Release Triggers

ScottD

ScottD

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Was just reading about shot gunners use of release triggers.

Any thought of using them in benchrest? Sounds like a good idea.

Scott
 
Scott,I have been useing Release triggers in my Trap Guns for 30 years & they are Very fast &I would not shoot without them,BUt they are not designed for Rifle shooting because all of my releases need 6 pounds of steady pressure to hold them until you release them,And then you only let off 6 ounces,and you could not set & hold a Bench rifle with 6 pounds of pressure until ready to fire, I build all my own release triggers,& i know for a fact that they will not work,in fact they would probally be unsafe. BILL
 
Trap shooters shoot release triggers for (1) reason; they flinch. If you don't shoot shotguns and flinch forget the word"release".

Mike Swartz
 
Mike,Another old Wifes tale,I been shooting one for 30 years & i do not flinch,The reason for a release is the fact that they are faster than a pull trigger &very smooth in the follow through,I have seen shooters flinch with a release trigger.There is big money in trap shooting & you need every advantage that you can get to be able to come out in the top . If you were a trap shooter,you would already know this. BILL
 
Bill;
Far be it from me to differ with the opinion of such an acknowledged expert as your self but I am a trapshooter.
I spent 16 years on the 27 yard line and have shot a lot of targets. No brag, plain fact: check an ATA yearbook. In my opinion I could never be as percise with a release as I could with a pull from the back. Up front it doesn't make a lot of difference. Simple statement of my opinion. I shot releases because I flinched,period. I finched so badly I got to where I couldn't set a release. Then what?? If you want to shoot releases that's your business. I frankly couldn't care less. BTW, if I had it to do over I would never have pointed a shotgun at a pigeon and I don't mean clay. Did that for a while as well. I think you tend to not respect the opinion of others,Bill.

Best regards;

Mike Swartz
ATA#78-06542 LIFE
 
I would not want to sit and hold my trigger until I want it to go off and would not really like anyone else on the line with me to have one either. that is another item that belongs in the forums and not actually on the firing line;)
 
Mike,Its quite the opposite I do in fact respect the opinion of others,All the man wanted ,was a answer that made good sence,All you could do at best,was a smart ass answer,related to your own pitfalls about flinching,.Tell the man why a release would not work for Benchrest,not your problems,.He was on here looking for good answers,not any thing else. BILL
 
Very well, Bill, I sure don't see a release trigger being an integral part of Competitive Benchrest shooting. I think that the action of keeping the trigger set would require a lot more contact with the rifle than current set-ups would like.Secondly as in any shooting event that involved a release,the learning curve with a rifle would be possibly lengthy. I'm sure the sanctioning bodies would howl about safety issues. some of which may have merit and some of which would be pereieved. I can't see a case in which a release trigger would be a betterment to the game or to scores. In shotgun shooting a release is no safety problem in any manner. The people that shoot them have taken the time to learn the ins and outs of the trigger and I don't see them as much of an issue if any at all. Are they a cure all??No. I find a lot of people that shoot releases do so for the noteriety and little else. I still feel that if one is able to pull a shotgun trigger and not flinch, leave well enough alone. I also chuckle at views that differ from yours are smart-assed. Certainly not my intent. I can see that you cherish your opinion and you certainly have that right.
Good luck to you, Bill.

Mike Swartz
 
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Missed it last time.

Yeah Ray...I must have slept through that part last week??

Must be "Cabin Fever" setting in. From the looks of the flame war above...I ain't the only one.

Phil says 6 more weeks of Winter....God help us all.
 
Scott;
I sure didn't feel any flames. And I truly hope Bill didn't either. Just a difference of opinion about something that a very large part of the world know nothing about. I still feel that release triggers do not have a place in Benchrest as it's done today as they would be wrongly viewed as safety issues; they are not. It is colder than blazes though. Pray for spring.

Mike Swartz
 
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