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Electronic Trigger
08 June 2021, 05:53
Brian CanadaElectronic Trigger
What is the latest development in electronic triggers? I would like to make a long range XP type bolt action pistol. Thanks, Brian
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08 June 2021, 07:03
p dog shooterI think they went away like the dodo bird.
08 June 2021, 07:31
Brian Canada"...like the dodo bird." Haha, good one. Thanks for the heads up. Brian
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08 June 2021, 17:30
jeffeossoetronx? something like that, from remmington was about the only commercially available trigger+primers that I am aware of.
the g11, g12 cases rifles also used a proprietary e-trigger, i expect others working on caseless ammo did the same, so that there was nothing to eject
08 June 2021, 19:41
Duane Wiebe (CG&R)When it comes to guns. I avoid anything with a battery. Can you imagine a once in a life time trophy and ...dead battery!
Cell phones give me all the aggravation I need
Electronic trigger and electric primer is something completely different.
There are for example .22LR competition pistols with electronic triggers made by Walther etc.
Jiri
09 June 2021, 03:13
Brian CanadaThanks Jiri, Brian
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09 June 2021, 07:31
montea6bFor God’s sake, why?!
09 June 2021, 17:38
jeffeossoJiri,
you are correct, and I assumed electronic to be the discharge type, rather than electro-mechanical, or "remotely" activated mechanical
09 June 2021, 18:53
Colin MastersBuckstix wrote a write up on his bull pup rifle in the custom rifle section.
09 June 2021, 22:01
Brian CanadaColin, Thanks very much! I knew that I saw and article somewhere on electronic triggers. Brian
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28 June 2021, 21:20
sambarman338quote:
Originally posted by Duane Wiebe (CG&R):
When it comes to guns. I avoid anything with a battery. Can you imagine a once in a life time trophy and ...dead battery!
Cell phones give me all the aggravation I need
Hear, hear! Illuminated scopes are in the same category, IMHO.
Tank cannons have electric triggers; very fast ignition time because they also have electric primers. Both our M68 rifled and M256 smooth bore cannons. (Which also operates at close to 100K psi, but that is another discussion.
Which is the point and issue; having an electric/electronic trigger on a conventional rifle lock actually gives you LESS control over things. Many, especially neophyte shooters, think they want a trigger with a .1 ounce weight of pull. That is a recipe for disaster even if your battery isn't dead. Much like a very light set trigger; they aren't always a good thing.
Now, for a bench rest rifle, might have potential but not for a hunter.
28 June 2021, 23:06
Brian Canadadpcd, Very interesting, thanks, brian
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29 June 2021, 21:32
Recoil RobSomewhere on my brains hard drive I remember reading about a study done comparing using the set trigger on a gun vs. using it without setting it.
If I remember correctly, shooters did the same or worse using the set trigger.
Of course I could just be getting old...
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Originally posted by dpcd:
Tank cannons have electric triggers; very fast ignition time because they also have electric primers. Both our M68 rifled and M256 smooth bore cannons. (Which also operates at close to 100K psi, but that is another discussion.
Which is the point and issue; having an electric/electronic trigger on a conventional rifle lock actually gives you LESS control over things. Many, especially neophyte shooters, think they want a trigger with a .1 ounce weight of pull. That is a recipe for disaster even if your battery isn't dead. Much like a very light set trigger; they aren't always a good thing.
Now, for a bench rest rifle, might have potential but not for a hunter.
You are probably right.
I actually missed a deer once by using a set trigger; of course I thought a half ounce trigger was a good thing. Shot over its back and it didn't hang around. Flintlock, but the set triggers operate the same as on a cartridge rifle. That is where they came from.
Sure, there are those (mostly in Germany who shoot from stands) who learn to use them, but for the other 99% of us, no.
30 June 2021, 02:05
butchlocmany moons ago when i was into IHMSA we tried a xp100 with an electric trigger a button replaced the trigger and activated a solenoid which activated the firing pin - i never got used to it or liked it also it have just about a zero locktime
30 June 2021, 02:11
Brian Canadabutchloc. Yes that is the kind of electric trigger that I was wondering about. Fun for target shooting and gophers, maybe.
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