Carpenters and trigger control

[Mark Davis]

My experience has been that guys who work as carpenters usually have poor follow through on triggers. Having little experience in the trade, it's weird but
By some twist of fate ole clod has been working as a carpenter this summer even though there are hundreds of carpenters out of work in my home town.
Here's something to think about.
That darn nail gun will teach  bad trigger habits.
If you hold back on the trigger it will go full auto.
The master carpenter on my job just rolls his eyes and says "well if two nails is good I guess three is better."
Concentrating on cutting and let those other guys run the flinch gun.
Saves a lot of nails.

[HPT]

I wonder what clicking a mouse all day does to my trigger pull.   

[polygunner]

Speaking as a carpenter.....
The framing nail guns I've used have 2 settings, one that works like a semi auto rifle trigger, one pull one shot.
The other setting is "full auto" but only one nail will fire when you push the tip into the wood. You hold the trigger the whole time but only 1 nail per push.

Finish guns are what make for a good trigger squeeze. Very small nails precisely placed. Holding the trigger back is part of the precision. No jerking or bucking or the nail may be misplaced.

I have noticed that it's easy to pick a shooter out of the crews. Screw guns. Most people have their finger on the trigger if the gun is in their hand. Shooters, at least those who practice good safety, will have their finger off the trigger till the screw is on the target.

Trigger control is important, not only with rifles.

[Wheeler44]

Sheet metal worker here..But I've run a "few" nail guns...Mine has a part that determines semi-or full auto..I threw away the full auto part...  But I run a screw gun mostly..and I keep my finger on the trigger...It does make me think sometimes, and sometimes is enough for me..

W44

[LayloPro]

Wheeler,

are you out there thinkin' again??? 

You let me know what you come up with this time, y'heah!?!? 

LLP

[slim]

I wonder what clicking a mouse all day does to my trigger pull.   

For your trigger SQUEEEEEEEEEZE it will do nothing. (Don't let those "kids" in Athens catch you saying pull or it will cost you 25! Just a word of warning.)

The one good thing about clicking that mouse all day is you now have a more sensitive trigger finger than most folks. You're used to having contact with something and applying varying amounts of pressure as opposed to feeling something for the first time. When your trigger finger makes contact with the "clicker" it won't be a new sensation for your finger, it'll be just like you're sitting there on that mouse.

Muscle memory is muscle memory. But from this point on you should be "following through" on your mouse and double clicks should get a lot harder to do!   

Shooters, at least those who practice good safety, will have their finger off the trigger till the screw is on the target.

Trigger control is important, not only with rifles.

I picked up my jigsaw the other day just to move it around in the garage.... I had to grin when I looked down and noticed my finger OFF the trigger and sticking straight out.

You'll really know you've got it bad when you see a Redcoat on TV and you start murmuring foul language under your breath. Totally involuntary response and you just react to an image. Flip through the channels one day and catch a glimpse of Major Duncan Heyward - see what happens!