Hunting Rifle Trigger Pull Weight

[General RE LEE]

What is everyone’s preferred pull weight for trigger on your hunting rifle? I’ve found 1.5 lbs to be just right for me. Seldom do I wear thick gloves, mostly bare hands in a box blind by a heater or thin glove liners and hand warmers in a jacket pocket. I shoot 1.5 lbs year round so I’m accustomed to how my single stage Tikka triggers feel.

 

[JakeSCH]

I like 1.5 to 2.0, I always removed my gloves to shoot. But to be fair I have not shot my rifles below zero so that might change if in that situation.

 

[Hummerdawg]

Mine is at 1.3# but I do shoot light triggers a lot

 

[Tullis94]

I like 2 pounds. Up too 3 pounds is okay but after that I am not a fan!

 

[ManBun]

For my less than 8lbs all in rifles I like my trigger set at 1.5lbs. For my heavier than 8lbs all in rifles I like the trigger set at 2lbs.

 

[packer58]

A touch under 2# for me…

 

[PredatorSlayer]

1.5-2 for me.

 

[dieselchessy]

2 to 2.5# for my hunting rifles.

 

[hiker270]

2 to 3 lbs.

 

[TN2shot07]

My hunting rifles are all set between 2.5-3

 

[smokinbobf4]

1.5 on all my rifles


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[Laelkhunter]

3 pounds on my Weatherby .340

 

[BradArnett]

For me it all depends on how much the rifle weighs. I don't want a 4# trigger on a 6# rifle, but could deal with it on a 12# rifle. My triggers go from 10oz to 3# or so, avg probably 1.5-2#

 

[TNKnoxville]

2 lbs.

 

[ETtikka]

Below 2# with gloves and cold is too light for me

 

[Jr4]

2 to 2.5lbs for my hunting rifles, plinking rifles 1.5

 

[KenLee]

I like em all around 3 pounds. If I buy a rifle used that I can't adjust up past 2.5 pounds, I find a factory spring to put back in it. Yeah folks think I'm crazy.
Apparently I've spent too much time with lem hunnerts over the years to be impressed by light triggers.

 

[RyanT26]

2-2.5 pounds.

I can’t stand a heavy or long trigger press

 

[Flyjunky]

1.75# then 1.25# on my 2 stage triggers with some decent over travel. On my single stage triggers I’m at 1.5-2#.

***edit- I’m #1.25 and #1 on my 2 stage. After I typed the above it didn’t sound right so I just checked it.

 

[JP100]

Pretty much everything we have is around 2lbs

Its a pretty good weight I think, light enough, but not too light as to cause some 'oh shit' moments when using gloves or if someone else is using my rifles(client guns)