I'm not familiar with that trigger, but unless it is a true two-stage trigger in which the second stage sear is not in its cocked position until the first stage travel is accomplished, then you have a potentially dangerous trigger. It is probably adjusted beyond its design parameters, and to borrow your words, you should be damn careful.
Again, I don't have that trigger to inspect, but I suspect that you have one of the many fake two-stage triggers, in which there is a single firing sear, and it is in its final position as soon as the rifle is cocked. Some are very good triggers, but they do not contain the safety design of a true two-stage trigger, and you must have a minimum safety margin in the sear engagement.
THANK YOU! Exactly my point.I DO!
But that's only because I have 71 years of life experience, 70 years of shooting experience, 60 years of measurement-gauges (of all kinds) experience, 50 years of gunsmithing experience, and 40 years of competitive shooting experience. Gauges depending on a spring are some of the most notoriously inaccurate; like a trigger-pull gauge I used for years that displayed wide extreme spreads even on the best triggers and technique. Averages taken on wide spreads aren't very a accurate reflection.
I now use a digital TP gauge that displays ESs within a few tenths of an ounce (or better) on the most consistent triggers. At that point accuracy falls more on technique, than the gauge itself.
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The Veteran trigger is a good example of a fake two-stage trigger that works well, it's an excellent trigger. In adjusting it, you just need to remember that it's really single stage, and set your sear engagement accordingly.
Well, both of your examples are less than one ounce, so yeah, most folks could not distinguish a difference.
