The "Ready Gun" Position.

[HuntinDoc]

Practice till it is automatic. Sights on target--Finger on trigger. Sights off target--finger off trigger. I don't care whether it is on the frame or on front of trigger guard. For me, on the frame feels too unnatural. I guess I practiced the other way for too long. I know Massad Ayoob teaches to place finger on frame. I do the same with the safety. Sights up-safety off, sights down-safety on. Now there is nothing concious about it.

It happens the same as hitting the brake on the car when needed. I don't think "I need to stop, let off the gas, now push on the break." I simply think "STOP" and it happens. I think "shoot" and it happens.

I did have some friends whom I used to shoot with that used to work to try to get each other to accidentally fire (in a safe way) while on target. Let me explain-- We used to practice drills with a loaded gun. Gun up--safety off, sights on target, finger on tigger; gun down--safety off, finger off trigger. With a safe target back stop we would try to startle the shooter when he had is gun up, on target. To try to make him shoot. Never really worked because I guess we were expecting it. We told ourselves we were steady as a rock though. The best startle practice though was another shooter with a magnum shooting next to you. If you didn't accidentally fire when a .44mag went off next to you, You may do ok.