Action Design For Hunting

[Machingeaneer]

This thread essentially boils down to a person's opinions of how hard it is to push a switch.

 

[rbutcher1234]

This thread is a joke right? Carry the gun in condition 3 unless it’s in your hands and needed to shoot quickly. If it’s in your hands, then safety manipulation shouldn’t be a problem.

 

[Chris in TN]

What is different about the Blaser is that there is zero mechanical energy for the firing pin to strike the primer.

You literally cannot, regardless of trigger weight, set that round off.

Just a hypothetical question here:

-Let's say you had a current production Tikka, but could remove the trigger and safety and replace it with what I'm about to describe:

-A primary safety lever that works like the current safety.
-A secondary safety button. If you depress this button, the bolt can be opened with the safety still engaged.
-You must depress the button to disengage the safety lever.
(Eta: assume this safety mechanically locks the FP rearward)

Would that suit you, or would you still be bothered by the stored energy in the FP spring? I'm thinking that a design like that would add a layer of difficulty to causing a negligent discharge while out hunting, but with proper design would be easy to press-and-flip in a quick-shot scenario.

Not something I personally want but might appeal to OP?

Also, there is no reason, ever, to have a trigger lighter than 1.5# on a hunting rifle. I prefer 28 ounces. A guy who hunts in colder weather might prefer 48 with a minimum of 40 or so. But there’s no advantage, and significant disadvantage, to going below that range.

 

[Wprinkle]

 

[Wprinkle]

 

[Wprinkle]

 

[Marbles]

Also, there is no reason, ever, to have a trigger lighter than 1.5# on a hunting rifle. I prefer 28 ounces. A guy who hunts in colder weather might prefer 48 with a minimum of 40 or so. But there’s no advantage, and significant disadvantage, to going below that range.

Blaser agrees with you, just look at the weights the consider hunting vs match on the ATZL trigger. Basically, the OP thinks Blaser is stupid in their recommendations and designed a rifle to do something they didn't, both on trigger weight and leaving a round chambered.

He also assumes we are stupid and doesn't read what we right. Example, I say human factors, regardless of if mechanically safe, and he starts telling me I don't understand what decocking is.

So, this who thread, as many have pointed out, is a waste of time, an illusion of a conversation, but he intends to talk to us, not with us.

 

[Chris in TN]

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I’m sitting in a deer stand listening to rain on the metal roof and enjoying these memes. If we don’t shoot something by 0830 we are going to have fried backstrap for breakfast.

So, this who thread, as many have pointed out, is a waste of time, an illusion of a conversation, but he intends to talk to us, not with us.

That’s the entire internet in a nutshell. It’s like ‘mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the smartest/prettiest of them all’ except the mirror is tired of your silliness and has heard it before and it has memes. Unless you’re actually pretty or smart, but that’s rare.

 

[Kauaihunter]