Jewel Triggers... What are yours set at?

[geo4061]

What is the thinking behind a 12 oz trigger on a hunting rig? Not trying to start anything. I am just trying to learn.

 

[4xforfun]

I'm getting my first custom rifle soon. What should I set the trigger too? Are they easy to adjust?

The vibrations you just made while you typed just sent a round down range out of my gun!!

 

[ohiohunter]

I have two: one is set at about 2oz, and the other is set on top of my safe

 

[Greyfox]

interesting to see the weights that all you guys set your triggers too.... lighter than I would have thought on hunting rifles.

I've got both of my Jewels on hunting rifles and they sit at 2.25 #'s. But then that probably sounds heavy to everybody else here.

Mine are also set at higher weights(2.5-3.5) for all my shooting except free recoil Benchrest which I haven't done in a while. I do a lot of my hunting in freezing temperatures and prefer a heavier pull for these conditions. For the last six years or so I have been quite successful achieving accuracy comparable to the lighter weights. A hard hold helps a lot. To keep the edge, I also use heavier pulls with all my competition rifles.

 

[birddog67]

12 0z

 

[MontanaRifleman]

What is the thinking behind a 12 oz trigger on a hunting rig? Not trying to start anything. I am just trying to learn.

A lighter pull weight facilitates a steadier hold and fire sequence. It takes some trigger time to get used to that light of pull but once you get used to it, it's sweet.

My view on safety goes back to my initial hunter safety course when I was a young man. It was stressed to me to never depend on or trust a mechanical devise because a mechanical devise can and will fail at times. Always point your muzzle in a safe direction. If you follow that rule, you will never have a bad accident.

Keep your finger off the trigger until your ready to shoot and practice good muzzle control and you will never have a mishap.

My other rifles have pull weights of about 1 1/2 lbs because that is as low as I can tune them, but I'm happy with them.

To each his own... I like a light trigger.

 

[geo4061]

Have you done like a ladder test with trigger pull weights? Example 2# trigger 1 inch group. 1.5# trigger .75 group. 1# trigger .50 group. 12oz trigger .25 group. Thus proving for you which is superior.

 

[MontanaRifleman]

Have you done like a ladder test with trigger pull weights? Example 2# trigger 1 inch group. 1.5# trigger .75 group. 1# trigger .50 group. 12oz trigger .25 group. Thus proving for you which is superior.

No I haven't. I'm very satisfied with my current results.

It might be something interesting to do but too much powder, bullets and barrel life.

 

[6point5x284]

I like my hunting rifles at 2.0 pounds, and dedicated prairie dog/varmint rifles about 1-1.5 pounds. I like to keep like rifles with the same weight so I have the same trigger squeeze/cycle. I have been known to use quite a few different guns throughout the course of a season

 

[Greyfox]

Have you done like a ladder test with trigger pull weights? Example 2# trigger 1 inch group. 1.5# trigger .75 group. 1# trigger .50 group. 12oz trigger .25 group. Thus proving for you which is superior.

In my opinion the variable is as much the skill of the individual pulling the trigger, as it is the weight of the trigger that determines accuracy.

 

[sendero72]

1.5 lbs

 

[Len Backus]

Two pounds.

 

[bigngreen]

I like 1 pound on mine. It's the best for how I shoot, I shoot with just a little preload and let the rifle recoil on the bag and that lets me feel the trigger then just let it go. At 8 ounces on a hunting rifle I shoot worse cause I can't feel the trigger so I end up slapping at it a little, heavier and I start having to firm up my hold and force the rifle, while I shoot well I don't find it as consistent in variable field positions for myself.

 

[sp6x6]

mine at 2# I have been real cold hunting in blizzard like on continentail divide. I shot a deer once and I wasnt even really in the gunyet, I thought hands cold,did this also on my friends 2oz. bench gun.