Why are there no guns with electronic button triggers?

[Starslinger]

I was just watching a couple of videos featuring some of the intricate inner workings of a handgun trigger. I thought that the video was interesting and I was impressed at the engineering behind it. Still, it made me wonder why guns still use mechanical triggers and linkages. Wouldn't it be simpler if the shooter pressed a button (even a trigger-shaped "button") which sent a signal through an internal wire to activate an electric firing-pin mechanism? I would think that an electronic trigger might be easily customizable for pull weight or reset, and there wouldn't be so many little internal parts to clean if you were disassembling the gun for a complete cleaning. Surely engineers can create rugged, reliable electronics for this purpose by now? What are the reasons that I don't see any guns with electronic triggers?

[Lonestargrizzly]

Cuz of emp attacks.

[Cokebottle]

A mechanical connection is still needed.
Electronics can and do fail... generally at the worst possible time.
Batteries run down.
Piezoelectric mechanisms fail (ever have a hard time lighting your BBQ?).
The mechanical trigger has always been and always will be the simplest, most reliable way to actuate a firing pin.

[TimRB]

Too many things to go wrong, including a battery, versus a simple mechanism that has worked well for hundreds of years.

Tim

[Cokebottle]

Too many things to go wrong, including a battery, versus a simple mechanism that has worked well for hundreds of years.

Yup.
Building a better mousetrap does not mean making it more complex and adding electronics.

[Lonestargrizzly]

Yup.
Building a better mousetrap does not mean making it more complex and adding electronics.

Also emp attacks

[sigstroker]

Mostly because of rules. There have been electronic triggers for decades on Olympic type pistols, but they are banned in many competitions.

A button still has a "pull weight". If you do a touch screen it would be uncontrollable.

[meno377]

[ef9boy88]

They have them in paintball guns. Batteries die or go bad, servos wear out and electronics fail.

[Catch]

Miniguns use some electronics. https://www.acme-worldwide.com/produ...m-134-minigun/

But have you ever seen the matrix 3? (Emp attacks).

[Starslinger]

Hmm...with ruggedized mini red dots sights and tactical lights becoming more popular I thought that perhaps it was time for electronic triggers and firing mechanisms. The Military Arms Channel has a video on a the new Atrax rifle, and the video states that the next future version of the Atrax is expected to have a battery pack in the grip compartment and a powered rail along the top for mounting red dot sights and such.

But I guess people aren't quite ready to rely on such electronics for their own firearms, or just don't see the need. I get it. Thanks for the responses, folks.

[sbo80]

electronics also can fail in the opposite direction, sending a signal when they aren't supposed to. Bomb release mechanisms on aircraft use an electric signal in a push button. But there are dual-pathway redundancy stuff, plus software supporting it, to prevent an inadvertent release. Imagine sliding into your car and the static charge built up between your corduroy pants and the seat, causes your pistol to fire

[tawadc95]

Russia could hack your trigger if it wasn't mechanical.

[Simi762]

What a lazy aaaaaa ssss

[71MUSTY]

electronics also can fail in the opposite direction, sending a signal when they aren't supposed to. Bomb release mechanisms on aircraft use an electric signal in a push button. But there are dual-pathway redundancy stuff, plus software supporting it, to prevent an inadvertent release. Imagine sliding into your car and the static charge built up between your corduroy pants and the seat, causes your pistol to fire

Imagine the static electricity from the carpet triggering your firearm.

Not good.