Trigger Control for Shotgunners: Don’t Think about It!

By Patriot Outdoor News

I take some heat from readers and colleagues because I still call what I do to make a shotgun fire “pulling” the trigger. They’ve informed me that the correct word, these days, is to “press” the trigger rather than “squeeze” or “pull” it, especially when it comes to handguns and rifles.

In shotgunning, this has reinforced my belief that the greatest detriment to shooting a good score or achieving a laudable shell-to-limit ratio is thinking too much. If a shotgun’s trigger is so heavy or so creepy (or so light, for that matter) that it draws your attention to it as …read more