set trigger on my hawken
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This may help, without seeing the trigger it's hard to diagnose the problem. May be as simple as lack of lubrication.
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Thanks for the reply guys.I'll try to explain whats happening When I set the rear trigger the front one will releece by bearly touching it. the set screw is allmost screwed to top or against plate. Is this wright or wrong. Which way should the set screw be up or down to make the front trigger the most sensitive.
Rick Boylan
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Try backing the screw out a little bit at a time until you get the trigger pull you want.
50cal.cliff
58 Cal.
My set trigger is heavy but, once your on and your breathing is right. I will feel my finger on the firing trigger and that's all!
I let my son shoot one day, told him to sit down and steady in, when you feel that everything is right touch the set trigger, then take that second to recheck your sight picture and you will feel the trigger against your finger for about a second before she' gone.
He shot and turned and looked at me and said, "hey you weren't kidding about that trigger". No I meant you was just going to feel it against your finger, and she's gone! :wink:
When your on there is no need to waste time, if you ain't on you ain't got no business with your finger on the trigger anyway!
I let my son shoot one day, told him to sit down and steady in, when you feel that everything is right touch the set trigger, then take that second to recheck your sight picture and you will feel the trigger against your finger for about a second before she' gone.
He shot and turned and looked at me and said, "hey you weren't kidding about that trigger". No I meant you was just going to feel it against your finger, and she's gone! :wink:
When your on there is no need to waste time, if you ain't on you ain't got no business with your finger on the trigger anyway!
Like the others said, you can adjust the little screw that is between the two triggers to make the front triggers pull a little more manageable.
The little screw adjusts how far the front triggers catch engages with the rear triggers latch.
If the screw is too far in, there will be very little engagement so the slightest movement of the front trigger will release the previously set rear trigger and the gun will fire.
The important thing to note here is there is no way to make the front trigger harder to pull.
The adjustment only controls how far you have to move the front trigger before it releases the set rear trigger. For some, increasing the distance the trigger needs to move isn't enough to make them feel safe when they use it.
To find out what the maximum travel of the front trigger is to release the rear set trigger, try totally removing the little screw. Then cock the rear trigger and notice how far you will have to move the front trigger to release the rear trigger. It don't get any better than that.
Oh. I should mention this important thing about double set triggers:
You can cock the rear trigger and release it with the front trigger all day long without damaging your gun if the hammer is left in the fired position.
Setting the rear trigger and "firing" it even once with the lock in the half cock position is a good way to break your lock.
The only alternative to all of this is to leave the rear trigger unset.
With the rear trigger unset, the front trigger should release the lock but the trigger pull will be much harder.
Unfortunately, that's the nature of a double set, double lever trigger.
The little screw adjusts how far the front triggers catch engages with the rear triggers latch.
If the screw is too far in, there will be very little engagement so the slightest movement of the front trigger will release the previously set rear trigger and the gun will fire.
The important thing to note here is there is no way to make the front trigger harder to pull.
The adjustment only controls how far you have to move the front trigger before it releases the set rear trigger. For some, increasing the distance the trigger needs to move isn't enough to make them feel safe when they use it.
To find out what the maximum travel of the front trigger is to release the rear set trigger, try totally removing the little screw. Then cock the rear trigger and notice how far you will have to move the front trigger to release the rear trigger. It don't get any better than that.
Oh. I should mention this important thing about double set triggers:
You can cock the rear trigger and release it with the front trigger all day long without damaging your gun if the hammer is left in the fired position.
Setting the rear trigger and "firing" it even once with the lock in the half cock position is a good way to break your lock.
The only alternative to all of this is to leave the rear trigger unset.
With the rear trigger unset, the front trigger should release the lock but the trigger pull will be much harder.
Unfortunately, that's the nature of a double set, double lever trigger.
Thank you all for all the help and advise. I went to the soninlaws on the week end and tought him how to load and shoot the gun and after he put me to shame. I wanted to put the gun away He said he would like to try one more. So I said ok, he loaded and took a shot at a piece of about 10" square cardboard at a ranged distance of 112 yards and hit about 2"low and 3" right of centre so I said I quit. for somebody who has never shot a muzzleloader before he sure as heck out did me in no uncertian terms. And with our heads together and your help we did master the set trigger and how it worked Thank again every body jake
