Question about trigger mass...

[Loneassassin]

(As in, the weight of the trigger itself.)

I have an Intelliframe with the stock double trigger (the one with the finger grooves, not the blade style). Anyway, I'm assuming that this trigger weighs quite a bit more than some of the other triggers I've seen, even the stock blade one.

I've had my gun pneumag'd for awhile now, and I feel that it is tuned quite well. However, I still get the occasional chuff on the field when I'm not concentrating on my shooting, and I'll get barrel breaks from the next shot hitting the last ball that didn't make it out the barrel.

I'm running a ULT on/off with 4 shims. I have tried 5 shims, but I couldn't get that to work without really tightening the frame screws hard - otherwise it leaked. I also briefly tried an RT on/off, and it either RT'd at about 25bps or locked up. I actually had a hard time getting the gun apart because I couldn't push the RT on/off pin back up into the body for awhile. So I put the UlT back in and that's the way it's been ever since.

So I got to thinking, would a lighter weight trigger be a little more responsive and thus be less prone to chuffing? I've got my magnet mod turned up quite a bit, but my trigger does have a fair amount of mass to it. I'd kind of like a different style of trigger anyway.

I'm thinking about other options as well, but I'm trying to do it on a low-cost budget. It could be that I need a higher flowing tank reg and/or a better Lpr. I don't know. You tell me lol.

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[Spider-TW]

I had the same problems (High Speed Chuffing - HSC) with an RPG bearing trigger (very light). I never could run and walk that trigger. My son could do it faster on the move than I did standing still, so I was pretty sure it wasn't the mag. I had a trigger stop and pre-travel adjustment. RT on/off and ULT on/off.

I think some people can do it. I think some stay within their limits. I think others put up with a break here and there. After more than a year of tweaking, I finally just EP'd it and it's been perfect ever since.

If your tripping your sear reliably, especially after long pauses in use (hour or so) and on long medium rate strings, your LPR is probably fine. Even a finicky tickler would keep up for us after it got going.

A better bottle reg would technically help, only because your valve should recharge a hair faster. The less time it takes to recharge your valve, the less likely you are going to chuff.