single set trigger

[Ted W. Coombs]

I would like someones opinion on a single set trigger for a flintlock rifle used for deer hunting. Can't you shoot the rifle whithout setting the trigger? Thanks Teton Ted

 

Some single set triggers can only be used set, others can be used either way. A lot of single set only were used on target, and dueling pistols. Alot of people lost duels not knowing you had to set the trigger to fire the gun. It's really an individual choice. My choice is for a plain old trigger, no sets, but I have different guns with and without set triggers My over the log, and squirrel gun has to be set before you cock the lock.

Bill

 

[LRB]

I have heard that Jim Chambers has a new one out, that looks like a common trigger. Might be worth looking into. I don't know if it is single, or double action.

 

[Haleh]

I've only handled one rifle with a single set trigger so I am far from an expert.
The one I tried was set by pushing forward on it.
When you cock the hammer it makes a rather loud click. If I tried pulling the trigger back to avoid the loud clicking sound, which I believe could alert a deer to your presence, it would be unset. No way to cock it quietly and no way to fire it without setting the trigger.

H.Hale

 

[shortstring]

For a hunting rifle I personally like a plain old single trigger. You can take the gun to full cock completely silent. For some reason when I got a critter in front of me I don't seem to notice that the trigger pulls a bit harder.

 

[MikeChapin]

If the rifle is just going to be used for hunting, I would leave the stock, straight pull, trigger and not mess with a single set. If you want to use it for target work and hunting, get a single set that will fire set or unset.

I have single sets on a couple of pistols that I like very well. One is a Pedersolli single set on a CVA Mountain Pistol. The other is a Bondini pistol with the stock single set. Both work well in Pistols. The Pedersolli is the best single set I have ever used. Too bad Pedersolli quit selling them seperate a few years ago.

L&R makes a single set that can be fired set or unset. Muzzleloaders Builders Supply also sells a single set with a longer plate for a rifle.

 

[PaulN/KS]

Would the L+R trigger fit in a Pedersoli frontier pistol?That factory trigger on my flint pistol is still way too heavy and I'm a bit nervous about stoning it further.

 

[TANSTAAFL]

If recall right, there was a L&C entry from the Corps of Discovery concerning an incident.

Seems one of the members took a rifle, left camp and went for a walk. He encountered a griz, and damn near got done under, as the rifle had a single set trigger, and in a panic he forgot how to set it to fire the rifle.

If I remember right, he escaped by leaping into the river.

 

[MikeChapin]

Would the L+R trigger fit in a Pedersoli frontier pistol?That factory trigger on my flint pistol is still way too heavy and I'm a bit nervous about stoning it further.

You would have to get the dimensions of the plate and see. The Pedersolli took a little inletting to get in the Mountain Pistol. Not too much but it did take a little. I also put one in a flint CVA Kentucky. It took a little more work and I had to get a "Deluxe" Maslin lock so there would be a fly in the tumbler. It worked fine until the pistol burned up in a fire a year or so later.

 

[PaulN/KS]

Thanks for the suggestion. :thumbsup: