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The first time that I heard about trigger reset was in 1996 when I as a guest at Col Rex Applegate’s home.
He said that Glock had contacted him about his opinions about setting up a police revolver-Semi Auto transition class and they told him about trigger reset,
When he asked my opinion I said that it sounded ridiculous—imagine trying that when a machete armed man is charging at you.
( I used that analogy because Applegate had faced that exact situation years before in Mexico)
He agreed and, the only time that I ever heard him curse, he stated—-“Just tell them to pull the [email protected]$king trigger as fast as possible!”
2023–I am watching a video by Gabe Suarez about trigger reset. He made it sound very reasonable and simple that I gave it a try.
I used my recently purchased S&W M&P 2.0 Compact 9mm which, to my dismay, usually shot low and left—at least for me.
I hit the range, placed a target a 7 yards and practiced.
After a few rounds ( and some went off before I was ready—but the gun was pointed down range—I was shooting silver dollar sized groups with a nice steady cadence.
Dead center.
By Jove—I think I got it.
I then practiced the same with a variety sized weapons with the same result—-perfection!
I told the RSO (one of my range coworkers)that I finally understood what all the fuss was about.
While not—IMHO—a close range combat technique, it seemed an ideal way to teach multiple shots to beginners.
I called my bud in Florida (a very experienced shooter and 26 year Army Airborne veteran my findings
He chuckled and said that he learned this at John Shaw’s school in 1998.
He then shared a story with me.
There were a few Navy Seals in the class whom he kept in contact with,
A few years later they reported that in combat situations the trigger reset was causing them malfunctions—mainly not resetting the trigger far enough.
They compensated by mentally—but not in actuality—letting the finger go completely off the trigger after each shot.
In other words pretty much reinventing what Applegate and many others preach.
Conclusions—I like trigger reset for precision shooting and for teaching beginners trigger control and making multiple shots.
It seems to prevent them from jerking the trigger and shooting faster than they can control the gun.
For extreme close range work I just do as Applegate taught—-just pull the darn trigger as fast as possible.
He said that Glock had contacted him about his opinions about setting up a police revolver-Semi Auto transition class and they told him about trigger reset,
When he asked my opinion I said that it sounded ridiculous—imagine trying that when a machete armed man is charging at you.
( I used that analogy because Applegate had faced that exact situation years before in Mexico)
He agreed and, the only time that I ever heard him curse, he stated—-“Just tell them to pull the [email protected]$king trigger as fast as possible!”
2023–I am watching a video by Gabe Suarez about trigger reset. He made it sound very reasonable and simple that I gave it a try.
I used my recently purchased S&W M&P 2.0 Compact 9mm which, to my dismay, usually shot low and left—at least for me.
I hit the range, placed a target a 7 yards and practiced.
After a few rounds ( and some went off before I was ready—but the gun was pointed down range—I was shooting silver dollar sized groups with a nice steady cadence.
Dead center.
By Jove—I think I got it.
I then practiced the same with a variety sized weapons with the same result—-perfection!
I told the RSO (one of my range coworkers)that I finally understood what all the fuss was about.
While not—IMHO—a close range combat technique, it seemed an ideal way to teach multiple shots to beginners.
I called my bud in Florida (a very experienced shooter and 26 year Army Airborne veteran my findings
He chuckled and said that he learned this at John Shaw’s school in 1998.
He then shared a story with me.
There were a few Navy Seals in the class whom he kept in contact with,
A few years later they reported that in combat situations the trigger reset was causing them malfunctions—mainly not resetting the trigger far enough.
They compensated by mentally—but not in actuality—letting the finger go completely off the trigger after each shot.
In other words pretty much reinventing what Applegate and many others preach.
Conclusions—I like trigger reset for precision shooting and for teaching beginners trigger control and making multiple shots.
It seems to prevent them from jerking the trigger and shooting faster than they can control the gun.
For extreme close range work I just do as Applegate taught—-just pull the darn trigger as fast as possible.
