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Me too. I don't want them much lighter than that. I've bought a couple of second hand rifles where the trigger was rediculously light, one was 1.2 lb. My gunsmith brought them back up to around three pounds with new springs.

#2.5

I have shot so many NRA Highpower matches that a little over 4# double stage feels right especially wearing gloves but, I also like my set triggers in warmer weather.

2.5 # for me. Tried lighter pull weights but didn’t care for them.
GreggH

I like 2lb more or less for varmint rifles, but for deer rifles where I might be hunting with cold finger I like 3 to 3 1/2 lbs.

Two and a half to three for me.

I spent many years shooting varmint rifles with triggers from 2-6 ounces for 6 months of the year. A light trigger doesn't bother me. Today, for hunting guns, I'm happy anywhere from 12 to 24 ounces depending on the weather and level of recoil. I find it difficult to manage heavy recoil where I have to take a pretty firm grip on the tang, yet do the very precise fine motor skills on the same index finger managing a light trigger. Yet I don't get along with heavy pulls. I'm also losing interest in heavy recoil so I guess it all works out.

2.5 - 2.75 #'s.

I normally am hunting with gloves on. I prefer 4 pounds

1-1.5lb for big game hunting. .5 for varmints.

I try to get a crisp 3.o lb pull on my big game rifles. We hunt in some nasty weather and I prefer a little more weight. My varmint rifles are set at 2.5 lbs. @.0 lbs if they are safe that low.

1.5# on all my rifles.

2.5 - 2.75