Trigger Work

[Patrick Chadwick]

I just checked my Eddy. When the trigger slack has been taken up, the gap between trigger and trigger guard is about 6mm. The trigger releases smoothly after about 1mm of travel (gap now about 5mm).

Check the weight required to fire the trigger. I don't know what the manufacturing tolerance was, but my Eddy was tested by the BDMP scrutineers a couple of years back, and the required weight was a little under 2 kgm / 4 lbs. Over 5 lbs could mean a rough edge, under 3 could mean excessive wear (less frequent) or that someone Bubbared the trigger to reduce the pressure (more frequent).

If you are pinching flesh behind the trigger, quite apart from any possible problems with the trigger itself, are you holding the rifle correctly?

You should be placing the center of the pad of the first joint (finger tip) on the trigger, NOT the joint itself. If you have the joint on the trigger, or move the contact towards the joint, then that means you will be curling the finger tip around the trigger as you apply pressure, which can result in pinching.

And, furthermore, this will play a large part in the "creepy" feeling, because when you think you are applying increasing pressure to the trigger, you are, in fact, mainly increasing the curl of the finger tip.

From your posting, it sounds like you have the finger tip too far forwards. Check it out, maybe have a friend look at your position when you shoot.

Patrick

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[Wineman]

It breaks at about 5 lbs according to my spring scale although it does so at almost the end of the travel.

The finger position is something I need to watch next time I take it out.

Wineman.