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I thought 1.5 was OK for a deer gun, for years.
Even in the cold.
But I worked under microscopes back then and had a pretty fine touch.

Years later, diff job, banging on stuff all the time, now 1.5 seems too light.

All of the above are about what I would go for as well. I do appreciate the single-set trigger on the CZ 527- you can shoot it like normal at around 3 lb but, if you toggle it forward the break goes to about 1.5 lb.

2.5 pounds on just about everything except for my lightest rifles. Those seem to do better for me set at 2 pounds..

dave

hunting in the cold weather in Minnesota by the Canadian border fingers get cold and don`t feel triggers so easy then, so 3 - 5 lb. triggers work safer for me

3-4 for me. I rarely hunt with gloves, but my hands do get cold enough to lose a little feel. I have never been overly picky about triggers though.

I agree with this with one exception...........Hunting with an AR you don't have the option of this light of a trigger staying single stage

A crisp 2.5lbs on all my rifles. My finger does not need to be re-educated, no matter which rifle I pick up that day.

For my varmint rifles 2.5 lbs, for my big game rifles 3 lbs, for my rifles that are bigger than .375" I like about 4 lbs.

True. I was referring to bolt rifles, but I do have a bunch of non-bolt rifles with heavier triggers due to the lack of trigger options.

Like others, in a hunting rifle 3 to 3.5. Gloves and cold hands don't go well together with a light trigger. My BSA MKIII 22LR has a 12 ounce trigger pull. On a bench rifle I prefer very light pulls.

1.5lb on all my Tikkas. Could only get my rap 260 rem to 2.5lb with the lightest spring I could find.
Big Ed

This is about the same as I like. A lot depends on how the rifle is being used. Sitting in a stand or fogging varmints is a lot different than sneaking through the thick stuff or following up wounded game whether it bites back or not.
I've had target pistols set <1lb and shot older military rifles that were probably 5lb+ with lots of take up and over travel. You just have to learn to adapt to what you have in hand or what the use of the rifle dictates.

28oz on my triggertechs

1.5-2lbs

2.25 - 2.50#

2.75# on most of mine.

3lb for big game

2.5-3# feels perfect to me.

3 pound works good.

Play guns lighter is nice, but for hunting guns I like to
be able to feel it pretty good. They still seem to go off without
really thinking about pulling.


A friend has a 6oz trigger on a 300mag.
Man is that nice to shoot offhand, once you get used to it.
But I would rather have 5# than 6 oz on a big game rifle