by Chronos » 05 May 2014, 12:22 pm
Firstly it totally depends what the of shooting you're doing. Fast paced if shooting at close range, long range varminting or target shooting etc. like many things it's horses for courses.
The reality is you'll never know how bad a trigger is until you shoot a rifle with a good one, Then anything else feels terrible and leaves you guessing as to when the trigger will break. I've had the pleasure of shooting some rifles with beautifully crisp light triggers (under 2oz) where you put your finger onto the trigger and just at the moment when the shot feels good, you just need to think about it and the shots away. No fuss, no sensation of the trigger moving rearward just Bang. The expression that's often used is it breaks like a glass rod
No obviously that's fine for target shooting off a bench, probably not great on a walk around rifle you're probably going to shoot leaning on a tree. Something that breaks crisply without creep at around 2lb is about perfect In that situation. Problem is a lot of American rifles arrive with a trigger that's more like 5-6lb because they're terrified of being sued because someone shot their mate.
It's usually the gritty, creepy feeling between when you start to squeeze and when the rifle fires that's the worst. A heavy trigger can be shot well, but only if its consistent.
But like I said, once you get used to a good trigger everything else fees like second best.
Chronos