Heaviest Trigger Pull You've Ever Encountered?

[TfflHndn]

For me, an LCR in .22 magnum. I have a trigger gage that goes to 12 pounds; that LCR takes it over its top end and isn't close to breaking.

 

[BudgetBucks1]

A Romanian Carpati .380. However, it is also the most accurate pistol I have ever fired when shot single action.

 

[Esoteria]

Fricking. P-64. 22-pound trigger pull and it felt like 40. Plus you knew that when it went off it was going to hurt like crazy for being a straight blowback 9x18mm. It was heavy, but somehow that just didn't matter.

Gun looked awesome and carried well. I did some draw-and-fire practice with it and when the adrenaline is kicked in that trigger pull isn't so bad. Still, too painful to practice with, especially with defense ammo, so I sold it.

 

[c1ogden]

"DA guns are completely ineffective in combat situations because not many people can become proficient enough to be able to control the trigger properly in a combat situation."

There's proof that the author has no idea what he's talking about!

The heaviest pull I ever had was a (measured) 25 pounds on my department-issued Sig P226. If I recall correctly, that was after it had gone back to the factory for repair. I eventually had a local gunsmith rebuild it and that made it a lot more useable.

 

[FireInCairo]

Walther put out some PPS models in Massachusetts with triggers upwards of 16 pounds. That's egregious, as it basically renders the pistol so inaccurate as to be unsafe to shoot accurately.

The one I owned was around 12 pounds, and gunsmiths won't touch them because they're a bear to do trigger jobs on. I did it myself, and it became a great pistol, but I would never buy another pistol without dry-firing it to see if the muzzle moves at the trigger break again. Safety action, striker-fired pistols should not have triggers more than 6 pounds out of the box.

 

[JaxJim]

For me, the AMT Backup (DA version) or the Taurus .22 revolver (don't remember the model, it's the small one) have some of the heaviest triggers I have owned and shot.

 

[SeanSw]

Walther put out some PPS models in Massachusetts with triggers upwards of 16 pounds. That's egregious, as it basically renders the pistol so inaccurate as to be unsafe to shoot accurately.

The one I owned was around 12 pounds, and gunsmiths won't touch them because they're a bear to do trigger jobs on. I did it myself, and it became a great pistol, but I would never buy another pistol without dry-firing it to see if the muzzle moves at the trigger break again. Safety action, striker-fired pistols should not have triggers more than 6 pounds out of the box.

Yep. Mine was as bad or worse, and it was not a Massachusetts model! They are less expensive now but I paid a premium for it at the time, and lost a hundred more when I sold it. A really bad example for sure.

 

[Girodin]

The DA of the P64. There were people present that couldn't pull it with one finger. I'm not sure how anyone could shoot that DA very well.

 

[v8stang289]

Hi Standard DM101 .22 mag derringer. With no real trigger guard the design needed a heavy pull and it certainly got it.

 

[Gun Master]

"Hey Marge! Remind me to tell that guy that I'm no longer interested in his High-Standard .22 Derringer anymore."

 

[jmace57]

I was going to say a Russian Nagant revolver, but you beat me to it.

Me too. The WORST ever.

 

[scchokedaddy]

heavy trigger

I can not see how the Chiappa Rhino missed this list. Ugly pistol, Ugly trigger,nasty ugly trigger. Or maybe some are to ashamed of shooting such an [-----------------] that they iust hope no one finds out. SORRY FOR SARCASM

 

[whatnickname]

Heaviest Trigger in the World?

No doubt about it. It was the commercial version of the HK VP70 that was marketed here in the US when the "Wonder 9" craze was at its peak. That damn trigger had to have been nearly 20 pounds!

 

[25-5]

Webley Mark III. .38 S&W. Smooth, but heavy.

 

[jrdolall]

I took my PA-63 to the gunsmith last week and he was amazed at the trigger. There is no way on earth athat a person could shoot that gun accurately in DA. I will need to use my bow scale to measure the weight of the trigger.

 

[j1]

J1

It was my flintlock. It was so heavy that it was impossible to shoot accurately. Till I fixed it. Judicious use of a grinding wheel on the mainspring fixed everything. Was I nervous? Oh yeah, I surely was.

 

[Captcurt]

Mine is nothing close to that, but the keltech pf9 is the heaviest I have shot. Ive never actually measured it though.

40 S&W Keltec for me. It didn't stay around very long. Remington 742 was my worst rifle.