LV 2 Trigger tuning

[gogi19]

Hey all,

I've been out of teching for awhile, but recently picked up an LV2 and am having some trouble getting the trigger feeling "good".

I know trigger setup is like 99% subjective, but is there a generally good starting methodology for going about getting these triggers setup? I can walk it about 7-8bps consistently (which is good enough with ramping being prevalent at most fields) but it still just feels a little off somehow.

I have the magnet return about 25% dialed and the spring return at about 50-75%. I've never been a huge fan of magnet returns, but even with the spring set screw turned all the way in, the trigger felt too slow so I added some magnet in. The switch actuation is tuned to actuate at about 2-3 mm of pull from resting and has very little over travel (maybe 1-2mm).

My favorite trigger setup was a CP sling blade on my (very) old SP Ion which was obviously only a spring return. I'm starting to think it may just be a trigger shape issue, but also don't want to just immediately blame the widely accepted as good marker ...

[Frmrspec]

Honestly... PE triggers have felt horrible since the CS2, which makes me sad because I had historically always loved thier triggers. Part of the reason I will never own a newer marker of theirs. I'll stick with an LV1.6 for forever.

[gogi19]

I feel like there's potential, I'm just used to a much different feel (i.e. super bouncy from a compression spring and bigger microswitch vs the leaf spring, magnet and tiny switch). Hopefully I find something because I also just bought a CS3 w/ mech frame off beardedworks 💀

[gogi19]

This video actually helped quite a bit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBbDAAjGOWU&t=345s

I think it was linked in a similar pbnation thread or something from forever ago but essentially it boiled down to

1. more pre-travel aka longer trigger pull
2. lighter pull
3. adjust switch to activate near the end of the pull with a small amount of over travel

adding in more pre-travel and a slight like 1/4 turn of overtravel increased my ROF by like 4-5 bps, now i'm up around a consistent 12 on the LV2.

[Magmoormaster]

Yeah you don't want it to be a hair trigger, you want a bit of travel. I find something like a 2/1 or 3/1 pre-to-post travel ratio works great. You also don't want it to be too light. You want a positive return. IIRC I ran my CS1 mostly on the magnet, and ran it on the optical switch instead of the microswitch. Not sure if Eclipse guns still have both though.

[gogi19]

Thanks for the guidance, I'm still kind of feeling it out. Hoping to get a chance to play with the new setup and see if it works for me out on the field.