Trigger pull/feel preference

[iamthelazerviking]

For mechanical semi automatic markers, how do you like your trigger set up?
I've found that I need a kind of "long" pull. Still on the lighter side but with decent spring return. I can't do super short soft pulls. I need to shoot a steady and consistent rope of paint and I guess having long really fingers means I need a longer pre travel. This gets me the feel I like. For fast shooting, I use my middle finger and the trigger touches the middle/lower part. Let'r rip.

[Chuck E Ducky]

For me it definitely depends on the marker honestly I don’t know I just Fiddle around with it until I get it how I like it. Cockers I like short and snappy.

[Jordan]

Depends on the marker - I prefer my slide frames with a medium stiff return and long travel, I'm a "rhythm" shooter with sliders and need to build up speed as I shoot. Everything else is on a "feel" basis, but generally short and snappy with small variations.

[Toestr]

A short very light take-up, a short and fairly heavy wall with a clean break (like a glass rod) and some post travel. Positive reset as well. The Automag satisfies this almost perfectly, although the wall and post travel could be a tad shorter. Otherwise it's perfect.

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[grendal50]

For mechs? It honestly doesn't matter much, as long as they pew when I click.

[Magmoormaster]

I prefer fairly short, medium-light springing. Somewhere around 3.5mm, with a trigger spring roughly in the range of a clicky pen. Sear spring as light as physically possible and still work reliably. I'm not really a rhythm shooter, much more of a burst shooter. Smooth as possible, but snappy.

[glaman5266]

"I'm not really a rhythm shooter, much more of a burst shooter. Smooth as possible, but snappy. "

This is pretty much me as well, as snapshooting was heavily emphasized by the local players in my early days of playing.

[JeepDVLZ45]

I really like crisp, snappy trigger that has enough weight that it's "intentional" to shoot it. (Mechanical or pump)

Length of pull doesn't really matter as long as it releases quick.

I really liked my Resurrection trigger

[MrBarraclough]

Short and light, but still with a bouncy return, if we're talking about something without a sear. I've got an EMEK with the FL 3-way with Secret Pin and an Exalt Killswitch trigger set up to be as short and sensitive as possible while still allowing the safety to engage. Swapped out the stock spring for a slightly lighter click pen one. Many of the regulars at my field shoot electros even in woodsball. I like having the option to jump on the trigger for a couple of seconds if some kid with a Mini GS thinks he's going to steamroll me. No need to sustain high ROF, but being able to squeeze out a quick burst is a handy thing to have in one's back pocket. I do accidentally discharge it while playing sometimes, especially when switching to my left hand. I've popped the back of my own bunker more than a few times.

Now with markers that have a sear, crispness with a very distinct break point is preferred. Having gotten used to the EMEK and my electros, my classic Automag was feeling like a rusty staplegun. Swapped in the RT on/off to lighten the trigger pull some, but it still retains a nice hard break. I don't mind the play in the stock trigger. On my cocker, I like a fairly strong return spring because I'm primarily an Automag guy and always worried about short stroking the thing or not letting it reset properly or something. I sometimes smack my fingers against the inside of the trigger guard on the cocker to make sure I'm fully releasing it on each cycle (two finger hinge).

[gabe]

Medium length and with a heavier return spring. Had a CVO that I set up that way and it absolutely blazed. My M170r with hair trigger on the other hand...way too short and light to get a consistent rate of fire.

Autocockers sliders the same way although swing triggers I'm a big fan of crazy short with a medium return spring weight.

Jerry Miculek (if you don't know, google it) mentioned in a video that he sets his competition revolvers up with heavy trigger return springs. Reason being when you're shooting fast your finger can reset faster than the trigger in some cases. A stiff trigger return spring helps reset the trigger faster than a soft one increasing rate of fire.

[Tinybear]

Honestly paintball triggers in general are not the best. But then again we aren’t shooting for 1/2” accuracy at 100 yards so super precise break like glass triggers are not really needed

But for paintball uses I have always been a fan of the far more positive feeling triggers with a SOLID return. So for me a standard am/mm on/off Automag fit my needs perfectly. And with middle finger on the intellie frame I can shoot fast enuff for my needs.

[wunderbarsafari]

I’ve only owned a couple of guns with adjustable triggers over the years. I’ve tinkered a bit with my current M170R to find what I think feels good. But when I go play, I can’t really tell the difference between my “tuning” and how it felt out of the box.

I think that’s mainly due to me liking to choke up on the grip and shoot with my second knuckle. It gives me good positive control, but little sensitivity for fine changes in pressure or length of pull.

[Siress]

It seems to depend on the frame/ergonomics. Some guns I liked a mouse click. Some I liked a longer pull. Some stiff. Some feather light. Even the surface finish has gone back and forth between smooth and polished flat, to rounded with vertical grooves for texture. I will say that I don't really like slider frames. I know a lot of people love them, but I much prefer a pivot trigger.

My primary for the past many years has been my phantom. For it, I like the wide trigger shoe with vertical grooves. And there end the options for that trigger...

[Grendel]

Relatively short with little over travel with a 5-6 lbs. of pull I guess you would call that medium. Why I suck at shooting Cockers and Blazers, I tend to short short stroke.

[glaman5266]

Like others, for me it depends on the marker.
For cockers I like sliders & I like them with a very "intentional" pull. Not sure how else to put it.
For my Emek I installed the PE valve, Fang trigger & secret pin and I love it. For light guns/spoolers I like it short with a light but noticeable return, almost like a mouse click. I like it for burst shooting or snapshooting.
I know you didn't ask about electros, but I like my electros with a scythe trigger & a fair bit of pre-travel & minimal post-travel. When the scythe trigger bounces off my fingers on it's return during a string I can get a good feel/rhythm going. Not sure if that makes sense or not...

[Jonnydread]

I like a longer pull with a snappy return on sliders, short and crisp pull on hinges, and a strong magnetic return trigger for electros (of which I own none).

[Jonnydread]

I've also decided that a roller sear on a pump is not for me. I put a freeflow roller sear in my Americocker and the pull is sooooo schloopy now. Maybe I'll try one of them coned lugs