Luv2rideWV Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 (edited) Can anyone suggest an affordable trigger pull gauge? My old RCBS unit only goes up to about 4 1/2 pounds. Edited August 9, 2012 by Luv2rideWV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4mike Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 http://www.midwayusa.com/find?newcategorydimensionid=1175& I use RCBS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twodownzero Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 My finger seems to work pretty well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hvsmith Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 The Lyman electronic pull gauge is probably the most popular & accurate one on the market for the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suicycle Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 I use the RCBS that goes from 8oz to 8lbs in 2 oz increments. The Lyman is a trick piece though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Griffin Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Plastic grocery bag + bent piece of steel wire. Each can is a bit over a pound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 ^^^ What Matt said. Using dead weights is the old tried and true method which works great and is very cheap. If you want a scale and are just looking for an approximation and don't need a reading down to the ounce then there are several nice 20lb spring scales (cabela's, old will knotts, etc.) that are less than 20 bucks, maybe they have some in the 0-10 lb range...not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjohn Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 This is what I did. I bent a coat hanger so that it will bend around the trigger and bend the other end so that it will fit into a milk jug handle area. Then with a food scale zero the scale and fill up the milk jug with water to a desired weight and then either add or subject water until the trigger breaks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Griffin Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 The way I figure it is that I don't care how heavy my trigger is, I just want it as light as possible. I'm at 6 1/2 cans now, I'd like to get it down to 5 1/2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanc Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 The way I figure it is that I don't care how heavy my trigger is, I just want it as light as possible. I'm at 6 1/2 cans now, I'd like to get it down to 5 1/2. Ha. We may have a new unit of measure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubber Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 The way I figure it is that I don't care how heavy my trigger is, I just want it as light as possible. I'm at 6 1/2 cans now, I'd like to get it down to 5 1/2. Matt to get it down quickly,.......Just use heavier cans..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Griffin Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 The way I figure it is that I don't care how heavy my trigger is, I just want it as light as possible. I'm at 6 1/2 cans now, I'd like to get it down to 5 1/2. Matt to get it down quickly,.......Just use heavier cans..... Well that's just . . . (gets heavier cans) It's a 1911! Two pound trigger to the Nationals, here I go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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