I've never really had a problem with trigger control, my issue has always been grip, the trigger control has come naturally to me. And I can guarantee what Brantley said is 100% spot on. You don't even consciously think about it. Your work your trigger according to your sights or what you think you can get away with depending on the target size.
I think if you can “slap” your trigger without disturbing the sights, you can also “prep&press.” The opposite isn’t exactly true. Those that can only prep&press almost always have issues pulling straight through. Great video man!
Hey man. I started shooting a 2011/1911 platform and didn't try striker fire firearms or even a CZ till later, like the cz the canik they all feel like they have "rolling" walls it's not a wall even if you slap them it has this very very nice soft wall to it where the finger won't really disturb the firearm during a "slap" because again there really isn't a wall. Pretty much TLDR with mushy triggers it will soften your "slap" preventing the firearm from moving as much under improper trigger pull direction. Going to a cz made me lazy with my trigger pull compared to my 2011.
Brantley, with all his expertise and knowledge, should be teaching the masses, I don't understand why he doesn't have a huge following? I am also happy he is part of Lucas team, over at Trex Arms!
I only perp coming out of the holster and into positions. The rest of the time I’m doing some form of slapping. Longer targets are just slower slaps. Prepping is slow unless you’re doing it while doing something else.
He also brought up two different topics, trigger control and trigger prep. I'd agree with you that trigger prep is overrated, however trigger control isn't. Personally I think it's just semantics. What you call a more controlled/slower slap, is someone's idea of a more controlled trigger pull.
@ No sorry i didn’t mean trigger prep was over rated. More like what you actually said. Prep when you can subconsciously do it but the rest of the time we’re trying to slap it controlled. Slap in this case doesn’t mean sloppy. More like a fast controlled straight back press. Some accuracy loose is acceptable but the level of acceptance depends on the distance. We’re still trying for alphas but we don’t need stacked bullet holes.
I noticed you took off your front and rear sights. I currently have cowitness sights installed on my Glock 17. What is the benefit of not having sights on your competition gun?
This is a Glock 17 Gen 5 MOS. All it has upgraded to it is a SRO, Tactical Trigger, and Thug Plug. Yes this is my every day carry, practice, and competition gun.
They are pretty much the same. My normaly splits with the CZ were .14-.18 with my glock they are .16-.20. But my transition speeds are faster with the glock so it is basically the same for me.
Watching too much GunTube has made me practice prepping the trigger, and it made me think I preferred the Gen 3/Gen 5 that have a more defined wall, but in actual live fire I actually prefer the Gen 4 with a rolling break because the Internet opinions go out of the window and I end up slapping anyway.
I've never really had a problem with trigger control, my issue has always been grip, the trigger control has come naturally to me. And I can guarantee what Brantley said is 100% spot on. You don't even consciously think about it. Your work your trigger according to your sights or what you think you can get away with depending on the target size.
Great explanation. Makes sense to be able to do both and knowing when to do one or the other. Thanks.
I think if you can “slap” your trigger without disturbing the sights, you can also “prep&press.” The opposite isn’t exactly true. Those that can only prep&press almost always have issues pulling straight through. Great video man!
This channel needs more followers. Thank you for sharing knowledge!
Awesome video,,Always appreciate when the pros take time out to help with basics for the firearm community..❤
Very well reasoned explanation!
Hey man. I started shooting a 2011/1911 platform and didn't try striker fire firearms or even a CZ till later, like the cz the canik they all feel like they have "rolling" walls it's not a wall even if you slap them it has this very very nice soft wall to it where the finger won't really disturb the firearm during a "slap" because again there really isn't a wall. Pretty much
TLDR with mushy triggers it will soften your "slap" preventing the firearm from moving as much under improper trigger pull direction.
Going to a cz made me lazy with my trigger pull compared to my 2011.
Brantley, with all his expertise and knowledge, should be teaching the masses, I don't understand why he doesn't have a huge following? I am also happy he is part of Lucas team, over at Trex Arms!
I appreciate it man!
@@brantleymerriam much respect
I only perp coming out of the holster and into positions. The rest of the time I’m doing some form of slapping. Longer targets are just slower slaps. Prepping is slow unless you’re doing it while doing something else.
He also brought up two different topics, trigger control and trigger prep. I'd agree with you that trigger prep is overrated, however trigger control isn't. Personally I think it's just semantics. What you call a more controlled/slower slap, is someone's idea of a more controlled trigger pull.
@ No sorry i didn’t mean trigger prep was over rated. More like what you actually said. Prep when you can subconsciously do it but the rest of the time we’re trying to slap it controlled. Slap in this case doesn’t mean sloppy. More like a fast controlled straight back press. Some accuracy loose is acceptable but the level of acceptance depends on the distance. We’re still trying for alphas but we don’t need stacked bullet holes.
I noticed you took off your front and rear sights. I currently have cowitness sights installed on my Glock 17. What is the benefit of not having sights on your competition gun?
There is no benefit for. You can't see the stock sight with a dot anyways, so I just took them off.
what glock is that and what setup? do you run that for comp? thank you for answering.
This is a Glock 17 Gen 5 MOS. All it has upgraded to it is a SRO, Tactical Trigger, and Thug Plug. Yes this is my every day carry, practice, and competition gun.
Are your times better with the Glock or CZ?
They are pretty much the same. My normaly splits with the CZ were .14-.18 with my glock they are .16-.20. But my transition speeds are faster with the glock so it is basically the same for me.
Watching too much GunTube has made me practice prepping the trigger, and it made me think I preferred the Gen 3/Gen 5 that have a more defined wall, but in actual live fire I actually prefer the Gen 4 with a rolling break because the Internet opinions go out of the window and I end up slapping anyway.
So basically with practice you realize what you can get away with on each target.
Exactly. Learn how to do both and practice both. Then it just happens naturally.