Over the years I've pulled hundreds of different triggers, some of them thousands of times. I can't remember ever pressing or pushing one.
I have used a rope or chain to pull vehicles out of mud, snow or to the shop for repair, but I've never had much success using a chain or rope to push or press one.
I grew up reading about a gentle trigger pull, slow pull, steady pull but until recently none of the gun writers ever talked about pressing them. At 60 "recently" could be 40 years, I may have lost track of when this became vogue.
The talk of "pressing" the trigger got me thinking. In my opinion there are few people who have done it repeatedly who are successful. Exhibition shooters sometimes can do it, but most who press a trigger only do it once with the gun pointed the wrong way.
What do you call it? Enlighten me as to why some refer to it as a trigger press.