kirby
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I usually shoot an HK USP. In SA mode, I'm a reasonably good shot. In DA, not so much. I just don't practice this enough. Someone at the range was commenting how horrilble the USP trigger is and when I asked him for specifics he shot my gun and commented that the SA mode was "better than expected" but the SA pull was "typical HK badness". I never really got details on what he meant. In a related story, I shot two 1911's recently (A Les Bauer and a Springfield, both range rental guns) and found their triggers felt much different. So some questions (when I refer to my USP below, I mean while shooting it single-action):
- What makes a good trigger? (Yea, this is the "why is the sky blue?" question)
- What are the various terms people use to describer trigger problems, what do they mean? What do they feel like?
- "less travel before breaking?" The weight of both 1911 triggers was less than my USP. But more than that, the 1911 triggers seem to not travel much (or at all?) before breaking. This isn't true of my USP. I really liked those triggers but I want to know why they felt different. Also, can I expect that of all 1911-style guns? Is that typical of SA-only guns?
Thanks for the help.
- What makes a good trigger? (Yea, this is the "why is the sky blue?" question)
- What are the various terms people use to describer trigger problems, what do they mean? What do they feel like?
- "less travel before breaking?" The weight of both 1911 triggers was less than my USP. But more than that, the 1911 triggers seem to not travel much (or at all?) before breaking. This isn't true of my USP. I really liked those triggers but I want to know why they felt different. Also, can I expect that of all 1911-style guns? Is that typical of SA-only guns?
Thanks for the help.