![]() ![]() Result: hitting, whatever the target, whether motionless or in motion-and easier hitting. Double action triggering is a technique of natural motion-which naturally blends and synchronizes with natural and unavoidable body motion, both internal and external-and which also blends and synchronizes with target motion, if any.The one-digit fire control and four-digit alignment control, as in double action shooting, gives us much more positive alignment control over the pistol-especially with the added control of the trigger finger on the long double action trigger pull following the recoil disturbance of the fired shot.The long, smooth double action trigger pull simply “dissolves” into let-off of the shot. We are therefore not tricked into easy transgression of the first commandment of all good pistol shooting, which is: Know not the instant of thy trigger let-off. In the long, smooth double action trigger pull to let-off of the shot, no “breaking glass rod” climax of single-cocked sear disengagement takes place. ![]() Nichols believed that combining Leppert’s grip and McGivern’s trigger control techniques was the key to shooting the double action revolver well. Leppert twisted his gun to the right, as shown in the photo. McGivern shot with the gun in a traditional grip, with the barrel aligned with the bones of the arm, recoiling into the soft space between thumb and forefinger. Leppert staged his trigger pull, pausing part way through the stroke with hammer at full cock, confirming his sights before finishing his trigger press. Kindle Edition.Īs Nichols describes it, McGivern manipulated his trigger using a smooth, continuous roll all the way through the double action. Leppert’s rapid fire scores were nearly always winning scores, too and the same was true of the other double action shooters (William Peterson, Joe Rivers) mentioned here. He could shoot five shots in five seconds, or even faster. The ten-second interval for five shots in the conventional rapid fire stage of bull’s-eye match shooting was a laughing cinch for Lt. Leppert, of the municipal police force of Saginaw, Michigan, who would shoot traditional bullseye matches, firing all his shots double action, rather than thumb cocking for each shot as was common in that era. ![]()
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