Trigger Jerking Is A Myth
According to Sheriff of Baghdad, trigger jerking is a myth. It is anticipation that causes wayward shots.To prove this, he jerks the trigger for his students. He uses a 1/2 ratchet to go inside the trigger guard. Then he palm strikes the ratchet to simulate a hard trigger jerk.
Trigger Jerk is an Illusion! There is no such thing. Your trigger finger is not strong enough. In this vid I pulled the trigger with this 1/2″ ratchet. Look how hard I hit the ratchet. I regularly break Glock triggers so I carry extras. Lol. Trigger jerk is actually #Anticipation. Anticipation starts in the brain and moves the gun before it goes off. Not your Finger!!! Commonly known as a flinch. The fix is relax the brain and Don’t Do It! Lol
Is this snake oil or does he have a valid point?
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The headline chosen is very attention-grabbing. Sadly it implies something that might not actually be SoBs point.
He demonstrates nicely that the mechanical part is not highly relevant. The group produced is not exactly good, but the method producing it is really crude, so the example is rather valuable for that, I'd say.
Sadly, the headline implies an argument like "haha, everyone thinks jerking is a mechanical issue while only I know it is psychological". SoB deserves the benefit of a doubt that this is not what he meant, as it would be wrong, of course: I personally never heard anyone assuming it to be mechanical. Hell, a lot of people use the terms "jerking" and "anticipation" interchangeably. Everyone shooting seriously for about 5 minutes knows the ball-and-dummy drill. It has come up in this comment thread already.
Note 1: The fun thing is that independent of the issue, the same technique that is supposed to reduce your "mechanical" jerking solves your psychological jerking, too: Whether it is dry-firing working on a compressed surprise break or live-firing the aforementioned b&d drill, the reason does not matter, the cure is the same.
Note 2: If you ever do the drill where you balance an empty case on your front sight while dry-firing, you will see the mechanical effect on a perfect trigger pull. It is not impressive but there nonetheless. You have to decide whether it is relevant for you.
Look at the recoil and flip on the pistol, in the video. No flip almost dead still. If you have a gorilla strong person holding the gun, it is the same as locking the gun in a vise, it will not move. This is a useless display and proves or shows nothing.