Posted: 6/8/2014 6:38:49 PM EDT
| What do you guys consider to be a light trigger pull? I have several target guns that I like to let people try, because they're cool and unusual, and I've seen them produce a lot of smiles. I tell them to be careful, this thing has a really light trigger. They then proceed to blow right through it, and get a click or boom. Then they look at me and say "wow, that's really light". Fortunately the Hammerli 106 free pistol can be dry fired with the action open, so they usually do a few dry fire clicks before I drop in a live round. It has an approx 2oz trigger, and I can put my finger right on it and hold it there much longer than I can keep a steady hold. Are all the lawyered up triggers killing our trigger control? I have a Pardini K60 that I've used as a training aid with a new shooter. I made him break the trigger pull into sections. Contact with the trigger, take up the first stage, then pull against the second stage. I tried that in an attempt to cure his jerking through the trigger on his G19. What's the lightest pull you're used to, or would feel comfortable with? |
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2 oz?  If I crank it all the way up, I think it tops out about 4oz, if my memory serves me right. If I crank it all the way down, I can set it off by pointing the muzzle up and giving it a vertical shake. There's enough mass in the (very minimal) trigger that the shake will set it off. I have the adjusting screw set about halfway between those two points. My scoped Anschutz 1613 is set about 8oz?, the iron sighted one at 20oz. Yeah, I load it, close the action, set the trigger, raise above the target, bring down to the target, put finger on trigger, find a good hold, and take the shot. I feel comfortable with where it is now. |
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Yeah, for hunting I'd probably want at least 3 pounds. Have you ever gotten to try something down in the pound or less range? That's completely safe for a non-semi range use gun. Quoted:
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Personally, I like the 3-4lb range for most guns. Yeah, for hunting I'd probably want at least 3 pounds. Have you ever gotten to try something down in the pound or less range? That's completely safe for a non-semi range use gun. I'm not a benchrester. Maybe one will chime in say what most like. I would guess around the 1lb mark. |
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Triggers are super subjective IMO.
Most of my F-Class type guns run in the 2oz range; that's light. Once you've got a ton of trigger time behind something like that, everything else seems relatively heavy. I've found that most people who are new to triggers that light are not ready for them. Quite literally, if you blew hard on the trigger shoe it would likely set it off. 2lb is like trying to move a boulder on a true target rifle, but for hunting it's within an acceptable range IMO. Semi Auto pistols, I'd think 2-3lbs would be just about perfect, but most won't go that low with drop in parts. Edit: Bolt Rifle: - Bench/Target: 2oz - Hunting/Tactical: 1.5lbs Semi Auto: - Bench/Target 2lb - Hunting/Tactical 4lb Single Action Revolver: - All: 3lbs Semi-Auto Pistol: - Target - 2.5lbs - Carry/Combat - 4lbs Shotgun - All 3lbs |
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I would want different trigger pull weights for the following:
1. Duty, or daily carry pistol. 2. Hunting rifle. 3. Bench only target rifle. 4. IPSC/IDPA pistol 5. one position target pistol such as yours. 6. Varmint or precision long range rifle It would be the height of stupidity to have a 1.5 pound trigger on a duty gun...even if the department armorer didn't care. |
| I have a Kidd on a 10/22 set to 1.5 pounds, it's a thing of beauty. The thing is, if I shoot a few mags through it and then switch to my other 10/22 with a stock trigger, it feels like the trigger is broken. I have to remember to give it a good squeeze rather than a little tap. |