I know the topic has been covered, and a heavier pull weight is recommended for "high stress" situations (hunting, defense, etc). I'm looking for advice for my specific situation.
The bulk of my shooting experience is in 3 position small-bore match rifle and 3 position match air rifle. The rifles used are heavy, extremely accurate, and trigger pull is measured in OUNCES. One class I shot was a "sporter rifle" where the trigger pull was to be no less than 2.5 pounds. This was considered a very heavy trigger.
So when I hear folks saying my tactical rifle needs to have a pull weight in the 4.5-6.5 pound range, I am horrified. I am well acquainted with military triggers between a No.4 Enfield .303 I used to have, as well as time spent with the M16/M4 while in the Navy. I hated both with great intensity.
Which brings me to my current decisions. My long range rifle currently has the factory Rem 700 trigger which I am going to replace with a Huber Concepts 2 stage. Also, I'm currently working on a 6.5 Grendel AR build, and I'm trying to decide between the Geissele SSA and SSA-E.
Should I stick with the recommended 4.5 pounds, or go lighter since nearly all of my training and experience is with with extremely light triggers?
I have the SSA in my semi-auto .308. I find it just a tiny bit too heavy for shooting great groups at 100 yards, but then again, I'm not all that experienced. There have been times when I want to break the shot, but the trigger isn't "ready" yet. (And yes, I know that using paver sand instead of polly filled bags will help, but I haven't done that, yet.)
My max distance to shoot is still 300 meters, so I can't say how my system performs beyond that, but I did manage to put all my shots on a 4 inch disc at 300 meters in my last class.
If you are experienced in adjusting the pull weight of your triggers, go with the SSA-E, but the SSA will be fine for anything static and bigger than a microwave oven, in my opinion.
Thanks for the input Geoff. I'm leaning toward the SSA-E for the AR and about 3.5 pounds for the Huber 2 stage. I guess what I'm getting at is, never having been under fight-or-die stress myself, I don't know if the lighter trigger would still be an issue since muscle memory for me was developed over tens of thousands of rounds on sub-pound triggers. Maybe I am over thinking it, or maybe I just need to put more rounds down range and "re-calibrate" myself with a heavier pull weight.
Have you looked into the ALD ACT trigger? I forgot-old age-that I put one in my MCX and I have absolutely no complaints. Here's the link. https://algdefense.com/alg-combat-trigger-act.html
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