ROLEXrifleman
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What is a 13 year old girl doin' drivin' a Corvette, anyway? And what is Dale Jr. doin' in the car with a 13 Year old girl? Inquiring minds want to know.
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What is a 13 year old girl doin' drivin' a Corvette, anyway? And what is Dale Jr. doin' in the car with a 13 Year old girl? Inquiring minds want to know.
So....
There's no bad triggers?
I'm OK with a little take up on a defensive pistol or rifle, as long as the trigger reset after the shot is pretty tight. On the Glock I get that. It takes a little while to get back to the initial break, but while you are coming down from recoil and easing the trigger back forward, you feel the click and pull again with no take up.
I see the initial take up as a little safety buffer, just like a higher weight trigger than a target rifle.
Other than that small change, I think you pretty much nailed it.
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A good trigger is not:
creepy (obvious sliding of parts before the trigger breaks)
gritty (when "creepy" isn't smooth)
too much take up (wasted trigger motion)
too much over travel (wasted trigger motion)
vague (unpredictable break)
vague reset (revolvers and semi-autos)
too heavy
too long
too light
too short
unsafe (think bumps or drops)
Ahh, it's a good ol' you don't agree with me so you must be ignorant thread. Nice. I'll bite.
I like what would be called a target trigger for defensive guns as well as range guns.
If you are OK with the personal aspect of handling the firearm with a target trigger in a stressful situation, that is great.
Too light is never a problem, except on hammer-fired guns you have the issue of lock time. This is especially true w/ DA/SA guns when trying to get the mainspring as light as possible. For me, there is a ballance where I'd rather have the slightly heavier trigger pull vs a poor lock time. But it's not the light trigger pull in itself that is the problem.
As for pretravel and over-travel, this is personal preference. I set my guns up for as much PT/OT as I can get. I found I get better accuracy when I can truly follow through with the trigger, instead of having the trigger hit the frame as the shot is breaking.
As for reset, I just want the return spring to have enough pressure to keep up w/ my finger, and on a 1911, 8oz does it. I don't care what the reset feels like. I could count on one hand the number of times I noticed reset during a match, and I spent a lot of time trying to learn to "ride the reset." But in the end, I just found it slowed me down. I'm a "slapper." Hence the reason I like a lot of pre-travel, my finger is less likely to come off the trigger during speed shoots. I just care that the trigger resets, not what it feels like. This is why I like 2-stage triggers in rifles.
If you are OK with the personal aspect of handling the firearm with a target trigger in a stressful situation, that is great.
The one thing I really worry about with a light trigger on a defense gun is cannon fodder for the prosecuting attorney about the "killer trigger" that you used, which is so much easier to pull than even police officer's guns.