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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 1549542" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>A few years ago I had the urge to hunt with a 7 oz trigger pull because this rifle realy liked it at the range and I thought it would be great.</p><p></p><p>I was hunting white tails and was using the 7 WSM because of the distance and wind. Things were going normal and I was seeing lots of game, so I put on my hearing protection and pored myself a cup of coffee and just enjoyed the hunting. After a while, a realy nice buck appeared a little over 200 yards for an easy shot.</p><p></p><p>The wind was blowing hard so I eased the rifle up and did all the things that I should, acquiring a good site picture, taking a breath, and with a good site picture put my finger in the trigger guard and boom. the rifle went off even though I had not started applying pressure.</p><p></p><p>The site picture was exactly where it should have been for the shot and the brain (At least whats left of it) snapped the picture and I knew it was on even though I was not ready to make the shot. I could not see the deer but knew it should have been a good shot.</p><p>so I sat for a few moments and then started heading to where the deer was standing and found him where he stood. I was not to worried because I called the shot, but I was not happy that it went off</p><p>simply by touching the trigger with the glove. Calling the shot told me that in spite of the screwed up shot, that it would fine and no harm no foul and if I had to look for the deer it was still a good hit. The rifle now has a 2 pound trigger to prevent this.</p><p></p><p>Once you train you brain to call the shot, it will be of great value to your hunting and follow through. I think the main problem is that we want to see the hit so bad that our subconscious mind starts raising your head just before the shot breaks so you loose the image of the</p><p>last thing that happened.</p><p></p><p>The point is, that it saved me lots of worry even though I screwed up knowing that the shot should be good.</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 1549542, member: 2736"] A few years ago I had the urge to hunt with a 7 oz trigger pull because this rifle realy liked it at the range and I thought it would be great. I was hunting white tails and was using the 7 WSM because of the distance and wind. Things were going normal and I was seeing lots of game, so I put on my hearing protection and pored myself a cup of coffee and just enjoyed the hunting. After a while, a realy nice buck appeared a little over 200 yards for an easy shot. The wind was blowing hard so I eased the rifle up and did all the things that I should, acquiring a good site picture, taking a breath, and with a good site picture put my finger in the trigger guard and boom. the rifle went off even though I had not started applying pressure. The site picture was exactly where it should have been for the shot and the brain (At least whats left of it) snapped the picture and I knew it was on even though I was not ready to make the shot. I could not see the deer but knew it should have been a good shot. so I sat for a few moments and then started heading to where the deer was standing and found him where he stood. I was not to worried because I called the shot, but I was not happy that it went off simply by touching the trigger with the glove. Calling the shot told me that in spite of the screwed up shot, that it would fine and no harm no foul and if I had to look for the deer it was still a good hit. The rifle now has a 2 pound trigger to prevent this. Once you train you brain to call the shot, it will be of great value to your hunting and follow through. I think the main problem is that we want to see the hit so bad that our subconscious mind starts raising your head just before the shot breaks so you loose the image of the last thing that happened. The point is, that it saved me lots of worry even though I screwed up knowing that the shot should be good. J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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