03-08-2015, 11:29 AM
(03-08-2015, 10:23 AM)Cactus Farmer Wrote: I have triggers that are a lot lighter than that. Benchrest guys do ounces. The snide remarks will get you nothing.
I will leave this forum as fast as i found it if all I find are folks like you. Have the day you deserve.
So are you saying that this "fellow" is shooting benchrest rifle competition with a Mossberg .22 mag?
No snide remarks, just a personal perspective on doing a lightweight trigger job on a general purpose sporting rifle that someone else will be responsible for handling. I don't have that kind of product liability insurance and can't afford losing everything I own in a lawsuit should there be an 'accident' resulting from said trigger job.
Oscar Mossberg and his sons manufactured firearms built to a price point for the average working class Joe. "More Gun For The Money" by Victor and Cheryl Havilin. It's a great book on the history of the company.
Benchrest rifles are precision built instruments that are designed for extremely light triggers. Mossberg rifles were not. Apples and oranges. Shooting a rifle propped up on a bench is far different than carrying around a rifle in the field, or position shooting on a range. I know this because I spent a LOT of time shooting across-the-course high power rifle competition for many years. Safety trumps all else in my book, and the rule book too for that matter.
For what it's worth, you'll find a wide variety of folks here with all kinds of experience and knowledge on a lot of different subjects - and all of them smarter than me, so maybe that will be incentive enough to stick around.
Willie