How important is a trigger reset to you?

[Cigar Guy]

I bought a PC Ported 9L so I wouldn't have to do anything to the gun. I swear the trigger felt better in the store than it does on the range. I have short stroked it a couple times. So, should I get a new trigger or just learn to shoot the gun the way it was designed?

 

[bigwheelzip]

My self-defense guns need short resets, because of me short-stroking. If I did timed competition, I'd need short resets there too.

 

[OKFC05]

Go shoot a revolver in competition for awhile, and trigger reset on autos will mean squat to you.
If you look on Mike Seeklander's videos, you will see what he and I think of the training disaster of trying to only let the trigger out just to reset. By the time the gun comes down from recoil, the shooter should have gone out past reset and already be "prepping the trigger" (taking up the slack) for the second shot.
TRIGGER MANAGEMENT - Bing video

 

[Shield9mm]

My FS 9mm and my shield both have great trigger reset, my 45 has none just feels weird not having it. I'm just a recreational shooter like going to the range and have fun so to me it is important to feel/hear the reset.

 

[Ed Fowler]

Don't even notice it as long as it works!

 

[Smoke]

Don't even notice it as long as it works!

^^^^^^ This ^^^^^^^^^^

 

[V0OBWxZS16]

The Apex Flat Face Forward Set Trigger with the Reset Assist Mechanism is really nice.

Go shoot a revolver in competition for awhile, and trigger reset on autos will mean squat to you.
If you look on Mike Seeklander's videos, you will see what he and I think of the training disaster of trying to only let the trigger out just to reset. By the time the gun comes down from recoil, the shooter should have gone out past reset and already be "prepping the trigger" (taking up the slack) for the second shot.
TRIGGER MANAGEMENT - Bing video

Who teaches "pinning the trigger"? That is a teaching or training aid not an intended technique. You should let the trigger out past reset and take out the slack while the pistol is recoiling whether you are riding the reset or fully releasing the trigger.

 

[buzzkillbob]

I'll just leave this right here....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Orf_zlp3Rdk

 

[Rastoff]

Unless you can tell me why the reset is important (or not) this is a pointless discussion.

Guys talk about stuff all the time that they don't know anything about. They like this or that, but can't lay down a specific reasoning for liking or disliking. Then they post innumerable youtube videos to back up their point. These are not videos of themselves, but some random person who just happens to agree with their point. Totally worthless.

I actually know one so-called gun writer who, to back up his point on a gun forum, posts links to his own articles. Those, of course, just say what he's said on the forum.

So, let's just see where this goes...

 

[zymurgeist]

I consider the trigger reset vital. If the trigger doesn't reset I may as well be using a flintlock.

 

[Ranger17]

Maybe its my relative newbie-ness but reset is not a concern. Is there a difference in feel between my full size MP 9 and my PC Shield 9? Yep. Same for differences in my .22's (compact MP, a Buckmark, and a vintage Colt).
All i do is toss a couple in the range bag and go practice and play.
I am sure reset may matter to others but it wont be anything i will worry about. I just work to become proficient on anything i am shooting at the time.

 

[shakyshoot]

Maybe its my relative newbie-ness but reset is not a concern.

I've been shooting for over 50 years and I'm with you on this. If you can't move your trigger finger 1/4" or even 1/2" in far less time than it takes to accurately re-align your sights, there's something wrong with your trigger finger. With foam earplugs AND muffs I can't hear the reset on any pistol I own, and I don't notice the feel on any either, since I'm concentrating on sight picture and actually shooting the gun, rather than feeling for a click like some kind of film noir safecracker. If you're trying to press a trigger that hasn't reset (short stroking) that's operator error, and not the fault of the gun.

 

[lhump1961]

The only gun I would consider trigger work on would be a competition gun or a hunting rifle. I'm not sure a quick or light trigger is good in a carry gun. Practice will yield much better shooting results than working the gun.

Comparing shooting to driving would mean you can only drive if it's an auto on the column...no 3 speed or 4 speed or god forbid a 5 or 6 speed! And must be turbo charged with a 6 cylinder front wheel drive! Can't drive anything else.

IMHO to call yourself a shooter then you have to be OK with all the different platforms and triggers. It's perfectly fine to have favorites and I'm sure we all do but don't limit yourself to them.

 

[Ballistic147]

I've never, ever purchased a gun based on how good or bad the trigger reset was. Honestly, I've never "used" the reset anyway. I line the sights up, press the trigger, somewhere in there while the gun is recoiling I let up on the trigger and then while the gun is setting back down I'm focusing on the sight picture. Somewhere in there I've already taken up the slack and once the sights are back on target I press the trigger for the next shot. I never hear the reset and certainly don't feel it.

The only exception to this is a gun with a very light target trigger where simply "taking up the slack" is likely going to fire the next round.

 

[JL Murray]

I squeeze it goes boom, I squeeze again it goes boom again, so works for me !