trigger finger "a la Melentiev"

therider · Post by **therider** » Sun May 04, 2014 2:31 pm

Thanks to a reply in my last post, I came across the very interesting articles written by Anatolii Piddubnyi.

I started following his instructions and my scores have gone sky rocket high!
I am never going below 90-92 and I got my first 96 (two of the nine were 9.8!).

I have done it for the last 3 training sessions…and I hope it is not a temporary improvement!!!!!

I have a question, regarding the third article, which can be found here:
http://toz35.blogspot.de/2011/05/muscle ... -shot.html

I am loving having the trigger finger supported "a la Melentiev" with a piece of foam between the grip and the finger. My trigger errors have gone dramatically down.

But is it allowed in competitions? I have gone through the ISSF rules, and I have found no rules against it.

Does anybody know more?

Who else has found the trigger finger support useful?

flolo · Post by **flolo** » Sun May 04, 2014 3:06 pm

it's allowed.

in short, there are only some rules for free pistol:

-it has to be a PISTOL using .22lr ammo, only 1 shot loaded at a time( by the way: what's the definition of a pistol? under 60cm?)
-it has to be held only by one arm and is to be fired by the hand that's holding it( no remote control)
- wrist of the holding hand must be movable and mustn't be supported by the grip
-it has to have open sights

that's about it

therider · Post by **therider** » Sun May 04, 2014 3:17 pm

Sorry flolo,
does this apply also to air pistol? At the moment I just shoot air pistol.
And thanks for your tips on Anatolii's articles!

flolo · Post by **flolo** » Sun May 04, 2014 3:27 pm

trigger: yes, as long as you get over 500g.

the rest: no

Spencer · Post by **Spencer** » Mon May 05, 2014 3:41 am

and provided the support does not interfere with the trigger weight testing

Brian Girling · Post by **Brian Girling** » Mon May 05, 2014 6:05 am

Spencer wrote:and provided the support does not interfere with the trigger weight testing

Out of academic interest, would it be allowable to fit the foam pads after trigger testing and then inspect for for grip and pistol weight conformity?

David Levene · Post by **David Levene** » Mon May 05, 2014 6:20 am

Brian Girling wrote:
Spencer wrote:and provided the support does not interfere with the trigger weight testing
Out of academic interest, would it be allowable to fit the foam pads after trigger testing and then inspect for for grip and pistol weight conformity?

Remember that pre-competition testing is entirely voluntary (but advisable).

As has been the case for as long as I can remember, it's the post-competition testing that's important; that's the one that gets you disqualified.

therider · Post by **therider** » Mon May 05, 2014 8:41 am

If the pads interfere with trigger , the load is going to increase, so there should be no problem with checking the pistol. Am I wrong?

David Levene · Post by **David Levene** » Mon May 05, 2014 9:07 am

therider wrote:If the pads interfere with trigger , the load is going to increase, so there should be no problem with checking the pistol. Am I wrong?

As Spencer said, interference with trigger weight testing would be a problem.

Provided that they still allowed a normal trigger weight to be lifted by the trigger alone then there wouldn't be a problem.

therider · Post by **therider** » Mon May 05, 2014 9:10 am

Thanks David. I apologise, I had misunderstood Spenser's post... surfing with iPhone it's making me blind! :-)