When those guys complain about the "trigger pull"

[SVPRApps]

What are they referencing to? I read on some other forums how people talk down on a certain gun because they dont like the trigger but me being a gun noob/shooting guns for a while, I dont really notice anything about the "bad trigger" other than it doesnt fire (worst case scenario: crappy trigger indeed doesn't fire!)

Or is the whole trigger complaints something very negligible?

[Jaiofspam]

weight, slack, slop, grittiness etc etc...
hmmmm, there are only "better" triggers if the only thing your concerned about is making the gun go bang

[SimpleCountryActuary]

Peek a boom!

For rifle and pistol shooting, the moment of firing is supposed to be a surprise. Otherwise you might flinch or have some involuntary movement that causes the bullet to NOT hit the target. Rushed anticipation results in poor performance.

Hmmmm ... I think my wife said something like that last week ...

[capitol]

What are they referencing to? I read on some other forums how people talk down on a certain gun because they dont like the trigger but me being a gun noob/shooting guns for a while, I dont really notice anything about the "bad trigger" other than it doesnt fire (worst case scenario: crappy trigger indeed doesn't fire!)

Or is the whole trigger complaints some very negligible?

dude, you prolly haven't shot a firearm with a nice trigger pull yet. cause once you have you will know the difference i promise ...

[radioburning]

Triggers that are heavy, gritty, sloppy, or have a lot of creep can affect accuracy. When you're pulling on the trigger, and the gun is fighting you, the muzzle is moving around. A muzzle that jumps a tiny, tiny bit right before you pull the trigger can translate into the bullet hitting pretty far from where you intended.

You don't need an extra fancy trigger, or a trigger job, to shoot relatively accurately. But, all things being equal, there's a reason people pay the extra money for them.

[9mmepiphany]

ct90 - pick a time and a range and i'll bring out a couple of my guns so you can feel the difference

it's not so much the weight of the trigger pull but how clean it is. it's a major pain to press back on a trigger that is gritty or stops and starts during it's travel. a trigger like that builds bad habits as you're constantly fighting it to get a surprise shot

[joelukehart]

My favorite trigger is on my Ruger MKIII pistol. And the worst by far is my RAW FA91 built from a G3 parts kit.

[bruceflinch]

My favorite triggers are the non-stock ones...( most of mine have been customized )

[Fishslayer]

dude, you prolly haven't shot a firearm with a nice trigger pull yet. cause once you have you will know the difference i promise ...

^^^This.

I'm also pretty much a n00b. My first pistol was a Ruger KP90. Then I bought a '60's vintage S&W M28-2. The first time I fired it I thought "AHA! THAT'S what they're talkin' about!"

[bigstick61]

You want the takeup or slack to be smooth and not very heavy, and for the trigger to break "like a glass rod," with no discernable movement or creep, and you don't want it to be heavy, although you don't want it too light, either. A way to tell if there is creep is to take up the slack if it is a two-stage, and to look at the trigger as you gradually increase pressure on it. If it moves it has creep, and you don't want that.

[norcal77]

Try a good one you'll know why, my first pistol was an HK USP compact. I took it out, shot it, didn't think much of it. One day I decided I didn't like the decocker on it so I sent it off to HK to have the LEM kit installed, didn't really know what to expect...

It was like night and day...my previous trigger pull was 10+ pounds according the the HK guy, now it's 4.5 and smooth as can be...