Picture of the Sig Sauer P226 I got and my puppy I've been wanting to show yall!

! Sheds like a machine. I'm sure you know that by now. Great looking gun and pup. Best advice I can give you is don't get discouraged while training they are stubborn but they want to please. Also know that you need to let him drain all that energy they are hyper and one of the smartest dogs I've been around.

Also invest in a furmenator or however the hell ya spell it

Congrats on your handgun purchase. I'm sure it'll bring you tons of happiness just like mine have done for me.

If you're a novice when it comes to handguns, I advise you watch this video to get a feel for the correct technique and just general handgun handling.

Proper Technique and Accuracy

Well it varies for each person for sure.

But usually I say you should interface the trigger between the tip of your finger and the first joint of your finger. Here's a depiction of two different ends of the spectrum:



You see that the first portion of your finger (the red line) is perfectly in line with the frame when you use the joint of your trigger finger. The occasional problem with that is that you're creating more of a "squeeze" and you will have a tendency to make all of your other fingers squeeze as well. This can end up throwing your shots to the left (for righties) consistently.

I place my finger somewhere in between these two extremes, which I think is the most comfortable place to be. Ideally what you want to do is isolate movement from the blue dot to the green line so that when your trigger finger moves rearward the first portion of your finger (the red line) does not move at all. The better you are at isolating the green line, the better chance of the bullet impacting where you put the sights.

The best way to practice this is dry fire - lots of it! If she shoots that Sig the best, let her practice dry firing with it. Have her point at something on the wall or tv (obviously in a safe direction with an unloaded gun!) and have her interface the trigger without disturbing the gun. Do this multiple times and it will build muscle memory. If I'm ever throwing shots and shooting like crap, I'll intentionally unload my gun and dry fire at the target a few times to remind myself to chill out focus on trigger manipulation. You'll see the flinch occasionally come and go but trying to minimize it is the goal.

So to sum up (hopefully not too wordy) it depends on the person. Interfacing the trigger from the joint can cause you to throw shots left (for a rightie) but some can work through it and shoot better that way.

Hope this helps!

EDIT: I did forget to mention that it can have very different results for rifles/shotguns versus handguns when talking trigger placement. A "squeeze" of the trigger on a handgun can move your shots much more than a long gun. This is due to the fact that a handgun is not propped against your body and has a tiny sight radius. So what may work for a long gun may be different for a handgun depending on the person.

Nice gun, great dog.

How's your teeth?

very cool pics, buga...take care of them and they will both be with you for a long, long time...

I plan on it!

Retread that post. It's pretty funny.

Put some tea bags in your mouth, serious, it will help.

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I'm still bleeding. I went and shite today and it was amazing.

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Happens every time I eat Taco Bell.