Trigger Reality

[Kanewpadle]

I would only worry about trigger reset if I was a competition shooter.

Thousand upon thousands of rounds would need to be expended in mastering it. Much more than the average shooter will shoot during the course of his life.

It's overrated and shouldn't be considered on the street.

 

[Muss Muggins]

Not at all. If a trigger is short stroked then the gun won't fire because it wasn't allowed to reset. I do agree that shooting-to-reset could lead to short stroking the trigger.

Can I add that mastering shooting to reset on one firearm could to short stroking the trigger on other firearms . . . ?

 

[Rastoff]

Yes, you certainly could. However, I just don't like the terminology "shooting to reset." It says that the concentration is on the reset and that's not correct in my book. The focus should be on the front sight.

Therefore, I teach reset as part of quality trigger control, but not to shoot to it.

 

[ChiefStealth]

When I practice "double-taps", I never feel, or hear, the trigger resetting. How in the world could I ever hear that with headphones on? And, it's happening so fast, that I could never feel it. I just know, from experience, how much I need to relax the finger, then pull again. I think I've found a good compromise between speed and accuracy. Did not take thousands of rounds to learn. OK, maybe a couple hundred.

 

[DocSunShine]

More recent M&Ps have better triggers but the old triggers, particularly on the .45s were awful. Apex triggers are a huge upgrade for sure, if you don't feel you need an apex trigger, then don't buy it. It really is that simple.

 

[fillwa]

My MP Shield 9mm is my first hand gun. Held it in my hand at the store and it just felt right! I've put +500 rounds through it and totally enjoy it...glad I bought it. No thoughts of modifying anything on the Shield...it's been easier for me to adjust the human.