Shooting faster equals more hits?

[Dustin Cantrell]

I went out to the range today to shoot a couple new guns. One was the Range Officer I won through the contingency program (THANKS!!!) and the other was a Lionheart MK-II. While I was shooting the Lionheart, I was having a little difficulty with accuractely shooting at a very slow pace. I'd line up the sights and ease the trigger back and was amazed I wasn't shooting more accurately than I was. I setup 6 6" steel plates at about 10 yards and each one took a couple shots. I'm certainly still a newbie at shooting matches, but whenever I look at the scores most stages I'm more accurate than most. Yes, I need to speed up a bit but accuracy typically isn't my challenge. After a little frustration of being inaccurate on paper and steel, I set the plates back up and decided I'd shoot them rapidly as if I was under the timer. Pop, ting, pop, ting, pop, ting one after another they dropped on the first shot as I shot rapidly. I'd just track the front sight and as soon as it was on the steel the gun fired without really thinking about it. I thought it was a fluke so I did it again and hit all six on the first shot shooting rapidly.

I've been spoiled by the trigger in my competition gun with it's short and 1.5lb pull. I'm not sure of the pull on the Lionheart, but what would cause me to shoot more accurately fast than slow?

 

[MetropolisLakeOutfitters]

I'm in no position to tell you about competition specific stuff, but you're probably thinking about it too hard. If I try to be accurate with my Winchester 70, I will mess up every shot even at 100 yards compared to what I ought to be able to do. But, put me in freezing weather in a weird position and a deer 250 yards away and give me a short window of an opportunity where I have to crap or get off the pot, and it's going down.

Otherwise, yeah it's hard to compare a short 1.5# pull on a competition gun to a 10-12 pound double action one from Korea.

 

[jtischauser]

Are you pulling the trigger hard enough?

Don't forget those Semi Pro Tips!

 

[Dustin Cantrell]

I think I'm pulling it hard enough. I'm probably pulling it harder when I shoot fast. Maybe if I shoot even faster I'll pull it even harder and be able to make some Munden-esque shots!

 

[MrTheBigOx]

I think I'm pulling it hard enough. I'm probably pulling it harder when I shoot fast. Maybe if I shoot even faster I'll pull it even harder and be able to make some Munden-esque shots!

Aaaaahh, are you still talking about the trigger?

 

[Matt1911]

You're probably just over thinking it and expecting steel to fall.
Next time, rub your belly and say "rubber baby buggy bumpers" repeatedly