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That's a good test! Looks like you have some safe pistols with good triggers.
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I will test the ASP and see what that has. 2.5 lbs is fine with me on the 47 Walker.
My Savage target trigger is capable of going down to 6-8 oz. I run it at a lb. I doubt a military match rifle would even be allowed 6 oz,. Bench rest types yes, not military match.
My Savage target trigger is capable of going down to 6-8 oz. I run it at a lb. I doubt a military match rifle would even be allowed 6 oz,. Bench rest types yes, not military match.
Not an Uberti though maybe Uberti DNA, the ASP has a trigger pull right at 2 lbs.
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Uberti trigger pull weight have been somewhat lighter(than previous)recently. I believe the mainspring they have been using has certainly contributed to this. Older Uberti mainsprings, in their cap & ball pistols used to be heavier.
I like a reasonably light SA pull. Happy with both the 47 Walker and the ROA.
Granted I always was mostly a SA shooter on the DA revolvers. I looked on the DA as a safety.
The only place I used DA on the Practical Police Course was at the closest point. Too many years ago for accurate memory, but it was like 5 yards and there was a serious time constraint on that part. The top score size was large so DA was not an issue accuracy wise.
Calm, steady and accurate was my take on how to use a pistol.
Granted I always was mostly a SA shooter on the DA revolvers. I looked on the DA as a safety.
The only place I used DA on the Practical Police Course was at the closest point. Too many years ago for accurate memory, but it was like 5 yards and there was a serious time constraint on that part. The top score size was large so DA was not an issue accuracy wise.
Calm, steady and accurate was my take on how to use a pistol.
When I was on the PD, we would have the sheriffs dept join us in qualification each 6 months. The sheriff's chief deputy would always have the highest score. The course of fire always started at 7 yards 6 rounds in 5 seconds, then move to the 15 yard line then to the 50 yard line. It was the old revolver course of 50 rounds total.
I noticed that C2 (his number) always was able to totally shoot out the X on the B27 targets we used at the 7 yard line.
One time I made sure I wasn't in the relay with C2 and I stood behind him and sure enough at 7 yards and the X was shot out. Out to the 15 and maybe 1 or 2 rounds just outside the X in the 10 ring, out to the 50 and by then I figured why his score was always the highest, he was shooting over the target at the longer ranges.
The next time we went to the range, our firearms instructor changed the course of fire to start at the 50 and work our way back in to the 7. With that course C2 was not nearly as accurate, but still punched out the X.
He was a very good shot but not always first after that probably in the top five.
I noticed that C2 (his number) always was able to totally shoot out the X on the B27 targets we used at the 7 yard line.
One time I made sure I wasn't in the relay with C2 and I stood behind him and sure enough at 7 yards and the X was shot out. Out to the 15 and maybe 1 or 2 rounds just outside the X in the 10 ring, out to the 50 and by then I figured why his score was always the highest, he was shooting over the target at the longer ranges.
The next time we went to the range, our firearms instructor changed the course of fire to start at the 50 and work our way back in to the 7. With that course C2 was not nearly as accurate, but still punched out the X.
He was a very good shot but not always first after that probably in the top five.
That is ringing memory bells.
We started at 50 yards and I only shot it once, so they ,may have shifted. Basically they handed us a box of ammo, two speed loaders and the gun (we must have had holsters strapped on already) and told us how it was shot.
I can't remember range specifics, but at a couple of points you were on a timer and it was obvious that is where the speed loaders came in. Rest of ammo was loose in your pocket (I think they issued us a jacket for that).
The one part that I was not sure of was a left handed shoot on a barricade. I did fine. Years latter I figured out I was quasi ambidextrous. Someone noted I did card dealing the wrong way. I wracked up my right wrist and learned to cut left handed (I could hammer nails left handed to but it was iffy though with practice....)
The fun part was when I got done the range guy is totalling up the target, after his third go through I am thinking, damn, it looks ok, what did I do wrong?
He then asked me where I leanre4d to shoot. Gravel pits? He looks at me askance, put a score on the target and told me to look at the board at the office and to keep in mind all the instructors were at the academy for one reason, to get on the pistol team.
So off I got, I forget, something around 20 instructors. If I had been on the board I would have been third or 4th.. Ahh hah.
Now, that was 38 wadcutters in an N Frame S&W so it was like shooting 22 after the 41 magnum full loads (it was my woods gun and I loaded those up as hot as they kept accuracy for - never wanted to shoot a bear but if I had to, well I was going to maximize the penetration.
