Trigger Jerk Keeping You Down? Pro Shooter Rob Leatham of Springfield Armory Gives Us Some Tips

By James England

Back in October, Springfield Armory brought out a bunch of gun writers to check out their Springfield XD(M) OSP with Vortex® Venom red dot sight pre-installed. As someone who’s not particularly experienced with the red dot sight system for everyday carry, I had the opportunity to fire this pistol in a variety of different training situations.

You can find my comprehensive review of the Springfield XD(M) OSP with Vortex® Venom red dot here. But we’re going to discuss a little less about the product and bit more about the technique behind making a handgun an effective tool for your self defense.

Rob Leatham was one of the field instructors on hand to work us through several exercises with the Springfield XD(M). Because we were sixteen different writers from wildly different backgrounds, we each came into this exercise with our own unique perspective.

For me, I found the optical sight difficult to immediately line up, causing a momentary sense of internal panic. After a few “draw and fire” exercises, I found it became quite helpful. Still not my primary choice for everyday concealed carry but I could definitely see it being a valuable tool.

Rob Leatham noticed an overall trend of a bit of …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation