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- Amateur/Hobby Shooter
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- Sep 9, 2019
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- 6 Best Q&A Answers
Let' talk about trigger control, shall we? No doubt one of the most important skills you can develop as a precision shooter.
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Hard trigger jerk just before the shot breaks:
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This error is caused by a sharp, jerky trigger pull. There are several ways how SCATT can help you diagnose this mistake.
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It is clearly visualized on the SCATT trace line as a straight portion of the trace just before the shot (this can be usually spotted in the interval from 0.2 to 0.1 seconds before the shot). In this case, the shot-hole splits away from the hold area and in extreme cases can end up very far from the center (Figure 1).
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Another way to identify the jerky trigger release is the "Average trace speed" graph, look out for a drastic acceleration during the last fraction of a second before the shot - a feature of the SCATT Expert or SCATT Professional software (Figure 2).
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The third option is to compare the S1 and the S2 numbers in the table to the left of the main screen. The S1 represents the average speed of your trace line for each shot, but the S2 shows you the speed in the last 250ms. If the S2 is higher than S1 it means that you've accelerated just before the shot release, which is often a sign of a trigger jerk. Ideally the S2 value should be equal or a bit lower than S1.
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Hard trigger jerk just before the shot breaks:
⠀
This error is caused by a sharp, jerky trigger pull. There are several ways how SCATT can help you diagnose this mistake.
⠀
It is clearly visualized on the SCATT trace line as a straight portion of the trace just before the shot (this can be usually spotted in the interval from 0.2 to 0.1 seconds before the shot). In this case, the shot-hole splits away from the hold area and in extreme cases can end up very far from the center (Figure 1).
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Another way to identify the jerky trigger release is the "Average trace speed" graph, look out for a drastic acceleration during the last fraction of a second before the shot - a feature of the SCATT Expert or SCATT Professional software (Figure 2).
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The third option is to compare the S1 and the S2 numbers in the table to the left of the main screen. The S1 represents the average speed of your trace line for each shot, but the S2 shows you the speed in the last 250ms. If the S2 is higher than S1 it means that you've accelerated just before the shot release, which is often a sign of a trigger jerk. Ideally the S2 value should be equal or a bit lower than S1.