No contest to me - the ball bearing trigger on my Thomas HPX at 4 oz! Though some Olympic match triggers might be up there too. The half dozen or so other Olympic match guns I've fired weren't as precise in feel as the one on my HPX. Usually when I was at the Shot Show I would visit all the booths I could get to and try most of the best Olympic guns. All nice, and likely triggers not adjusted as good as they could be, but nothing so far is quite as neat as my Thomas.
It's a funny thing, I have a expensive Anschutz 22rf which had the trigger set to a crisp 14oz, which I used in our last few XFT matches, and it felt waaay too heavy to me compared to my Thomas. I found in a match setting like this that the Thomas is soooooo much easier to shoot well!!! I spent an hour earlier this week getting the trigger set to 6oz in the Anschutz which is as low as it will go and still be safe = now much much better!
The 3oz trigger in my Steyr LG100 I used to have was a close 2nd to my Thomas in feel but not as distinct. Actually the Morini 162E was right there with the Steyr but again not as distinct. Some other Steyr's I have as well as Anschutz triggers are great but don't adjust as low.
A medium weigh trigger to me is more like 1-2 lb which are found on most of my rifles. These are the ones I use for when its not preferred or appropriate for such lightweight triggers as described above.
A main reason some don't like "light triggers, subjectively 6 oz???", is when adjusted low the feel is gone because the sears are at the edges of engagement - therefore to have "that feel" a light trigger must have a solid wall and a crisp distinct break which is a rare find. When experienced, as far as once one being used to the feel of it, if you can rest your finger on the trigger at a low weight (pick any low weight but for example in my case) like say 2 oz's worth of pressure, and when it doesn't trip until a predictable 4 oz, then you have an exceptional one.
It shouldn't have to be said, but if someone is reading this post and is going to try and adjust their trigger real low, please thoroughly test it first, test the safety switch as well, and even after that is done be extra careful in your gun handling. This can mean leaving the bolt open and not loading a projectile until pointed at the target and/or using the safety beforehand.
It's a funny thing, I have a expensive Anschutz 22rf which had the trigger set to a crisp 14oz, which I used in our last few XFT matches, and it felt waaay too heavy to me compared to my Thomas. I found in a match setting like this that the Thomas is soooooo much easier to shoot well!!! I spent an hour earlier this week getting the trigger set to 6oz in the Anschutz which is as low as it will go and still be safe = now much much better!
The 3oz trigger in my Steyr LG100 I used to have was a close 2nd to my Thomas in feel but not as distinct. Actually the Morini 162E was right there with the Steyr but again not as distinct. Some other Steyr's I have as well as Anschutz triggers are great but don't adjust as low.
A medium weigh trigger to me is more like 1-2 lb which are found on most of my rifles. These are the ones I use for when its not preferred or appropriate for such lightweight triggers as described above.
A main reason some don't like "light triggers, subjectively 6 oz???", is when adjusted low the feel is gone because the sears are at the edges of engagement - therefore to have "that feel" a light trigger must have a solid wall and a crisp distinct break which is a rare find. When experienced, as far as once one being used to the feel of it, if you can rest your finger on the trigger at a low weight (pick any low weight but for example in my case) like say 2 oz's worth of pressure, and when it doesn't trip until a predictable 4 oz, then you have an exceptional one.
It shouldn't have to be said, but if someone is reading this post and is going to try and adjust their trigger real low, please thoroughly test it first, test the safety switch as well, and even after that is done be extra careful in your gun handling. This can mean leaving the bolt open and not loading a projectile until pointed at the target and/or using the safety beforehand.
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