Best trigger on a semi & revolver?

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Playboypenguin

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Which model of semi-auto do you think has the best trigger? What revolver do you think has the best trigger? My answers would be...

Semi-auto: Kahr (any model) - IMHO, they easily have the best designed and functioning trigger in the semi-auto handgun world. It is smooth, consistant, and breaks perfectly. Perhaps it is my background as a revolver shooter that makes me feel this way since it is the most similar experience to shooting a high quality DA revolver of all the semi-autos I have experienced.

Revolver: Colt Python - This was a close call because I have shot some amazing performance center S&W's before, but the Python has the smoothest and most reliable trigger pull I have ever felt on a production revolver. It feels like precision clockwork.
 
Can you do this on your Python? ;)
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Seriously, though, I've never pulled a Korth or Manurhin trigger, so I couldn't comment, but Pythons are smooth, at least during the initial part of the pull. They seem to stack near the end of the pull, though; even if deliberately engineered that way, IMO, it takes something away from what I'd consider overall "smoothness". So, then, which is smoother throughout the pull - a factory Smith with no stack, or a Python that stacks?

As far as "reliability" - huh? The factory triggers on many revolvers are notably unreliable, and Pythons beat all comers even here? I can't give the Python that much, nor other revolvers that little credit
 
semi: I have never fondled any super high-dollar 1911s, but I have shot a fair number of Colts, Springers, Kimbers, etc. While I'd rate the 1911 in general far above all other semis I've fired, actually, my Taurus PT 1911 has the best stock trigger of all of them :barf: Gag me, but it's true. In the "everything else" category, I like the xD trigger pull quite a bit.

revolver: I just got a 1971 S&W Model 36. DA is a little heavier than what I expected from a revolver, but it is smooth as silk. In single action, it has a hair trigger. You just have to think about pulling it. It could be that it's just been fired a ton, but I suspect it's had a decent trigger job at some point.
 
In Semi automatic it's a well tuned 1911 and in a revolver it's a S&W revolver made in the 1950's and early 60's. This is my experiance based on what I have owned.
 
Hands down the Anti-Stress trigger on the Walther P99 would get my vote for best semi trigger. I'm not all that familiar with revolvers.
 
Dan Wesson revolvers from the early days. Short throw hammer ,over travel ajustment on trigger and a light single action to be felt to understand.
 
Python Schmython. Try a Smith Combat Magnum with the wide trigger and a tuned action. Even mildly tuned. Cost you alot less than the Colt. Then back to the auto, probaby a well tuned but not overly light, Colt 1911 type. Still less than the python nowadays. Now if you do want to spend money beyond normal, go ahead and buy an inflated price Pyth. or a French revolver or something like that. If you have unlimited funds there are a jillion choices and you will not have time to try them all.
 
In semi-autos / hands down I think its a good 1911 - and for me its Wilson Combat. I have a number of Wilson's, Ed Brown, Les Baer, Kimbers - but the Wilson's right out of the box - have been the best triggers. But I must say the Sig X-Five ( top of the line one ) with its adjustable trigger system is a very amazing gun. Mine is a .40 S&W / and its a heavy gun in all stainless available in 9mm or .40S&W - it has more travel than a 1911 trigger ( but its a single action gun as well ) and its a great gun and trigger as well.

On revolvers - I have to go with S&W ( N frames especially ) in .357 mag like a model 27 ....have great triggers. I'm not saying your Colt Python is a bad gun / just a different feel to me. I prefer the break and feel of the S&W triggers like in the model 27 ( the older ones - pre frame lock not the newer ones ).
 
Revolver: my Python was superb, and my Rossi 720 44spl isn't far behind. But a long drawn out double action trigger cant touch any of my single actions.

Semi: without a doubt my worked over Norinco 1911.
 
I love a good 1911 trigger and my S & W 1911 is very good indeed. As for revolvers, I challenge anyone to show me a better production double action trigger than the trigger on my S & W Model 66 no-dash, manufactured in 1971.
 
Haven't tried the trigger of anything that costs in the neighborhood of $1K or more, but of the dozen or so I HAVE shot, it's a Ruger Mark III with Volquartsen kit. I swear I can *will* that gun to shoot.

Makes me want to go straight to the range even thinking about it :o
 
Im with #18 IndyColts on the best semi auto trigger. Walther P99 AS trigger is the best that I've found so far. As for a revolver, even though I dont own a Python any more, it was the Colt Python that had the best trigger that I've experienced. Now with that said, there's a lot of handguns out there that I have no experience with.
 
PBP,

For DAO semiautos, the Kahr does have a nice trigger. It's like a fine wheelgun trigger that has a long throw.

For other semiautos, it's really hard to beat a good 1911 SA trigger. Between my Colt Combat Commanders, a Springfield Champion, the S&W 1911Sc and Kimber Royale, there's not much difference between the best and worst. I give the nod to the S&W for its crispness though.

Revolvers: I was never a fan of Colt's stacking trigger design and it showed in my shooting scores.
#1: My 1966 S&W Model 15 had a .400" smooth faced trigger with the .500" target hammer. DA trigger pull was just six and a half pounds. SA pull hovered around 2.5. A gunsmith had smoothed up the action.
#2: Pre-war S&W's with the long action. Some of these are so buttery smooth you'd think it was riding on roller bearaings.
 
It depends what you prefer and the type of gun.

Striker fired: XD
DA/SA: 1911
DAO: Just buy a striker fired

DAO: LCR
DA/SA: S&W 686
SAO: Ruger Vaquero
 
I like the python the best all around, but a "tuned" S&W is just as good (in my humble opinion).
as far as semi's, any 1911 with a trigger job, factory or aftermarket. My commander needed alot of work, but the fusion I "built" just needed a little polish on the sear.
the sig p238 was gritty out of the box, but cleaned up nicely.
EMP was good out of the box. In fact it was better from the factory than after i did the trigger job on it:o
 
It really depends. As a professionally tuned 1911 will beat any out of the box action from any other maker. I'll take a tuned S&W over a Python any day and my Mundenized 629MG is a fine example. In single actions it's difficult to beat a good Colt SAA, USFA or Old Model Ruger Blackhawk that has been tuned by a master. Anything with a transfer bar pales in comparison.
 
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Both have been worked over by some of the best pros around.

Do you mean out-of-the-box guns that most people can afford? That's the luck of the draw.
 
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