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Learning double action helps all shooting

You may have heard the old saw that becoming a good revolver shot will make you a better shooter in general. I believe that to be true, but no one has ever explained to me why it’s so.

Learning to manage the heavy, long double action really doesn’t seem to have much in common with the light, short actions of autoloaders, yet alone rifles and shotguns. It could be argued that the need to hold the revolver steady against a significant amount of trigger manipulation force teaches us to hold all guns steady. It might be said that learning to keep the sights aligned on target is the key to all shooting, and it is, but I still don’t think it’s the reason.

After watching students in various classes shooting revolvers, autoloaders, and even rifles, I’ve come to the conclusion that the key skill that all good revolver shooters learn is trigger return. It’s the skill that translates to other guns and shooting and is incredibly important to all of them.

Take rifle shooting, for instance. Most rifle shooters, at least from my observations, release the trigger immediately as the sear breaks and the shot is ignited. As I mentioned above, it’s possible to release the trigger and slightly disturb the sight alignment while the bullet is still in the barrel. This results in the round being thrown off target – the amount being dependent on just how much the gun was moved. Teaching the rifle shooter to hold the trigger back for a half second or so after the round fires almost invariably improves their precision. That’s because by not allowing the trigger finger to move until after the bullet clears the muzzle, the gun stays in alignment with their target. I’ve seen this happen with several shooters in every rifle class I’ve ever taught.