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frosty_bacon Junior Forum Member Offline Posts: 28 Location: north of 49 Joined: Mar 3^rd, 2015	Hunting with a set trigger Aug 3^rd, 2020 at 5:22pm	Print Post
	Curious what weight people have their set triggers adjusted to when hunting. Do you use the same weight at the bench and in the field? What about in cold weather? Cheers, Frosty


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nuclearcricket Oldtimer Offline Posts: 604 Joined: Oct 15^th, 2008	Re: Hunting with a set trigger Reply #1 - Aug 3^rd, 2020 at 5:54pm	Print Post
	I have a number of rifles with set triggers, only 2 that I have hunted with. A bolt action and a muzzle loader. Since those are both used in cold weather conditions I have them set as or about as heavy as they can be. And to be truthful, that isn't really all that heavy. FWIW my target rifles are set on the heavy side as well but thats just me, I kind of like to feel when the finger touches the trigger. I am sure others will have much different opinions. For the most part I think its an individual thing, go with what your comfortable with. Sam


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 13287 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Hunting with a set trigger Reply #2 - Aug 3^rd, 2020 at 5:59pm	Print Post
	I've hunted with several Ballard rifles with double set triggers. I prefer light triggers, and don't shoot with gloves on, so I leave mine set light. Never had any issues with light triggers and hunting, or issues with cold vs. hot weather on my gun's triggers.

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JLouis Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 8527 Joined: Apr 8^th, 2009	Re: Hunting with a set trigger Reply #3 - Aug 3^rd, 2020 at 6:03pm	Print Post
	I personally would not even attempt to use my set trigger for hunting purposes. It is down to a few ounces and it is just not safe for myself to use in a hunting environment. It is soley meant to be used for benchrest competitive matches and nothing else. For my hunting rifles it would be a couple of pounds with no over travel and a very crisp let off and how I do my own. I also don't care for a two stage trigger or any prior free movement to the trigger when I am starting to squeeze it off.
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yamoon Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 365 Location: Junction City Kansas Joined: Feb 11^th, 2012	Re: Hunting with a set trigger Reply #4 - Aug 3^rd, 2020 at 9:03pm	Print Post
	I have several German Schuetzen rifles with DST set very light, obviously I don’t hunt with them. I have a couple of hundred plus year old Mauser sporters with DST that I hunt with. The triggers are set light. I hunt from hides so there is generally time to remove my glove. Mike


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Chuckster Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1977 Location: Colorado Joined: May 15^th, 2008	Re: Hunting with a set trigger Reply #5 - Aug 3^rd, 2020 at 11:14pm	Print Post
	What is the old saying about opinions? Hunted for years with set triggers. Would not be without them, but only the two lever type. Quick shots in the timber, not set, three or four pound pull. Longer shots, usually prone, kneeling or on a rest, set the triggers. For a hunting rifle, pay as much attention to unset pull as the set pull.


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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 9691 Location: The West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Hunting with a set trigger Reply #6 - Aug 3^rd, 2020 at 11:17pm	Print Post
	Since the flintlock came into use for hunting, double set triggers have been used. Same with percussion hunting rifles. The Sharps buffalo rifles had double set triggers, German hunting rifles have double set triggers. Ballard hunting rifles like the Pacific have double set triggers. Most hunting rifles have DST. Jeager rifles had DST. For hunting I would use double set triggers. Set light, same as when target shooting because that's what I'm used too. You cock the hammer and set the trigger just before firing at game, not when you're busting thru brush.

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Winchester 71 Newbie Offline Posts: 8 Joined: Feb 25^th, 2020	Re: Hunting with a set trigger Reply #7 - Aug 4^th, 2020 at 12:35am	Print Post
	I go along with Westerner........I'v been a Outfitter for a very long time and if I found a client running around in the brush with a hammer back his hunt would be over............had a USFW agent in my rig with a round in the chamber and the muzzle banging me in the right side of my chest with muzzle up and his undercover hunt was over at that point.............


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MrTipUp Oldtimer Offline Posts: 508 Joined: Feb 19^th, 2020	Re: Hunting with a set trigger Reply #8 - Aug 4^th, 2020 at 3:17am	Print Post
	Yes, it's nice to have double sets on a hunting rifle; but whether I set them depends on the circumstances. And I'd bet it was the same 'way back when Westerner was a boy as well. Bill Lawrence


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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 9691 Location: The West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Hunting with a set trigger Reply #9 - Aug 4^th, 2020 at 4:02am	Print Post
	I had a German percussion hunting rifle when I was little. Dad let me use it anyway. Beautifully engraved. Inlaid in gold on the top flat was Kormann. Shot a lot of Injuns on the Zenith back then. It had double sets. My bolt guns all have single stage triggers set very light.

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 13287 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Hunting with a set trigger Reply #10 - Aug 4^th, 2020 at 6:12pm	Print Post
	Set triggers aren't unsafe for hunting. You don't walk around with the triggers set, or hammer cocked, so no difference between set triggers and a single non set trigger until you get ready to fire. I have to cock the hammer before each shot anyway, so once I cock the hammer, I set the trigger. Then I'm ready to zero in on game, and touch it off. Can't see where the unsafe part of this is?

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Schuetzenmiester Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 6689 Location: Cool Wet Side of WA Joined: Apr 27^th, 2008	Re: Hunting with a set trigger Reply #11 - Aug 5^th, 2020 at 10:51pm	Print Post
	I hunt with set triggers. Same a target shooting.

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BlackPowderLove Junior Forum Member Offline Posts: 35 Location: Western Uplands of Wisconsin Joined: Jul 12^th, 2020	Re: Hunting with a set trigger Reply #12 - Aug 6^th, 2020 at 9:30am	Print Post
	I like set triggers. I have never seen an issue with them hunting. I can see that a VERY light trigger like on my old German Schuetzen may be a bit light but I would rather that than an overly hard pull.

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rollingblock Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 342 Location: Texas Joined: Aug 19^th, 2012	Re: Hunting with a set trigger Reply #13 - Aug 8^th, 2020 at 2:15pm	Print Post
	westerner wrote on Aug 3^rd, 2020 at 11:17pm: Since the flintlock came into use for hunting, double set triggers have been used. Same with percussion hunting rifles. The Sharps buffalo rifles had double set triggers, German hunting rifles have double set triggers. Ballard hunting rifles like the Pacific have double set triggers. Most hunting rifles have DST. Jeager rifles had DST. For hunting I would use double set triggers. Set light, same as when target shooting because that's what I'm used too. You cock the hammer and set the trigger just before firing at game, not when you're busting thru brush. Huh, never really thought about it, must have been obvious and always taken it for granted, but you have a very, very good point.


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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 9691 Location: The West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Hunting with a set trigger Reply #14 - Aug 13^th, 2020 at 12:03am	Print Post
	"Huh, never really thought about it, must have been obvious and always taken it for granted, but you have a very, very good point. " Well, it just stands to reason...... Bill Tyler quote from The Mountain Men.

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