DO YOU EVEN LIFT BRO: Trigger Pull & Gun Weight

[96chevjumps]

I'll play, to me personally a heavy trigger means very little as long as it's decent. My out of the box m&p 45's have a very heavy trigger, my les bear has a very nice light crisp trigger. The only difference to me is how hard I have to grip the gun to overcome the heavy trigger in the m&p as they both take down 4" plates at 50 yards just the same. I am much more fatigued after 300 rounds through the m&p, les bear? All day no fatigue.

Is it strength? No its technique! I am a mechanic so my grip strength is pretty stout, and bro do I lift? All the time.

[Sharp Shooter]

More like in the millennial and hipster culture more concerned with "look at me" instead of actually listening to what people are saying.

a lot of people have given you good advice, but instead of listening and trying to comprehend, you're more interested in arguing.

You want to get better at shooting? Go practice more. Work on your fundamentals and dry fire more in between range sessions. Until you're ready to take some critiques, you'll continue to suck.

^^^ This.

[Sharp Shooter]

Stop fueling the fire.

Stop posting in this thread. I'm sick of seeing it get bumped.

Pot > Kettle > Black

You just bumped it yourself.

[KING_PALM]

This thread is why no one likes CGN.


PS. 80% of the dudes in this thread have crappy hand strength.

[RR.44]

I dont lift anymore I guess its all over for me. Maybe I can take up needle point.....

[XDJYo]

To OP-

First off, welcome to Calguns. You're in the right place to learn to shoot better, learn about guns etc. I am a relatively new shooter and I have learned a ton on this forum.

Stick around, read A LOT! Ask questions and be ready to learn. Humility is important to learning.

To directly answer your question, weightlifting and physical strength can help. Is it #1? No way. Not even close. Can it help? It depends. Being physically fit won't hurt. But, being a body builder can hurt. If you're used to muscling everything around, you may tend to try to use physical force to solve all of your shooting problems. This also is why just about every new shooter (right handed) shoots low and left. They begin to anticipate the recoil and their muscles flinch to try and prevent the recoil. This was my biggest problem when I first started and most everybody's problem when they started. Now, I'm much better, but it still rears it's ugly head if I haven't been shooting in a while.

So, if sheer physical strength isn't the solution to shooting well, what is? As many have already stated, it's finesse. Or technique. The interaction of your hand grip, finger and the trigger as you keep the sights aligned on the target as the trigger breaks is key.

What can help? Well, it's free and you're already doing it. Dry practice. Stay at home. MAKE TRIPLE sure your gun is unloaded and you have ZERO live rounds of ammo in the room. Put up a paper target on the wall at 7 yards away. Hold the front sight in the middle of the rear sight notch and hold it on target. Then, SLOOOOOOOWWWWLY press the trigger. Wait for the trigger to break. Make sure the gun doesn't move off target as it does. This is where being physically fit comes in. Not in the trigger press, but holding the gun on target for prolonged time periods. I'm old and not in the greatest shape. My 1911 gets heavy for me after a bit. I have to rest after a few shots.

Do a lot of dry fire practice. Do it every day. Your shots will get better. Then, when you do hit the range with live ammo, you'll be much better in your control of the trigger and sight alignment. Keep your targets close at first. After you're good at 5 or 7 yards, then move out to 10 or 15. Don't be in a hurry. Spend your money on ammo and/or training. There are plenty of places that will take your money for instruction. It's worth it.

Once you've done a lot of shooting, you will see from your own experience, that shooting accuracy isn't a result of sheer strength or body building.

I'm surprised it took close to 100 posts for someone to link a video to Jerry Miculek. I want to grow up to be like him or Hickok45.

BTW-Hickok45 has a great series of shooting technique videos that you may find helpful. I know I did. I still review them from time to time. I doubt that he is a lifter.

https://www.youtube.com/user/hickok45/search?query=shooting+techniques

Happy shooting and be safe.