howdy Guy Eastman here we are at the range today we're going to do a little
video on proper trigger squeeze and trigger pull very critical to accuracy
and perfecting your shot we're here with Dan turvy our managing editor and
Eastman's staff gun expert and he's going to give us a little dissertation
on three steps to good and proper trigger pull thanks guy
proper trigger pull can be broken down into three simple steps so the first
step to proper trigger squeeze is actually placing your finger on the
trigger properly a lot of guys have a tendency they'll either put their finger
too far off to the side or they'll debug it and they'll put it on the second pad
of their finger the proper position is you actually want your finger nail
parallel to the front of the trigger and instead of a squeeze we're actually
going to press the trigger directly back to the back of the trigger guard what
that does is that keeps everything in line and prevents you from torquing the
gun left to right and throwing your shot left to right so the second part of
proper trigger squeeze is once we have our finger placed properly on the front
of the trigger and we start to apply pressure to the trigger we need to
anticipate the shot a lot of people say let the shot surprise you and that's
great for starters but as you start to advance your skills you're going to want
to anticipate when the rifle is actually going to recoil and the key is is not to
flinch obviously before the shot breaks with this gun here in particular we have
a savage it has an acue trigger what this a cue trigger component is is it
acts as a safety so you cannot fire the gun unless you engage the a cue trigger
first it also has an adjustable trigger which is one of the very few on the
market where you can adjust the trigger poundage in the pull at home
so once we've engaged the trigger and we're applying pressure we want to apply
pressure directly in a straight line back to the back of the trigger guard
you can visualize a line from the front of the trigger to the back of the
trigger guard you want to pull along that line not left or right of it if you
do that it will cause you to throw your shots left or right and then the third
part and final part of the proper trigger pull is follow-through so after
the shot breaks you're going to want to keep the trigger press to the back of
the guard and then release usually I count to a thousand one count release the
trigger cycled around and get ready for the second shot so now that we've got
the three fundamentals of a proper trigger squeeze we're going to put that
all together here and guys going to squeeze off a few shots for us
there we have it those are some great tips and techniques that Dan showed us
you know it's very important that you get to the range and get into a shooting
routine so that when you're on the side of a mountain hunting it becomes second
nature and you don't have to think about those things it's just ingrained in your
shooting process you know my grandfather taught me how to shoot when I was a
little boy he was a match grade shooter I've tried out for the US Olympic team
and he showed me how to shoot and taught me everything that that he knew and I'll
tell you it's there's a lot of method and technique to it like he used to say
you almost put yourself in a trance you want to hear your heartbeat through your
own ears close out the outside world focus on those crosshairs and that
target take a deep breath exhale it out nice and smooth and steady and as soon
as you get to the bottom of that exhale you start squeezing that trigger and let
it pop off right at the bottom a guy's tender as soon as that shot goes off
jump up off the gun Jack another one in look above the scope to see what's
happening you don't want to do that you want to stick to that scope and for at
least a 1 count before you come up off it so these are just some good
techniques hopefully it helps you become a better shot Nick's ball you won't miss
a target and you'll be a much better shot so make sure you subscribe to our
youtube channel we'll be putting up some other great tips and tactics as the year
goes along