canvasbck wrote:I would like to see the video from when he was working with his Glock earlier in the day. I would be willing to bet that he had been getting away with pre staging the trigger prior to leveling the weapon. When he switched to the Kimber which has considerably less travel in the trigger and likely a lighter pull, his bad habit of pre staging early finally bit him. While the change in release mechanism from switching holsters was a possible contributing factor, I would venture to say that the main failure was an inherantly bad habit of putting his finger inside the trigger guard before the weapon was pointing at his intended target............but not because of the serpa release.
and I have some experience with this (thankfully not with a double-ended bullet wound in my leg) ...
I had an ND at a range once while doing some shooting drills from low-ready. Had done a few strings with my Glock, then buddy offered to let me try same string of fire with his Kimber ... BANG! ... bullet into the dirt a few inches in front of the shooting bench
And THAT is how I discovered that I was staging my Glock trigger at the range. Thankfully I was following the other 3 rules.
constant dry fire reps and some local IDPA matches have trained me to not to do this on my draw stroke now (keep that finger indexed along side of frame) ... I also carry all my guns in IWB holsters with no additional retention (other than tightness of my belt), so no thumb or index finger manipulations to start the draw ... but I do much appreciate Excalibur's clarification of muscle memory vs. conscious competence as it reminds me that I need to constantly tell my brain to keep that index finger straight so I don't lapse back into any bad habits.
