1/8th lb trigger

[Packy14]

haha..his words not ours that many shots were unexpected. I for one have never had a bullet go downrange or anywhere else in an unexpected manner or as unexpected discharge. As long as you don't shoot someone accidentally I don't care about your trigger, and if you shoot yourself, oh well.

[Bigdaa]

I might shoot the thing with the owner, otherwise alone on the range.

I'd never shoot it or have anyone else shoot it with my two boys present.

As a kid, Dad had a Colt Huntsman whose sear wore and allowed the gun to go off almost by imagination. It became apparent to him and we never shot it again.

Personally, my nerves wouldn't make it possible to have my fingers anywhere near anything under, say 2 lbs, but I'm old and crusty.

Sidenote: The recoil on my Model 500 Smith can be so intense as to clock another round into battery and let fly. A 500 double tap............THAT is scary.
Don't tell me to send it back to the factory. S&W is well aware of this.

[TRAP55]

AH Tompkins Precision Pistol, trigger can be adjusted down to .5 oz!
This is #26 of 250 made in the 50's, sold for $88 new, last one I saw sold at RIA auctions for $4K.

[QuarterBoreGunner]

^Interesting! Any more info or do I need to hit up the Googles?

[TRAP55]

Chris, you won't find much. Tompkins son revived the business after his father died, made a few more guns, and folded. Some of the pistols were checkered, some had stocks with thumb rests, and I've seen one with a "freestyle" grip.
I'm doing a patent research on the trigger mechanism, it's never been duplicated. It's so simple, it's mind boggling that no one else has ever come up with something like it. It's adjustable from the .5 oz up to about 3lbs. There is no creep, and you don't even feel the let off. The only thing i can compare it too, is an electric trigger.
I'm waaay out of my class with this patent research thing, but if I can do it, I can make an aftermarket rifle trigger that would put companies like Timney out of business.

[CSACANNONEER]

2oz triggers are only unsafe if they are in the wrong hands. Apparently, there have been many with "the wrong hands" who have already posted in this thread. The lightest trigger I've ever pulled was a 1/2 oz trigger on a BR .14 cal rifle. Unfortunately, my fingers are not quite sensitive enough for anything under about 6-8 oz and , I prefer about a 1 lb trigger on a rifle and a 2 lb trigger on a plinking pistol.

[fishnfst]

Different strokes for different folks.. My open guns have 1.25-1.5lb triggers, Varmint Rifles 1.5-4oz, Free Rifle 2.5 grams on the set trigger..

Someone should have explained to the shooters how to properly shoot the pistol before they attempted to do so.. Firing a round downrange without aiming at the target and staring at the trigger instead is a good way to get a feel for a trigger for the first time.. Or a spent case and a little dryfire before their first live round.. It will go a long way.. I can't shoot near people who are having AD's or shooting 6' above the target.. I'm surprised the RO didn't do anything....

[ClayW]

Don't these triggers have two stages? Did you not learn or at least try to figure out how it works? They have a definate stop right before they go off, don't start your pull through the first stage once you are on paper, then break that second stage on the center. There's no reason for accidental discharges.

Edit: This things are also built to be dry fired. Some simple dry firing exercises would've been smart.

[appagohm]

What if the gun was loaded and pointed in a unsafe direction, and a 30mile gust of wind blows??? I want to try that trigger!!

[CSACANNONEER]

DO NOT PUT YOU FINGER ON THE TRIGGER UNTIL YOU ARE READY TO FIRE ANY GUN!

That would solve a lot of problems that people seem to be having. Obviously, it's not the gun or trigger which is "unsafe", it's the "unsafe" hands it's put into.

[Ahhnother8]

Every Anschutz target rifle out there has a trigger measured in ounces. There are many thousands of them in use today. I shoot a two-stage trigger with about 2 oz of total pull in mine and also shoot an AR Service Rifle with the required 4 1/2 lbs of pull. It's simply about trigger control.

[G1500]

DO NOT PUT YOU FINGER ON THE TRIGGER UNTIL YOU ARE READY TO FIRE ANY GUN!

That would solve a lot of problems that people seem to be having. Obviously, it's not the gun or trigger which is "unsafe", it's the "unsafe" hands it's put into.

Bingo. We have quite a few triggers measured in ounces, no one has ever been hurt.

Basic rules apply.

When we used to shoot in the nationals, someone would check your gun, weight, barrel length, etc. After everything was checked out, they would make sure it had an empty chamber, cock it, and hit the side of the frame. If it went off, its too light and the gun would be disqualified.

[G1500]

Every Anschutz target rifle out there has a trigger measured in ounces. There are many thousands of them in use today. I shoot a two-stage trigger with about 2 oz of total pull in mine and also shoot an AR Service Rifle with the required 4 1/2 lbs of pull. It's simply about trigger control.

Love our Anschutz, rifle and pistols.

[fishnfst]

My Anschutz set trigger is measured in GRAMS, single digit gram trigger pulls hahahah...