What trigger to use?

[Cherrybow]

I have both flint and percussion CVA Kentucky 45 cal rifles that I am getting ready to re stock into maple blanks. Both will get LR Manton locks and I want to also upgrade the triggers. Looking for recommendations on what trigger would be most appropriate for a 1820’s style short barreled full stock rifle? I may also need a recommendation on a new guard to go with the new triggers.

 

[BJHabermehl]

I have both flint and percussion CVA Kentucky 45 cal rifles that I am getting ready to re stock into maple blanks. Both will get LR Manton locks and I want to also upgrade the triggers. Looking for recommendations on what trigger would be most appropriate for a 1820’s style short barreled full stock rifle? I may also need a recommendation on a new guard to go with the new triggers.

I’m not a fan of set triggers. A properly set up single trigger with a high pivot point and the trigger pivot around 3/8 to 1/2 of a inch in front of the sear arm will yield a sub 3 lb pull with minimal adjustment. Not to mention in my opinion be safer than a set trigger. BJH

 

[tenngun]

I like double set on a rifle. Will they fit in your guard ? A well set single trigger works well. Another option is a single set. I find single sets ‘unnatural’ to use as in just inconvenient.
a good l&R or Davis in a Pennsylvanian style with a trigger plate about four inches long. A Long Hawken or Tennessee style is probably not needed in your gun.

 

[ohio ramrod]

I prefer set triggers for guns that are strictly target rifles, plain triggers for hunting rifles

 

[Cherrybow]

I am leaning more towards a single trigger. Is there a specific type that would be more accurate for a transitional period rifle? (straight, curved or curled)..I am using the Manton locks because they would be of the Time period when percussion came around, 1820-1830’s. (I think).

 

[sawyer04]

A simple trigger is easy to build, I just never cottoned to set triggers. But, I don't do a lot of target shooting either. To change a trigger pull on a single trigger just move the fulcrum point.