also, work on the strong hand only.

Reloads add a mess of time at a match, especially for CDP and Revolver shooters. Just think if you can reduce the reload by .5 sec. (.5 sec x 2 reloads x 6 stages = 6 seconds) You can shave a bunch of time from your overall score. Keep the gun up. Again, watch Todd Jarrett do it. SMOOOOOTHHHH. A great way to practice is to get a helper. One of my daughters will catch the spent mag and redeposit it in the mag pouch. I basically have an endless supply of mags. Dummy rounds are a must for this practice too. Also, don't forget to practice slidelock reloads, reloads with retention and tactical reloads. Make these reloads automatic.

The more you can develop the muscle memory for drawing and reloads to more your brain can focus on the course of fire. (subconscious skills)

Have fun this winter, see you in a few months.. I'm thinking March...

Stay tuned....

Will

Assistant Match Director
Will Steffen
314-308-3951

Photos

Todd Jarrett Shooting Techniques

Todd Jerrett teaching reload techniques