Trigger pull practice module

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Evil_Edie

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while practicing some dry firing, i came up with an idea. What if i had some kind of device which could track my point of aim and show me afterwards whats happening every time i pull the trigger? I then came up with the idea of mounting a standard laser sight onto my pistol and pointing it at a blank wall 15-20 yards away where that laser dot will be tracked via a camera by a computer program. it will draw the arc which the laser produces and show me the pattern on screen. and so i set out to create such a device.
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after much decision making and with my current level of knowledge on computer programming, this is what i came up with...
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IT WORKS! yes, thats just a stick with a pen taped to the end then taped to my gun. with a friend of mine watching up close we managed to identify where and how i was jerking the trigger and as time passed the little scribbles on paper shrank in size.

in all seriousness, now that the theory has been tested, i will be working with a friend to create a program which can do exactly what i described above. I will post more info as we begin to have something to show.

the plan:
- program tracks the laser and draws the path of which it travels
- a switch or sensor which is attached to the gun will detect when the hammer falls
- when sensor is tripped the program will take a snapshot of the laser's path from 1/8 of a second prior to 1/2 of a second after the sensor is tripped.
- from -1/8 of a second to 0 is highlighted in one color, from 0 to +1/2 second will be highlighted in another color.
- the program will archive a record of these snaoshots for comparison.
 
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You might want to Google "SCATT training systems" as one example. Such systems have been around for more than 20 years. Just sayin'
 
Dry fire does little for a flinch. You know there won't be any report or recoil so you don't flinch. Dry fire helps with consistent trigger pull and manipulation of other controls.

Tdc
 
Here's a low tech solution. Take a pencil with an eraser on it and put masking tape around it in 2 places so it sits slightly loose in the barrel. Insert it into the barrel so the firing pin will hit the eraser and drive it forward when you fire. Put a small dot on the wall to use as an aiming mark. Stand close enough to the wall so you are aiming at the dot with the barrel about 3/8" from the wall and fire dry fire. Push the pencil back in and do this again This will let you know how well you are holding. :cheers:

Do not attempt this using a revolver unless you have a box of pencils.Laugh2
 
I could see the potential for a laser pointer snap cap. Chamber it and firing pin hits a button to activate the laser.
 
TDC said:
Dry fire does little for a flinch. You know there won't be any report or recoil so you don't flinch. Dry fire helps with consistent trigger pull and manipulation of other controls.

Tdc
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Thankfully im not dealing with a flinch, just a bad trigger squeeze.

Will take a look at the scatt, was the pencil idea a joke or seruous?
 
in anycase i was aware something of the sort existed, come to think of it i'm pretty sure they had a scatt setup on the second floor of science world and I've played with it before. i'm still fairly determined to do this, i figure we can do it almost just as well for a far lower cost.
 
No the pencil thing was not a joke. Try it, not as high tech as your system but for .0003 cents in masking tape and a piece os paper taped to the wall you will see everything you need to see. SCATT trainers are a wonderful thing and will give you more feedback than you really need or want to know for about $1300.

The part about the revolver isn't a joke either. If you don't take the pencil all the way out passed the cylinder every time you #### the hammer back, or try shooting it double action you will go through a pile of pencils in no time.;)
 
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