How to Measure Your Trigger Pull WEIGHT

[Schnitzel]

i'd test it, but i need to send it in to HQ to get her fixed. plus it wasnt even adjusted to my liking...i lost my darn allen key, small tools are so easy to lose!

[Aliens-8-MyDad]

mine is $5.75 which is 3.8 oz's

[BarryTolar]

Race Cocker

1 quarter if it's dropped into the bag

Takes 6-7 if you put them in the bag and then raise the gun slowly.

Barry

[Jerhew]

i think it's fair to say it is for us non-electro guys...

Originally posted by Remington


Well, I care! I don't think its fair that everyone that can afford an electro gets the trigger upgrades. Tom, is this going to be an electro-only upgrade( just like the roller trigger bolt-on) or is it going to be for mechanical triggers too?

Haha . . . I find it kind of ironic that mechanical users are getting the Y-Grip and the electro users want it and now the electro users are getting whatever this upgrade is going to be and the mechanical users want it. Whatever. YOU DA MAN TOM!

(Post 700! WOOHOO! )

Originally posted by AGD
AO,

I have a hypothetical question for you. If there were two guns, each with identical performance and price. One is an electronic trigger that can adjust down to your typical soft pull. The other is a mechanical trigger but almost as light as the E trigger, kind of like an Emag with two magnets.

Which would you buy and why?

Thanks,

AGD

This is driving me crazy...
I can't wait for Tom to spill it already...
heck I'd settle for a $2 trigger...
it's better than a wrench set...

[hitech]

I tested a stock hyperframe. Man was I off.

42 quarters = 8.4 oz


I also measured in the second finger groove (since what is where I pull the trigger) and I was still way off. But ath least it made me feel a little better.

22 quaters = 4.4 oz

[ReTroMagBoy]

spring-powered triggers require more force the farther you pull them back while the magnet triggers require only enough to get the trigger to "break".

[Jaguar]

someone should try doing this with a pro carbine... but I don't think there are enough quarters in the land

[Darkling]

Lets see.....It took me 7 quarters on my Timmy for it to click, so thats 1.4 ounces. Damn, I thought it was gonna be lighter than that

Darkling

[ReTroMagBoy]

hey guys anything under like 3 oz is a very light trigger pull and when they get too much lighter you dont have a fast enough trigger-return for any decent rhythm sustaining high ROFs.

[spydervenom]

for my black dragun frame

12 quarters, so that is...

a little over 2 ounces, cool

[Wild_Osiris]

I want to take a guess what Tom is cooking! I think he is going to make a mech gun that has very light trigger pull. I think he is going to accomplish this by lining a trigger frame with magnets and lining a trigger with magnets (and have the trigger with magnets with reverse pulls) the magnets will pull each other and all u have to do is get to breaking point. THen I think tom is going to use the mag's rt feature to return the trigger. I think this would be a cool idea.

[AGD]

Ok so this is how it shapes up. Most people can not judge their trigger pull very well. A super light E trigger is around 1 oz and generally they average around 2-4 ounces. The upper range is 7-8 oz. Mechanical triggers are way above that most in the 16+ oz range.

Given this information and knowing that a mechanical trigger can never be 2 or 3 oz, what weight trigger would you get EXCITED about for a mechanical gun? Give your answer in oz.

Think about your answer carefully, if everyone says a mechanical trigger must be 3.5 oz to be cool it might put it out of the range of reality.

AGD

[Cliffio]

well if you can get a mech trigger anywhere near 8, i would say that would be a big improvment over the 16+

so i would say 8-10

of course a total guess


Cliff

[Mossman]

I agree. Anywhere near 8 would be splendid

personally I couldn't care less though. Whatever my retro mag's pull weight is I can RIP on it.

Also, i felt a really nice boston paintball twister cocker today. They set their guns up nice, and this one had an eclipse hinge with some really good work done to it. From the other weights I've seen i don't think it could have been much over 8 ounces, probably a decent amount less.

Tommy boy, people buy electros for a light pull. While a lighter pull on a mag would be nice, if any other aspect of performance is hurt I don't think it would be worth the effort to develop. I can shoot plenty fast on my retro, and if the pull was twice as stiff I'd adjust to it and shoot plenty fast like that too

[Sinnet]

i'd say 7 oz...

even though some mechanical guns (rt, hinges) can be easy to rip on, having a light mechanical pull would be AMAZING for shooting in awkward positions and when you dont have much leverage, i.e. one finger on the bottom of the trigger. That's pretty much what's making me consider an electro... hope youve got some tricks up your sleeve here tom!