In my experience, trigger jerk is caused by the unconscious anticipation/fear of the recoil just as you said. The ball and dummy drill is a great way to diagnose and potentially fix this issue, but what I've found is that dry fire does not because the shooter knows that the gun, in fact, will not have any recoil. This eliminates the fear of recoil which is the cause of trigger jerk, therefore, it doesn't solve the true issue. I don't mean to rag on your video. Just my .02...overall great video!
Finally! A REAL instructor. I read about this technique on a brazilian army manual in 1983, but I was too young and arrogant to understand what was written. In 1989 I joined a gun club and I discovered how bad I was with a gun. My first group with a S&W 37 was the size of a door (with most rounds going down and left). On that same day, this guy: www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/milton-sobocinski-1.html He saw me wasting ammo and told me to do the same. I learned how to control my fear from recoil and noise. The rest is 100% B.S. But... a revolver is many times more practical to solve this problem. On the first few hundreds don't think on the explosion, let the shot surpise you. But one day you will need to pick the right moment, so, press the trigger faster, and force yourself to come down faster. On a combat situation the target won't wait forever. I knew other instructors here in Brazil: all of them were complete charlatans! (two of them took my money to teach me B.S.) Today is the first time I see something useful about shooting on youtube.
Trevor, the only gun that is going to sustain damage from dry firing is a rimfire. (And not even all rimfires). In that case, the chamber can be damaged. A centerfire firearm's firing pin experiences no significant additional stress from dry firing that it wouldn't experience with a dummy round or a live round. Dry firing without a dummy round is perfectly safe and can (and should) be done thousands of times if you really want to develop perfect trigger control.
I usually do 5 dry fires, 1 live round, 5 dry fires, 1 live round, etc. I usually do that for 5 or so live round and then mix in snap caps with live rounds. That tends to help me a lot. Also, try telling yourself mentally or even out loud not to flinch/anticipate.
If you're going to dry-fire use dummy rounds guys. Not having a dummy round can damage your firing pin. You can rack the gun like the woman did when it was empty without ejecting the dummy round (you just partially pull back far enough to rack the gun without ejecting the round) and you can just reuse the same dummy round if you're too lazy to reload a mag.
I checked dislike on your video not because its a bad video but because it doesn't help my flinching issue. I've been actively shooting fairly regularly for almost a year now and can dry fire and shoot my Laserammo all day with perfection but when I put live rounds in my gun, it becomes possessed and demons are all over me. I absolutely don't like loud noises and the recoil bothers me. Iam absolutely frustrated why I can't master this! I should be a great shot because my eye hand coordination is excellent in athletics of every sort. I have great custom made hearing protection and have adjusted my grip to minimize the recoil. My battle is in my mind. I am at a loss of how to improve. What your video instructs is RIGHT-ON but doesn't help me. Thankyou anyway;-)
if its a good video by your own account and you still hit dislike just because it wasn't what you were looking for then maybe it is you who should get the dislike.
Excellent tips and I've seen ALL videos about this subject!
In my experience, trigger jerk is caused by the unconscious anticipation/fear of the recoil just as you said. The ball and dummy drill is a great way to diagnose and potentially fix this issue, but what I've found is that dry fire does not because the shooter knows that the gun, in fact, will not have any recoil. This eliminates the fear of recoil which is the cause of trigger jerk, therefore, it doesn't solve the true issue. I don't mean to rag on your video. Just my .02...overall great video!
Finally! A REAL instructor.
I read about this technique on a brazilian army manual in 1983, but I was too young and arrogant to understand what was written.
In 1989 I joined a gun club and I discovered how bad I was with a gun. My first group with a S&W 37 was the size of a door (with most rounds going down and left).
On that same day, this guy:
www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/milton-sobocinski-1.html
He saw me wasting ammo and told me to do the same. I learned how to control my fear from recoil and noise. The rest is 100% B.S.
But... a revolver is many times more practical to solve this problem.
On the first few hundreds don't think on the explosion, let the shot surpise you. But one day you will need to pick the right moment, so, press the trigger faster, and force yourself to come down faster. On a combat situation the target won't wait forever.
I knew other instructors here in Brazil: all of them were complete charlatans! (two of them took my money to teach me B.S.)
Today is the first time I see something useful about shooting on youtube.
trigger jerk is a myth. Just ask Shrek.
Used a dime balanced on the front sight of the M-16, worked great.
Trevor, the only gun that is going to sustain damage from dry firing is a rimfire. (And not even all rimfires). In that case, the chamber can be damaged. A centerfire firearm's firing pin experiences no significant additional stress from dry firing that it wouldn't experience with a dummy round or a live round. Dry firing without a dummy round is perfectly safe and can (and should) be done thousands of times if you really want to develop perfect trigger control.
I usually do 5 dry fires, 1 live round, 5 dry fires, 1 live round, etc. I usually do that for 5 or so live round and then mix in snap caps with live rounds. That tends to help me a lot. Also, try telling yourself mentally or even out loud not to flinch/anticipate.
Army used "soda tabs" for the same purpose. XD
Hard to say without seeing you shoot. Start by pulling the trigger very slowly and adjust the sights as you pull. As you improve, speed up.
Can a dummy round work in an unloaded gun?
I keep on pulling to the right even though I'm a rightie. Any tips?
cool, thanks
If you're going to dry-fire use dummy rounds guys. Not having a dummy round can damage your firing pin. You can rack the gun like the woman did when it was empty without ejecting the dummy round (you just partially pull back far enough to rack the gun without ejecting the round) and you can just reuse the same dummy round if you're too lazy to reload a mag.
Dry firing doesnt hurt a center fire pistol, sir. Ive done it for YEARS and have never replaced a firing pin.
I checked dislike on your video not because its a bad video but because it doesn't help my flinching issue. I've been actively shooting fairly regularly for almost a year now and can dry fire and shoot my Laserammo all day with perfection but when I put live rounds in my gun, it becomes possessed and demons are all over me. I absolutely don't like loud noises and the recoil bothers me. Iam absolutely frustrated why I can't master this! I should be a great shot because my eye hand coordination is excellent in athletics of every sort. I have great custom made hearing protection and have adjusted my grip to minimize the recoil. My battle is in my mind. I am at a loss of how to improve. What your video instructs is RIGHT-ON but doesn't help me. Thankyou anyway;-)
if its a good video by your own account and you still hit dislike just because it wasn't what you were looking for then maybe it is you who should get the dislike.
i added a like just because of your dumb reason for a dislike
seriously, the guy has 2 dislikes on this video at the moment and one is just because you watched the wrong video