One of our engineers in the plant needed to know the force it took to engage an assembly we made here last week. I made some of the parts to it. He had to buy this new force gauge from a local supplier, cost $600. Me who has nothing but guns on my mind 24/7/365 immediately saw a better use for this contraption. I borrowed it for the weekend to verify trigger pull weights on my entire collection. I usually use my home made weight with the shown hang rod along with a few Match Kings as needed to break the trigger. This thing works great. The rifle shown with a factory tuned trigger done by the very talented me broke clean ten times in a row at 2.4lbs. Might have to buy me one.

Why not go for the Lyman digital trigger gauge for 1/10 that price? It will measure down to 1/10 of an ounce, and will give averages and such across a string of trigger pulls.



http://www.lymanproducts.com/lyman/tool ... -gauge.php

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/220725 ... 0-to-12-lb

Now you tell me. I could have saved the company $550. The assembly took 70 lbs. to activate...within spec. I doubt that Lyman could have measured it. Why buy? I got access to this one any time, or my weight works well, too.

What does that Bob dude charge for a trigger job??

I like the sound of that... McAlice Triggers. "Hey, pull my trigger."

Bob Mc Alice wrote:Now you tell me. I could have saved the company $550. The assembly took 70 lbs. to activate...within spec. I doubt that Lyman could have measured it. Why buy? I got access to this one any time, or my weight works well, too.

Yep.. the Lyman only goes to 12 lbs.

Yeah Bob, but will it weigh a bass?

Trent on Sat Mar 17, 2012 7:16 am

What does that Bob dude charge for a trigger job??

I like the sound of that... McAlice Triggers. "Hey, pull my trigger."

I don't even want to watch that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Come on Jerry, you'll be pushing to get to the front of the line.

Sounds like a typical over paid underworked engineer buying such high dollar toys.

Innocent

Innocent wrote:Sounds like a typical over Worked under Paid engineer buying such high dollar toys.

Innocent

There, fixed it for you, I knew you had just typed it in wrong . Steven

Obviously oldrifleman, you do not work for the same set of engineers that I work with...badly over paid and seriously underworked although I do not think they have ever worked, in fact I question whether
they even have degrees in engineering that they claim. Now any engineer that can pay waaaaaaay too much for a scale and the photos do not indicate any kind of ISO traceable calibration sticker on it....well lets just not go there.


Innocent

That McAlice... always 'pulling' something

Wouldn't the ISO calibration sticker(s) be on the back?

Yep, it has a NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) traceable sticker on the back but the certs are a cost optional item. No got. You would think for 600 bucks you would get a crumby piece of paper with it. I returned it back to work today. Got all my triggers weighed and they were all real close to my numbers using the steel weight method. I am a happy camper.

http://www.shimpoinst.com/dart_series.php

Mary, are you having a bad day at the lab?

Hey 259, pull my trigger finger. NO wait....Beckley will up his post count.