What is the approved weight for an air pistol trigger?

paulo · Post by **paulo** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 5:05 pm

Is there an home made way to determine if my trigger is set to rules?
What is the weight for the trigger on an air pistol?

Bob-Riegl · Post by **Bob-Riegl** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 5:15 pm

500 grams

David Levene · Post by **David Levene** » Mon Nov 30, 2009 5:18 pm

paulo wrote:Is there an home made way to determine if my trigger is set to rules?

Sorry to state the obvious but yes, make yourself a trigger weight. I use an M24 nut on a bent piece of welding rod. It weighs about 540g which is close enough for me.

paulo wrote:What is the weight for the trigger on an air pistol?

Minimum of 500g, lifted with the barrel vertical.

paulo · Post by **paulo** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 11:02 am

So after I create a weight of 500grams, and then lift the gun with that weight hanging on the trigger, the gun should not go off?

David Levene · Post by **David Levene** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 11:25 am

paulo wrote:So after I create a weight of 500grams, and then lift the gun with that weight hanging on the trigger, the gun should not go off?

Correct. If you then just push down a bit more on the trigger it should then go off.

Just a word of advice, don't set the trigger too close to 500g. Allow a bit more so that you can go to equipment control at a match confident that you can lift the 500g.

At the pre-match check they will try to lift the weight 3 times before sending you away to adjust the trigger. If you get selected for a random trigger weight test at the end of a match and it fails to lift the weight 3 times then you must be disqualified.

Oz · Post by Oz » Tue Dec 01, 2009 11:37 am

Here's the thread on my home-brew trigger weight.

http://www.targettalk.org/viewtopic.php?t=19783

I used it on my LP10 then at a match I was able to compare to a 'real' trigger weight with an actual roller on the trigger. My home brew version was perfectly accurate.

Oz

David Levene · Post by **David Levene** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 12:56 pm

Oz wrote:I used it on my LP10 then at a match I was able to compare to a 'real' trigger weight with an actual roller on the trigger.

It's many years since the ISSF rules allowed a roller; certainly before 1993.

Oz · Post by Oz » Tue Dec 01, 2009 5:29 pm

David Levene wrote: It's many years since the ISSF rules allowed a roller; certainly before 1993.

LOL... It would appear that our club weights are just a little old. But that's to what I compared my home brew system. I'll triple check it again with a current weight system at the Olympic Training Center this weekend.

Oz

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