Peanut butter?

[RM]

I was recently watching a member of Team Glock on "Shooting Gallery." She described a good trigger pull as being like "pulling your finger through peanut butter." So as a novice competitor, I was wondering if her analogy sounds correct to you experieced shooters?

 

[SDC]

That may be a good GLOCK trigger pull (and I'm not bashing; one of my favourites is my 17, which I shoot IPSC Production with), but I find that as long as a trigger is SMOOTH and CONSISTENT, it doesn't really matter how heavy it is. On my 17, the pull is fairly close to what I imagine she's talking about, but it "steps up" just before it breaks, so I can stage it if I want to.

 

[ACP230]

Good triggers I've used and peanut butter are never in the same sentence.




(With the exception of the one above.)

 

[Kamicosmos]

So, a trigger that stacks would be compared to 'Crunchy' Peanut Butter?

 

[Archie]

My own feeling is ...

Pulling a trigger is like ringing a doorbell. One doesn't 'jab' at a doorbell, nor does one sneak up on it and gently touch it, awaiting for the bell to ring sometime this week...

The motion is smooth and direct. In (ding) Out (dong).

Oh, and dry fire against a plain white wall. Work on dropping the hammer with out the sights moving.

 

[mete]

There was an argentine 1911 that had in the trigger sear area a mixture of dirt,powder residue, solid and liquid lube with the consistancy of peaqnut butter - it went full auto !!...Then there was a guy who brought in a auto shotgun which wouldn't work -- seems that his little kid had stuffed a peanut butter and jelly sandwich into the action !! Those are the only peanut butter/gun experiences I have.

 

[4v50 Gary]

Chunky or smooth? Natural or not? With or without sugar. There's plenty of peanut butters to choose from and they're not all Jiffy or Skippy.

 

[rick_reno]

Peanut butter? It's been a long time since I shot a glock, but I can believe it based on what I remember. When I see someone singing the praises of the Glock - it's seldom about the greatness of the trigger. They have many great attributes, but I wouldn't put a good trigger pull in that list.

 

[Trebor]

Chunky or smooth? Natural or not? With or without sugar. There's plenty of peanut butters to choose from and they're not all Jiffy or Skippy.

Oh great, here we go again with the "peanut butter wars." Only a "kitchen commando" would reccomend smooth when we all know peanut butter should be chunky, the way God and George Washington Carver intended. As for Jiff vs. Skippy, while suburban soccer moms may prefer Jiff, REAL professionals rely on Skippy. So, do you want to be "poser" or a "tactical peanut butter operator?"

 

[johnnymenudo]

I know that trigger pull can make a difference in performance, but I think it is way over-rated. If you can hold your gun on target and not move the sights when you pull the trigger, you will hit the target every time. A light trigger or smooth trigger minimizes extraneous movement of the entire gun a bit, but for something like combat handgun shooting, I think it is not that big of a deal. For high power or target shooting a good trigger helps mimimize movement, but I don't think it is the be all and end all. Thats my humble opinion.

JM

 

[P-32]

Triggers I like would be like breaking glass.

 

[Werewolf]

The horrible Glock trigger is why my Glock 22 was traded. Glocks are fine weapons if one can get used to the trigger and the grip angle.

 

[Heraclitus]

The only trigger that ever felt like that to me was on my Kahr K40 Elite. I sold it on account of low capacity; but just feeling that ooooooh so smoooooth little trigger it had was enough to make me wanna run for some toast.

My Walther P99? It'll get there soon enough. P99's all start out kinda gritty, and then smooth out over time to become one of the "creamiest" of them all. It takes a lot of hard cleaning and lubing, and about 500+ rounds. But it'll eventually get there, I promise.

 

[MBane666]

When Julie said "Peanut butter," I was standing there thinking, "Peanut butter?n Why not a glass rod breaking?" Then I thought, "It's a Glock." Then I thought again, "It's Julie...peanut butter works for me!"

Michael B

 

[Seraph]

Choosy shooters choose Jiff.

 

[ezypikns]

mmmmmmmmmmmmm

peanut butterrrr

 

[cropcirclewalker]

Youse guys favoring the Skippy and/or Jiff et al.. That stuff is just peanut flavored Crisco.

Smuckers Real peanut butter. Ingredients......Peanuts and salt.

About the Kb machines....

I couldn't own anything that I couldn't handload for.

 

[OF]

I saw that too and thought it was hysterical.

- Gabe

 

[JackOfAllTradesMasterAtNone]

Ok now. I read this, then immediately went to the gun room and pulled some triggers. All of them in fact. Not one of them felt like any form of soft gooey or chunky peanut butter! Single action, most of them feel like breaking uncooked spagetti noodles. Only a couple of them are actually a surprise when they break. Double action there are a couple that feel like the trigger shoe is folding as if it were made out of soft lead. Sort of a flow motion as it is pulled back. But not like peanut butter. No.

-Steve