Trigger Assembly Affect Accuracy?

jmp8927 · 12-04-2007, 05:54 PM

I've seen on a couple sites where people say that the trigger assembly affects the accuracy on the gun. I don't see how that could be possible considering the hammer is going to wack the firing pin in the same way. But for the sake of my opinion possibly being wrong, is there any truth to the trigger assembly affecting accuracy?

Mooseman684 · 12-04-2007, 08:45 PM

actually, Yes. A heavy trigger can have an effect on accuracy when not benched, a Crisp,lighter trigger pull is more "Accurate" when it comes down to hand / Eye
Coordination and getting a shot off smoothly when your eye tells your brain to fire...
Rich

damage855 · 12-04-2007, 08:49 PM

Its not so much the gun as the shooter the lighter the trigger the easier it is to "squeze" the trigger versuse "pulling" it.

SwedeSteve · 12-04-2007, 08:57 PM

They're right! That's why there are so many triggers and triggerjobs being sold.
Take a look at Welcome to learn a little about the sks trigger.

jmp8927 · 12-04-2007, 09:05 PM

I figured it was a correction of user error. I don't see where it would really be worth the money put in though. After all, it is an SKS and I don't see me shooting something so far away that a longer trigger pull is going to knock me off too much.

res45 · 12-05-2007, 06:57 AM

Stock YUGO SKS,eye,brain & trigger finger all working together.

jmp8927 · 12-05-2007, 07:13 AM

That's pretty good...I'm going to have to rig me up a stable rest for mine and see how accurate it really is. Up until now all I've had is something to rest the muzzle on.

nathangdad · 12-05-2007, 08:25 AM

Trigger pull is the last input you have in a shot.
Stay away from guns with heavy pulls and long pulls. Seek short pull triggers with moderate resistance. Target triggers are a little light for hunting. Some firms do sell replacement triggers for the major brands of rifles. Check this out.

res45 · 12-05-2007, 08:26 AM

I use a homemade shooting rest most of the time from this page built mine a little nicer but it works great and is portable, I spent about $5 on mine shooting sticks are nice to I like the Tripod design.
Varmint Al's Bi-Fur-Pod Page

mym1a · 01-05-2008, 01:47 PM

a smoothe/shorter trigger would be nice but how would this affect the rifle in extreme weather hot/cold. I believe this rifle was designed to work in extreme cold???

ArkansasHunter · 01-05-2008, 01:53 PM

If you had a scope on your SKS feller you would see how much your barrel flexs when you put the muzzle on a rest.
Always put the forearm area of any gun on the rest, never the barrel or muzzle end.
A.H

nathangdad · 01-05-2008, 02:12 PM

From a purely technical point of view the trigger does not have an effect. However, if a human is going to fire the gun the trigger has a very significant effect in that the force needed to overcome trigger resistance and length of travel
coupled with the interaction to the surface of the trigger will create body movements affecting the pointing of the gun. Trigger pull is a major, if not
the major factor, in choosing between guns of similar quality for most serious shooters.

12-04-2007, 05:54 PM	#1
jmp8927 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Walterboro, SC Posts: 1,103 Trader Rating: (0)	Trigger Assembly Affect Accuracy? I've seen on a couple sites where people say that the trigger assembly affects the accuracy on the gun. I don't see how that could be possible considering the hammer is going to wack the firing pin in the same way. But for the sake of my opinion possibly being wrong, is there any truth to the trigger assembly affecting accuracy? __________________ Doing the unexpected makes the unexpected the expected and thus the expected becomes the unexpected.

12-04-2007, 08:45 PM	#2
Mooseman684 Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Alaska Wilderness Posts: 9,261 Trader Rating: (0)	actually, Yes. A heavy trigger can have an effect on accuracy when not benched, a Crisp,lighter trigger pull is more "Accurate" when it comes down to hand / Eye Coordination and getting a shot off smoothly when your eye tells your brain to fire... Rich __________________ You know you might be facing your doom,when all you get is a click when you're expecting a BOOM!

12-04-2007, 08:49 PM	#3
damage855 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: North Carolina / Lake Norman Posts: 886 Trader Rating: (0)	Its not so much the gun as the shooter the lighter the trigger the easier it is to "squeze" the trigger versuse "pulling" it. __________________ If total goverment control will make us all safer, then why are prisons so dangerous?

12-04-2007, 08:57 PM	#4
SwedeSteve Grumpy Old Fart Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: AnchorTown, Alaska Posts: 9,100 Trader Rating: (0)	They're right! That's why there are so many triggers and triggerjobs being sold. Take a look at Welcome to learn a little about the sks trigger. __________________ Thank God we don't get as much Government as we pay for! -Will Rogers

12-04-2007, 09:05 PM	#5
jmp8927 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Walterboro, SC Posts: 1,103 Trader Rating: (0)	I figured it was a correction of user error. I don't see where it would really be worth the money put in though. After all, it is an SKS and I don't see me shooting something so far away that a longer trigger pull is going to knock me off too much. __________________ Doing the unexpected makes the unexpected the expected and thus the expected becomes the unexpected.

12-05-2007, 06:57 AM	#6
res45 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 266 Trader Rating: (0)	Stock YUGO SKS,eye,brain & trigger finger all working together.

12-05-2007, 07:13 AM	#7
jmp8927 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Walterboro, SC Posts: 1,103 Trader Rating: (0)	That's pretty good...I'm going to have to rig me up a stable rest for mine and see how accurate it really is. Up until now all I've had is something to rest the muzzle on. __________________ Doing the unexpected makes the unexpected the expected and thus the expected becomes the unexpected.

12-05-2007, 08:25 AM	#8
nathangdad Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,253 Trader Rating: (0)	Trigger pull is just about everything Trigger pull is the last input you have in a shot. Stay away from guns with heavy pulls and long pulls. Seek short pull triggers with moderate resistance. Target triggers are a little light for hunting. Some firms do sell replacement triggers for the major brands of rifles. Check this out.

12-05-2007, 08:26 AM	#9
res45 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 266 Trader Rating: (0)	I use a homemade shooting rest most of the time from this page built mine a little nicer but it works great and is portable, I spent about $5 on mine shooting sticks are nice to I like the Tripod design. Varmint Al's Bi-Fur-Pod Page

01-05-2008, 01:47 PM	#10
mym1a Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,312 Trader Rating: (0)	trigger pull on yugo sks a smoothe/shorter trigger would be nice but how would this affect the rifle in extreme weather hot/cold. I believe this rifle was designed to work in extreme cold???

01-05-2008, 01:53 PM	#11
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 10,504 Trader Rating: (0)	If you had a scope on your SKS feller you would see how much your barrel flexs when you put the muzzle on a rest. Always put the forearm area of any gun on the rest, never the barrel or muzzle end. A.H

01-05-2008, 02:12 PM	#12
nathangdad Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,253 Trader Rating: (0)	Technically - no Human engineeringwise - yes From a purely technical point of view the trigger does not have an effect. However, if a human is going to fire the gun the trigger has a very significant effect in that the force needed to overcome trigger resistance and length of travel coupled with the interaction to the surface of the trigger will create body movements affecting the pointing of the gun. Trigger pull is a major, if not the major factor, in choosing between guns of similar quality for most serious shooters.