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That’s why, in real world combat shooting and not just match shooting, trigger control is so important. The trigger is the heart of the beast! If you don’t control the trigger, you don’t control even what should have been the most perfectly aligned shot!

S&W’s wide, serrated “target trigger” is the best type for single-action target shooting, but the worst choice for double-action combat shooting.

How can we hope to control the trigger under extreme stress? By being trained and conditioned to do it beforehand. Is it easy? No, and that’s why we’ve devoted a whole chapter to the concept.

Understanding The Mission

Too much combat handgun training has been borrowed from the world of target shooting. While some of the concepts survive the translation from range to street, some don’t. One that doesn’t is the targeteer’s concept of trigger activation.

We are told that we should contact the trigger with the tip or the pad of the trigger finger. When asked why, we are told that this is the most sensitive portion of the finger and therefore the part most suited to this dextrous task. That makes sense as far as it goes, but let’s analyze the target shooter’s task versus the defensive shooter’s.