Beating Back the Trigger Snatch Demon with Wheelguns

By Ammoland

Ken Hackathorn’s Take: Sage Wisdom From The Grandfather Of The Gun Industry
By Ken Hackathorn for M4Carbine.Net

Strasburg, OH – -(Ammoland.com)- Most of the shooting problems I see over the years with most handgun shooters is that they have trigger snatch problems.

This is most evident in right handed shooters with their shots striking low and left.

Left handers will see their rounds going low and right. If they shoot slowly and carefully it doesn’t seem to be as bad. There are a various ways to work on overcoming this trigger manipulation flaw, but one technique that I favor is to practice shooting a double action revolver.

I happen to love wheelguns, grew up with them and learned to shoot a handgun with a S&W K22. My first issue LE sidearm was a S&W MP M10, and I find that learning to stroke the double action trigger while keeping the sights aligned is good therapy. Practice shooting a wheelgun double action only, do the same drills you shoot with your autoloader. Try to shoot at the same speed /rate of …read more

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