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Rubber bands - Good for target shooting?

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AbNo

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So, I was just thinking, at 6am, after being up all night, about how my grandpa had been showing off his guns after we'd finished hand-loading about 700 rounds last December.

He has little bits of rubber band glued to the inside of his trigger guard, behind the trigger on several of his handguns.

The reason? When he feels the resistance from the back of the trigger hitting the rubber bands, he knows he's almost at the breaking point for the trigger, allowing him maximum tension (?).

Just wondering if anyone else has heard of this, or if I need to post pictures/drawings to clarify. :D
 
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Oddly enough, I have heard of this before but using pencil erasers instead of rubber band slices. I first heard of it on the Kel-Tec Owners Group board since the Kel-Tec has such a lo-o-ng trigger pull it was proposed to use this as a trigger stop for staging the trigger.
 
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Never heard of it either but anything that makes you a better shooter is a good thing. But rubber bands tend to rot out after a while.
 
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RockyMtnScotsman wrote:
Oddly enough, I have heard of this before but using pencil erasers instead of rubber band slices. I first heard of it on the Kel-Tec Owners Group board since the Kel-Tec has such a lo-o-ng trigger pull it was proposed to use this as a trigger stop for staging the trigger.
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Its called the Whites Trigger Stop, and works quite well in my experience.
 
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I think I'm missing the point of this: is it supposed to prevent wear on the trigger spring or something?The trigger is pretty well back in the resting position by the time I correct for the gun jump anyway, so I don't see this improving my speed or accuracy by eliminating the last tenth of an inch on the pull or whatever.

-ljp
 
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Thanks long watch i just didnt figger on stacking gumband up but it would work ok, i drilled the trigger guards on rugers and installed a set screw. The white trick or the bands are not for a stop so much as to tell you the trigger is about to release, am i right in that thought? This is not to be confused with what i did to prevent over travel right? Mtn Jack
 
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not for a stop so much as to tell you the trigger is about to release
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You are probably right.
Learned this a long time ago without the trick, so it didn't cross my mind.
 
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I have seen a pencil eraser set up like this - it was installed by a well known gunsmith (deceased) in Mechanicsville, Va. He was going to install one on my target Ruger but I never took it back.

Yata hey
 
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