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    billyb
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    trigger pull weight gage


    Does any body have a good, cheap, semi accurate way to measure trigger pull weight?

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    Re: trigger pull weight gage

    Gun UNloaded...
    Barrel up...
    String or wire to trigger...
    Other end to empty coffee can...
    Add sand or coins, whatever, until it trips...
    Then weigh it -- the can, NOT the gun -- at your local Post Office.

    Sometimes a "DeLiar" fishing scale works OK too.

    RCBS sells a low-cost ($20?) and a medium-cost ($40?) trigger pull scale (with springs), and if you really get serious, Lyman makes an electronic one ($60?).

    Good luck.

    Old No7

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    Re: trigger pull weight gage

    Duh! How simple. Time to get my head out of the box. Thanks for the idea.

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    Re: trigger pull weight gage

    I use a digital fish scale $10.

    Terry

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    Re: trigger pull weight gage

    Yea I got a digital one off ebay a few days ago for $5 and works great. Pretty consistent too

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    Re: trigger pull weight gage

    i always used the fish scale too

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    Re: trigger pull weight gage

    I just use water. Then pour in a measure cup that shows ounces.
    JDY

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    Re: trigger pull weight gage

    How much does an ounce of water [by volume] weigh?

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    Re: trigger pull weight gage

    Quote Originally Posted by thirty06
    How much does an ounce of water [by volume] weigh?
    1 ounce. Haven't you heard the old saying "a pints a pound the world around"?
    Actually it weighs a teensy bit more than 1 ounce but hardly enough to matter, something like 43 thousandths of an ounce more.

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    Re: trigger pull weight gage

    OK got out the scale. 1 oz.water by volume =369 grains. 1oz by weight = 437 grains
    This is my well water your mileage may vary. But this tells me 1oz. by volume is not 1oz by weight.
    Please set me straight on this. Am I figuring wrong?

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    Re: trigger pull weight gage

    No, your right. one oz lead wont = one oz of gunpowder by volume either
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