This is truly a sickness, and Revolver trigger question

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FirstFreedom

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Guys and gals, I was always a semi-auto kinda guy, but last year I thought it would be pretty harmless to get one revolver, a Raging Bull in .44 mag, so I did. Now, less than a year and a half later, I have 4 revolvers, and jones-ing for more, bigtime. I love these dudes. I still feel they're at a disadvatange, capacity-wise on the self-defense-oriented ones, but I love them for 3 main reasons, in this order: (1) They're just massive hunks of steel, with relatively few moving parts, and this solid-ness is the main attraction - they just seem like they'll last longer than semis that I have, (2) the *triggers* are awesome (see my question below), and (3) they cycle anything, colibris, snakeshot, too long ammo, etc.

My question is, for those who know, WHY are revolver triggers so much better than semi triggers? IOW, why can't semi triggers (SA) be engineered with the same geometry to produce the same pull? The trigger on my Taurus 94 (.22) in SA is unbelievably good - it's the proverbial breaking glass rod. Absolutely no movement or creep whatsoever before the breaking point. The 1911s have the close-*est* SA trigger to revolvers, but even they still can't hold a candle to them. What gives?
 
I understand your frustration. However, there are two pistols I know that produce a "click" as soft and surprising as a revolvler. They are:

1) Smith and Wesson Model 41 cal. 22LR
2) SIG P-210 9mm

Try them and you will understand.
Enjoy.
 
It's simple, two completely different designs.

Alot of DA/SA autos have a nice SA action pull. My Bersa is one of them. lot of it is wear and breaking in the gun too. DAO is a whole other story. Alot of them are not designed to have that pull for safety reasons.
 
Troponin:

It's simple, two completely different designs.
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Obviously. But, what I'm asking is what, *very specifically*, engineering-wise, in the sear, trigger, etc., geometry, makes it so different, and makes it impossible (apparently) to accomplish in a semi-auto, because clearly, it is different....OR, either that, or it's just simply the case that no semi-auto maker has gotten off its butt and actually designed one with an incredible SA trigger yet, at least in a modern (contemporary) common offering, or in guns I've shot personally in any event. As the man said above, a SW 41 and a P210 are alleged to have triggers equal to a revolvers - I don't know, as I haven't had the pleasure. I don't doubt the man, but I'll believe it for sure when I try it - I've been wanting a 41 anyhow.

Alot of DA/SA autos have a nice SA action pull. My Bersa is one of them.
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Yes, "nice", but unless your Bersa is much, much, much better than (a) the Bersa's I've shot, (b) my CZs, (c) my Sig, and (d) my 1911s, then it still ain't *close* to a good revolver, in terms of creep. Or, it's perhaps even possible that the revolvers I've gotten are much better than the average revolver. But it's simply amazing how clean and crisp the Taurus 94 is, relative to even a good 1911, like the Kimber CDP I had. So I'm left sitting here wondering why a $1,000 gun can't have as good of a trigger as a $250 dollar one. :confused:
 
It is my understanding that alot of guns over $1000 most guys want to modify anyway.

BTW, sorry, sometimes I am not sure how gun savvy someone is and I answer as simply as possible.
 
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