Double Set Triggers

[coutios]

Question?? What do you thing would be the minimun thickness ( height)of the trigger bars would be On a real slender rifle there at times can be clearence issues between the trigger bars and the sear..

Thanks in advance
Dave

[Dave B]

Dave,
In order to answer this  you first must ask what style of rifle are you talking about? You going to want to lay out your plans to scale. This is where the Track of the Wolf catalog is a blessing. You just copy the side view of lock with sear position marked and the type of trigger positioned where you want it relative to the barrel touch hole ETC..... Here are some triggers and note that they are at several different heights. Some are very low and others not so. The tallest is a Germanic target trigger.
Draw out your plan for the lock, barrel and trigger you want and build it from where the components fit VS building it then trying to fit triggers.



Here is an example of a plan not followed as it should have. I had to bend up the sear to keep the trigger blade from being ground down too far.  There are examples of originals with this exact same modification.

[coutios]

It was't my rifle. I was helping a friend assemble a series of parts he had purchased. A fully inlet Tenn. style pre-carve. 13/16 barrel.. It was real slender.. When it came time to install the triggers things were really tight. We thinned the trigger bars and sear to get things to work.  Just was'nt sure if things would bend out of adjustment over time...

Thanks for the nice response.........
Dave

[keweenaw]

You can cut the trigger bars down pretty far w/o harming them as they are hardened through and will break before they bend.  On the other hand rather than cut them down too far a better solution is to bend the sear up to provide more room under the sear bar.

Tom