A friend asked “what’s a good trigger?”
I chose not to answer with a specific brand, but with a general answer.
My answer was:
A good trigger is one you don’t notice. I am not worried about the exact pull, or take up, or reset- for me I just want a trigger I do not have to think about controlling when I am shooting.
I am sure some of you prefer a certain brand, or perhaps have a more complete answer.
So now I ask you- what’s a good trigger?
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Riflebasix... 3 -
A guy that works for me has a serious hang up on triggers. He will love or hate something solely based on the trigger it has. He replaces or works on nearly every gun he gets until it has the PERFECT trigger. He's not a fan of the roll type trigger.....but he's starting to experiment with them and they may be his favorite very soon.
He seems to like things light, no creep, and a short reset more than anything.
With me, personally, my eyesight has never been great so target shooting hasn't ever been my thing. I like 1911s, so I've shot more of them than anything else. As its not a strong trigger and I can keep the gun stable until it snaps I'm good.0 -
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A good trigger on what? Revolver, pistol, rifle, shotgun are all different and even they have subsets like target vs hunting vs self defense. Like you I want a trigger I don't have to think or wonder about but I can't make all of them the same. Too many variables. Bob 3 -
Roy's horse. 6 -
What's it on and what are you using it for. Generally I like them light and crisp but consistent is very important. 0 -
No creep , smooth , consistent . On pistols I sort of like 3.5 on the SA and 8 on the DA pulls. 0 -
I've had the springs changed out and some minor polishing done. This along with a trigger shoe has worked out for me really well. 0 -
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CLEVERHe Dog said:Roy's horse.
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I have not competed in over 15 years but I won a lot when I did and most of my early shooting stressed accuracy over speed. The old PPC course was painfully slow as compared to all the speed shooting so popular today. But it was shot back to 50 yards and if you weren't shooting in the high 590's out of a possible 600 then you were not competitive. I also shot bullseye which is the most difficult of all pistol shooting in my opinion. Then along came bowling pins. You needed accuracy cause the sweet spot on a pin is not really that large. You also need power cause you really needed to drive that pin off the back of that three foot deep table, and you had to do it with speed. The time started at the buzzer and stopped when the last pin hit the ground. You had to do it in the low 4 second range to win.<P>
I tried some IPSC but never really liked all the crazy rules that seemed to be changing constantly back then. Also I didn't like the way speed was so much more important than accuracy or so it seemed to me. I shot long range metallic silhouette shooting and really enjoyed it and did quite well. Again there was lots of time and accuracy was the major factor. To me the standing rimfire matches were the best. Engaging the small metal targets out to 100 meters standing. A good rimfire pistol, I used a Ruger Gov. Model, ringing the steel way out there. Seeing the target fall before the sound reaches you was very enjoyable.<P>
I am sure I spent time making sure my gun was in the best condition but other than a trigger job which was just polishing the stock parts my time was spent learning to shoot. I have read of the guys shooting 500 or 1000 rounds a week but I could never concentrate for that many rounds. Paying attention to shooting 50 or 100 rounds seemed to work the best for me.<P>
I know this started with triggers so lets get back to that. My advice to someone worried about their trigger all the time is that as long as your trigger is decent and CONSISTANT then leave the damn thing alone and learn to shoot the gun. Most of the people I have seen shoot over the last 40 years were bad shots. And by bad shots I mean they could not shoot a good group standing at 25 yards. They could shoot really fast but a six inch group at 25 yards isn't good. Learn to shoot first then try to go fast. In most case that gun is a lot better than the shooter. If you pick up one of Micluk's revolvers the triggers will be heavier than you would probably expect but he learned a long time ago how to shoot and he would do just as well with a stock gun. Stop worrying about the trigger and learn to shoot your gun.3 -
Someone that is a good shot doesn't have to worry about triggers. You either have it or you don't. I don't think Dad Farr spent much time worrying about triggers. He just took a gun and ammo off the rack and out shot everyone until it got dark. 0 -
So a carry gun versus a target gun in my mind would be significantly different. I tend to "agree" with the idea behind the "New York" ten pound pull on a service weapon versus a super light trigger used only for attempting to place all the holes in the exact same place. Personally a good trigger is one you can train yourself to use without changing the sight picture.Locally we have a simulator and if you ever want to see just what happens as you squeeze the trigger the laser printed graph tells no lies I also recommend practicing dry fire with a laser to see the results of your movement
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Warbirds said:I chose not to answer with a specific brand, but with a general answer.
My answer was:
A good trigger is one you don’t notice. I am not worried about the exact pull, or take up, or reset- for me I just want a trigger I do not have to think about controlling when I am shooting.
I am sure some of you prefer a certain brand, or perhaps have a more complete answer.
So now I ask you- what’s a good trigger?
It's been my experience, that there are extremely few aftermarket triggers, that will out perform a properly tuned stock trigger.I have an old single shot .22 Target pistol, with the most unique trigger (1 of 250 made) I've ever shot. It's adjustable to 1oz, no creep, no felt let off, and it's a single screw adjustment. Set it at 1oz, and bang it anyway you want to, it won't go off. The closest thing I can compare it to, is an electronic trigger. Over the last 8yrs or so, I've racked my brain trying to figure out how to adapt the design to a rifle trigger. If I ever do, it'll put half the aftermarket trigger makers out of business. I'm fairly close, but still... so far away.
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3# for a rifle, no creep and breaks like a glass rod. 3.2-4# for a pistol, no creep breaks like a glass rod with a positive even short reset. 0
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