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8/5/2004 6:24:36 AM EDT
What is your preferred trigger pull for your handgun(s)?

Not necessarily what you have, but your preference?

Carry handgun(s):
Competition handgun(s):



8/5/2004 6:46:34 AM EDT
[#1]
Carry guns at about 4 lbs.

My competition autos are around 1 3/4 lbs SV and STI.
My revolvers are between 4 and 6 lbs. Smith & Wessons.
8/5/2004 4:26:53 PM EDT
[#2]
I've got a S&W Model 52 that has a pull of about 1lb. If you breathe on it, it'll go bang! Came from the factory that way too!
8/5/2004 5:12:12 PM EDT
[#3]

Quoted:
I've got a S&W Model 52 that has a pull of about 1lb. If you breathe on it, it'll go bang! Came from the factory that way too!



Do you like it that way?  

I have one coming back from the smith at 2lbs.....
8/5/2004 5:16:23 PM EDT
[#4]
I like my carry guns at about 4lbs.
8/6/2004 7:26:53 AM EDT
[#5]

Quoted:

Do you like it that way?  

I have one coming back from the smith at 2lbs.....



Keep in mind this is strictly a target/bullseye gun. Mag only holds 5rds of .38spl WC. I admit it took getting used to. I ALWAYS make people dry fire it first so they see how light the trigger is before they shoot it.

2lbs is WAY too light for a CCL, IMO. A lawyer would immediately raise the "hair trigger" question on an unknowledgeable jury. Too much risk.

8/6/2004 4:45:43 PM EDT
[#6]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Do you like it that way?  

I have one coming back from the smith at 2lbs.....



Keep in mind this is strictly a target/bullseye gun. Mag only holds 5rds of .38spl WC. I admit it took getting used to. I ALWAYS make people dry fire it first so they see how light the trigger is before they shoot it.

2lbs is WAY too light for a CCL, IMO. A lawyer would immediately raise the "hair trigger" question on an unknowledgeable jury. Too much risk.





I've settled on 3 lbs....  I'm going to use it there for IDPA....
8/7/2004 4:17:06 AM EDT
[#7]
As long as it's creep free and crisp, a few extra pounds don't seem to bother me.
For target shooting, of course, the lighter the better.
Overall, I'd rather have a crisp 4 or 5 lb. let off than a creepy 3 lb. pull.
I used to insist on "hair triggers" on almost everything but have become somewhat more realistic to my actual needs.
Looking back on some guns buried in the safe I "tinkered" with in the mid '80s, I find them too light for general use anymore, let alone any legal ramifications they may cause.
Sorry Prof, a simple question, an overboard reply.
8/7/2004 2:42:09 PM EDT
[#8]

Quoted:
As long as it's creep free and crisp, a few extra pounds don't seem to bother me.
For target shooting, of course, the lighter the better.
Overall, I'd rather have a crisp 4 or 5 lb. let off than a creepy 3 lb. pull.
I used to insist on "hair triggers" on almost everything but have become somewhat more realistic to my actual needs.
Looking back on some guns buried in the safe I "tinkered" with in the mid '80s, I find them too light for general use anymore, let alone any legal ramifications they may cause.
Sorry Prof, a simple question, an overboard reply.




No problemo....

I just got mine back "glass rod 3 lbs."......  Sweeeeet!   Shot in an IDPA competition today....excellent results.