Somewhat Ironic, my Step Dad had a card to shoot on base and he and I would go down there in the winter once in a while and shoot. He was better than I was. Not by a lot, about 55-45. He was all skill and I was just solid muscle.
We started at 50 yards and I only shot it once, so they ,may have shifted. Basically they handed us a box of ammo, two speed loaders and the gun (we must have had holsters strapped on already) and told us how it was shot.
I can't remember range specifics, but at a couple of points you were on a timer and it was obvious that is where the speed loaders came in. Rest of ammo was loose in your pocket (I think they issued us a jacket for that).
The one part that I was not sure of was a left handed shoot on a barricade. I did fine. Years latter I figured out I was quasi ambidextrous. Someone noted I did card dealing the wrong way. I wracked up my right wrist and learned to cut left handed (I could hammer nails left handed to but it was iffy though with practice....)
The fun part was when I got done the range guy is totalling up the target, after his third go through I am thinking, damn, it looks ok, what did I do wrong?
He then asked me where I leanre4d to shoot. Gravel pits? He looks at me askance, put a score on the target and told me to look at the board at the office and to keep in mind all the instructors were at the academy for one reason, to get on the pistol team.
So off I got, I forget, something around 20 instructors. If I had been on the board I would have been third or 4th.. Ahh hah.
Now, that was 38 wadcutters in an N Frame S&W so it was like shooting 22 after the 41 magnum full loads (it was my woods gun and I loaded those up as hot as they kept accuracy for - never wanted to shoot a bear but if I had to, well I was going to maximize the penetration.
Somewhat Ironic, my Step Dad had a card to shoot on base and he and I would go down there in the winter once in a while and shoot. He was better than I was. Not by a lot, about 55-45. He was all skill and I was just solid muscle.
I have one Uberti- an 1860 Army with a fluted cylinder. The trigger is a crisp 2 pounds on the nose.
I am having a bit of a hard time wrapping my mind around this. When you cock a gun, you are seriously looking to shoot.
So a 2-3 lb trigger pull would make a lot of sense. If its DA you don't want it easy, that is the safety.
Cocking a gun is like taking the safety off. I do the same thing with my Semi Auto. If I hear a noise in the house that has me concerned vs just, I need to check it out, the hammer (yea I am a hammer kind of guy) gets pulled back. Finger of course is outside the trigger guard.
ROA is 2 lbs, I checked a couple of cartridge revolvers, and a semi auto. A bit under 2 lbs to 3 lbs.
So a 2-3 lb trigger pull would make a lot of sense. If its DA you don't want it easy, that is the safety.
Cocking a gun is like taking the safety off. I do the same thing with my Semi Auto. If I hear a noise in the house that has me concerned vs just, I need to check it out, the hammer (yea I am a hammer kind of guy) gets pulled back. Finger of course is outside the trigger guard.
ROA is 2 lbs, I checked a couple of cartridge revolvers, and a semi auto. A bit under 2 lbs to 3 lbs.
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Something else that may be of interest to you Jim in regard to trigger pull is and over travel stop. They have improved my scores. I prefer the external mounted ones being a more solid dead stop as they have more leverage being farther away from the trigger screw pivot/anchor . Here is one if you can see it installed on my worked over match Pietta. It will out shoot my ROA and is my go to match pistol.
This gun has been line reamed, lead slug bore lapped, chamber mouths opened to groove diameter, had a new paddle match trigger milled for it and tuned, over travel stop installed and rear sight modified for easy adjustment.
I have got to get a better camera for this or learn how to make the cell phone camera work for me. These dang snap shot digital cameras really suck for this stuff! Click on to enlarge.
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I like mine right at 2lbs.
While I like a light trigger for my target rifles, pistol variation of pull just don't bother me. I don't compete.
Clearly the Semi Auto has the worst trigger but I just adjust when firing it. Its not a high cost gun and its reliable and that is what counts for it. Shot a HK P-30 I think it was, that was pretty nice. Cost twice what the other one did.
The Model 57 does have a really nice one, but the ROA and the 47 Walker are not bad. Best ever was a Python, that is pure slick. Well, the Model 41 has an uber nice trigger but that was intended as a target gun. Breath on it and it goes off.
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Yeah, those 41 Smiths are one of the finest match .22 pistols ever made. I picked up a Colt Woodsman.22 Target Match that has been shot very little and is probably near the quality equal of the 41 but alas it needs a blue job as it looks like it rattled around in some ones tackle box for a decade or so. It's not corroded but looks like the bluing just flaked off. I'd been looking for one for years and finally found one that needed some TLC.
The Woodsmen was another of John Browning's genius at work.
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