Patent ID: 8684737

Claim:
A firearm training device for aiding a trainee to develop smooth trigger control of a real firearm comprising: a handle, sized and weighted to represent the actual weight and feel of a real firearm, without a gun barrel; a space within an upper portion of said handle, said space being of two predetermined interiors, a front section of one predetermined interior and a rear section of the other predetermined interior larger than said predetermined interior of said front section; and a trigger assembly attached to said handle, said trigger assembly having a body, an enlarged portion with a recess for accepting one end of at least one biasing device at one end of said body and a trigger fixed to or formed integrally with part of another end of said body, the enlarged portion located within the larger predetermined space; said trigger arranged to be actuated by a finger of a trainee and mounted to only move in a horizontal position with respect to the handle; wherein said at least one biasing device is configured for biasing said trigger in a forward direction away from the handle, said at least one biasing device having a stiffness similar to the stiffness of an actual firearm trigger, for simulating triggering forces used in firing a real firearm.