Wiscgunner
WKR
I drop my rifles on the butt about 18” when adjusting the trigger pull. While not 4’ I feel quite confident in my equipment as I don’t use safeties because I find them to too often provide faulse confidence.The fear mongering of the ambulance chasing attorneys that put Remington out of business, has worked so well, common sense gun owners start believing the slanted reporting of 60 minutes and quoting biased sources without questioning it in the slightest. The back stories of the court cases that started all his are questionable at best, and outright complete misrepresentations in many cases, as would be expected with lawyers with huge incentives to make money for themselves.
I highly encourage folks to spend time reading the backstories. Faulty trigger defense didn’t convince a jury in the shooting death of one kid and the shooter was sentenced to prison. Another kid was killed by a ricocheting bullet as his mother unloaded the gun - my mother grew up on a ranch with guns in her hands since she could barely hold them and wouldn’t trust her to point a rifle in my direction and cycle a bolt action. The guy pulling a loaded rifle out of a closet when it went off, even though the police department couldn’t get the rifle to duplicate the trigger failure.
There are two drop tests the fear mongers love to talk about yet nobody actually talks about what’s involved. The military test is similar to the SAAMI test, but at 1.5 meters, whereas SAAMI is at 4’.
Military trigger pulls have always been ridiculously heavy, and drop tests are what we can thank for factory rifles having similar heavy pulls. At one time SAAMI had a footnote that drop tests aren’t appropriate for pulls under 3 lbs.
The jar-off test used to be used so often it was common sense that everyone did after replacing or adjusting triggers - when’s the last time anyone here even talked about bouncing the butt of a rifle on a carpeted floor? I’ve heard fear mongers here poo poo Remingtons, while claiming their Winchesters adjusted to light weight were perfectly safe, which they don’t do well on a jar-off test. The internet has empowered an entire generation to adjust things blindly and pat each other on the back for making the rifle unsafe.
Tikka trigger.. how light is too light?
I dropped a new after market trigger spring in my Tikka t3x. So far it has performed perfect. It doesn't fire with the drop test, always resets when bolt is worked. But I picked up a wheeler trigger gauge and it's reading 1.25 pounds. Is this too light for safety? Like I said it's working...rokslide.com
My Tubb triggers do block the firing pin/cocking piece by forcing the sear upward and jamming it in place. Although not as robust as blocking the firing pin like a 3 position safety like a Ruger, it is extremely safe if you are the type to believe in them.
Personally drop testing the sear engagement is more important than the safety because an empty chamber on a rifle is always better than a safety lever that people “think” they engage 100% of the time but in reality do not.
