Set triggers

[Gil Martin]

I took a new shooter to the range and let him shoot a .50 flintlock Lyman Trade Rifle with a single trigger. He was impressed with the rapid ignition and accuracy at 50 yards. The next week we shot a T/C Hawken .50 flintlock and I went over the set trigger and the need to be on target prior to touching the front trigger. I allowed him to try the trigger arrangement by dry firing it a few times. I went on to say that on three prior occasions I observed folks go for the front trigger too soon, shoot over the earthen backstop and put a patched ball into the Blue Mountain. The chap went for the front trigger too soon and fired prematurely. I told him I had now observed four folks shoot over the earthen backstop and put a patched ball into the Blue Mountain. He now understands the functioning of a set trigger. All the best...
Gil