Though I have shot set triggers from the bench. IE. The kind you push forward to "set" and then just touch. I have never hunted with a rifle that had one.

Accuracy from the bench with this kind of trigger can be outstanding but I can't help but think it may be more of a liability on plains game. As shot opportunities faded you would repeatedly have to "unset" the trigger by opening and closing the bolt. Something I do not think I would like out in the field. Of course you could just not "set" the trigger and use it normally. But then why have the option? The trigger on my new Tikka has a set option which is not available in the U.S.A. But for hunting I do not think this option will be missed at all.

I love set triggers for running off hand shots in open or simi open country..You just swing ahead of them and touch one off...Set triggers take some getting used to and some training, but once mastered they are a fantastic trigger IMO...They also work well on standing shots.

Mostly I have used the double set triggers, but have had a canjar set trigger or two, both are great.

Tikkas are made in Europe, where much hunting is done from blinds and hochsitz . A set trigger is not a liability in this type of hunting.

On a typical plains game hunt where you are afoot, the set trigger would not be used.

George

I follow John "Pondoro" Taylor on this one: do not use set triggers on your hunting rifles.

They will invaraibly be in a state you don't want.

Or Murphy likes set triggers.

jim

I enjoy to hunt with set triggers, especially the German ones. Those are the ones with two triggers, the French one is the one trigger system which is pushed forward to be activated.
I have a set trigger on one of my .243�s and have used it successfully on every type of plains game. It all depends on what you are used to. I never had a shot go off unwanted and my personal accuracy is better with a set trigger. A few years ago I started to write down my results hunting ostrich with both set triggers and the standard trigger systems. I have to mention that I only do headshots on ostriches to save the quality of the skin. My success rate with the set trigger is 1:7 (one miss on seven shots), the rate with the normal trigger is 1:4.
Once again, it all depends on experience and what you feel comfortable with.
Good hunting kamaatu

I forget the procedure for removing a set trigger from that position...does it involve raising the bolt and pulling the trigger on a full chamber, then lowering the bolt? I always forget and end up emptying the chamber etc....
I follow the KISS principle, when buckfever strikes you want as little to go wrong as possible. Maybe you guys are more level headed then I am, but I still compulsively check my safety on the final stalk and make sure the scope is turned down etc. Don't need another excuse to fiddle...

Here is one of many ostrich I took in the past couple of years with my 243 with a set trigger. Distance was about 240 meters.

http://www.imagestation.com/mypictures/inbox/view.html?id=4135512567&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imagestation.com%2Fpicture%2Fsraid144%2Fp492a282e24208433ce744510a7f06c6e%2Ff67ee9f7.jpg&caption=Ostrich

Hopefully I get to post the picture this time.
regs K.

My first safari was with a mannlicher with double set triggers. I did not set the trigger at all. Or so I thought.....

I was just lining up on an implala when my finger touched the trigger, which had somehow been set. I was planning on a frontal neck shot but ended up drilling it between the eyes. Whoops!

I no longer have the rifle and I will avoid set triggers.

All depends on how well you familiarize yourself in their use. I have a set trigger on my rabbit rifle which sees about 600 rounds a year down range so I am comfortable with them and after awhile you can feel that set "let off".
I have used a couple of Canjars for 15 years at least.
Great for plains game especially with a rifle that recoils a bit - no flinching. The most useful one I have on a 8 1/2 lb .375H&H which is very accurate and crosses over in use and allows me to shoot anything from impala to eland easily.
They can be unset as easily as they are set - the reverse process but you have to be very careful in this process otherwise if your mind is on other things you may AD.
I would never lift the bolt of a rifle which has the trigger set - unset it first!
And the trigger unset works like a normal trigger anyway.

I love 'em. I made a real long shot for me, 200+ yards, on a very nice kudu. He really looked small through my scope, but as the professional hunter said, it was the best heart shot, but the worse following on instructions, he ever saw. He wanted me to shoot it low in the so it would run down hill, then finish him off, if necessary so as to avoid having the crew to lug it off the mountain. It dropped in it's tracks, then the work started. Oh, well you take where you can! The set trigger really worked out great for me.

All my rifles, save the Rem700, are rigged with a (French) hair trigger up. I rarely use them but it could be an asset. In Europe most of the rifle are so rigged up. One can consider that the German one is history. It was more costly, sometimes noisy and a big problem was discovered concerning the Steyr (Mannlicher). If one happens to push the regular trigger (the first one, not the backward hair trigger) forward, like one does with a French hair trigger, the shot was released, very dangerous.
One certitude : should the hair trigger be on, one have to shoot as early as possible. Any tiny shock will release the shot. That�s why the Blaser R93 has no hair trigger. A hair trigger is dynamite. A great part of the game is missed on a regular basis because lots of shooters are fumbling with the hair trigger.

It�s easy to disconnect the hair trigger. Put the safety on and push backward the trigger so as to shoot.
I just see 2 reasons to use an hair trigger. First to accurately zero the rifle at the range. Second to shoot at long range, preferably propped up on any available support.
For a snap shot or if there is people around, using a hair trigger is pure lunacy. No good for absentminded people as well.

I love set triggers, and use them whenever the shot presents itself with enough time to set it.

On my rifles, you just engage the safety and the trigger "unsets" itself. Could it be any simpler?

I have one on mye frilling (20 3" /6.5x57R). Yesterday while hunting roe deer I spottet a fox peeking out from the brushes on the other side of a field, about 200yards away. I set the trigger and shot him in the neck. But, it takes practise to get used to set triggers. My rules are that I never set the trigger util I am ready to fire. If the chance does not materialize, I engage the safety and disengage the set trigger.

Set triggers on the Mannlicher are a little different. You can set the trigger and put the rifle on safe to avoid an AD and ;eaveit that way if you choose. If you want to take the set off you mearliy pull the trigger with the or take the safe off to shoot. I do this to prevent the game from hearing the ping when I set the trigger if their up close. In MHO the Mannlicher Schoenauer has one of the best DST in the world.
Gary