Standby, let me find a decent video.
No good ones that really explain it how I was taught. But basically, if you have a friend with you, have them load your magazine or do it one round at a time. They will either load it with a dummy round or a live one, and the intent is for you to not know. To add an element of accountability, you can work this to a goal of 10 live rounds fired on a target like a B-8 and add up for score, or even make it more difficult by working from the holster with a timer while shooting groups for score. Make them shoot as many dry fires with dummy rounds as necessary to reinforce good trigger control.
If you don't have a training partner, you can do the same by loading a stack of magazines randomly with ball and dummy rounds and working groups.
Last edited by GTF425; 11-28-17 at 18:20.
Ball and dummy will help you to recognize it and focus on the individual pulls. If I’m alone and need to randomize it I’ll grab a few mags, a handful of dummy rounds, and a box of ammo. Dump the ammo on to a clean surface, mix in the dummy rounds, and randomly load the magazines, some to capacity, some not. Shoot them slow to focus on trigger control, then shoot them fast with reloads in other drills to see how you do under pressure.
Here’s a great video from Paul Harrell that shows how it looks in practice, albeit with a revolver. Start at 3:08, or watch the whole series if you want:
The only way I’ve found to really eliminate it is a lot of dry fire, like 5mins per day, and a lot of live fire. If I shoot at least once per week, 200rds or so, it seems to keep me used to the shooting enough I don’t flinch. Any time I take off for a few weeks, it comes back intermittently.
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