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.
Posts: 4977 | Location: Melbourne, Australia | Registered: 31 March 2009
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.
Posts: 17133 | Location: USA | Registered: 02 August 2009
Somewhere 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.
Posts: 1679 | Location: East Coast | Registered: 06 January 2003
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.
Posts: 17133 | Location: USA | Registered: 02 August 2009
many 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
