I'll say again, if you think a better trigger is your ticket to better shooting, you're only lying to yourself.
Marksmanship is very simple: Aim the sights to the target and then actuate the trigger without moving the sights. That's all.
In the example Guppy was talking about, he's looking at 2MOA groups at 100 yards on a bench. If you need a phenomenal trigger to achieve that, you need to take up golf of something less stressful like shuffleboard.
On the other hand, a classified competition shooter, holding on target at 1000 yards is completely aware of every force exerted on the rifle. Looking through my 36X scope, I can see the 1/8 MOA target dot vibrating on the 10 ring at 2 o'clock as the wind is pushing against my rifle. I have to control my heartbeat to prevent the jump in the scope and I have to make sure that I do not touch the wood with my trigger finger. Because of the movement I detect in the scope, it is CRITICAL that the rifle fire exactly when I want, so I want no creep and minimal weight on the trigger. I must know what the sight picture was when the trigger was pulled and the rifle fired.
To an observer examining my shooting, the rifle is rock solid and he can detect no movement whatsoever. Everything is infinitesimal. But then again, we are now far removed from the Mini-14 at 100 yards.
I'll say again, if you think a better trigger is your ticket to better shooting, you're only lying to yourself.
Marksmanship is very simple: Aim the sights to the target and then actuate the trigger without moving the sights. That's all.
In the example Guppy was talking about, he's looking at 2MOA groups at 100 yards on a bench. If you need a phenomenal trigger to achieve that, you need to take up golf of something less stressful like shuffleboard.
On the other hand, a classified competition shooter, holding on target at 1000 yards is completely aware of every force exerted on the rifle. Looking through my 36X scope, I can see the 1/8 MOA target dot vibrating on the 10 ring at 2 o'clock as the wind is pushing against my rifle. I have to control my heartbeat to prevent the jump in the scope and I have to make sure that I do not touch the wood with my trigger finger. Because of the movement I detect in the scope, it is CRITICAL that the rifle fire exactly when I want, so I want no creep and minimal weight on the trigger. I must know what the sight picture was when the trigger was pulled and the rifle fired.
To an observer examining my shooting, the rifle is rock solid and he can detect no movement whatsoever. Everything is infinitesimal. But then again, we are now far removed from the Mini-14 at 100 yards.
I'll say again, if you think a better trigger is your ticket to better shooting, you're only lying to yourself.