"Double trigger" explanation?

[greyhound]

So a "search"didn't help much....

I am thinking on buying my first black powder riifle, in interest of history, and am looking at a Cabela's Hawken percussion rifle with "doulble trigger".

Now, I have many a surplus rifle, like M1 Garand, M1 Carbine, Enfileld No 1 Mk III, and Mosin Nagant, but a "double trigger" is a new one on me and not one Google search helps much with. So how does this work? The offer over Xmas to build a rifle range on my father-in-laws land out in rural AL makes it much more likely I'd get a Cabela's Hawken pretty soon but this "double trigger" thing is new to me!

Thanks for any help!

 

[Oldnamvet]

Rear trigger "sets" the front trigger to be a hair trigger. Pull the rear trigger and you will hear a click. Just breathe on the front trigger then and it goes off. A really bad deal to use while hunting. I usually ignore the set trigger and just use the front one as usual.

 

[SASS#23149]

Watch the Tom Selleck movie,Quigley Down Under

He uses his set trigger in the movie on his Sharpes buffalo gun.
The set trigger is adjustable to be extreeeemly ligh if ya want,but can be dangerous at that point.

 

[Thefabulousfink]

Set triggers can be tricky, but useful. My first blackpowder gun (trapper pistol built from a kit by Traditions) came with a set trigger, it took a bit of adjusting to get just right, but it turns a difficult trigger pull into an easy squease. As far as hunting goes, I don't see the problem, just make sure that the trigger is not adjusted to a dangerous level. Then just be sure of your target, take aim, set trigger, exhaile, and fire.

I find that the set trigger gives me much better control when firing, and if you don't like it you can allways just use the main trigger.

 

[scubie02]

the second one is for the emergency second shot...

ok, couldn't resist...

as others have said, you use the back one to set the front one to a very light weight--often in the ounces. On my mannlicher, though, even without using the set trigger the trigger pull was quite nice compared to most modern rifles.

As others have mentioned, cold hunting fingers are often b etter using the regular trigger for safety/control, but its nice to have for the range or that especially tricky shot or something.

 

[Dave A]

Double triggers

Double triggers, also known as set triggers, come in a wide varity of configurations. I have a .36 cal flintlock by Perdoseli that Cabelas sold as their Blue Ridge line. For this rifle the rear trigger must be pulled to "set" the front trigger. Only then will pulling the front trigger fire the gun. In some cases the trigger must be first pushed foreward to set it, then pulling the trigger will fire the gun. Know your fire arm is the best advice.