RE: tradition pursuit lt
Glad you brought up the trigger thing. I forgot to mention that. I've heard lots of horror stories about the bad triggers. My trigger is actually pretty good and nothing like you described. Rumor has it that the first year production guns (2004) had lots of bad triggers but they modified them in the 05 models. Don't know if there's any truth to that or not. The serial # on my gun ends with -04 so I'm assuming it's a 2004 model but, like I said it's got a good trigger. So, who knows...
Heinz57---if you're stuck on a Pursuit, I'd go with the Pursuit Pro and not the LT. It's a better gun. The Pro has a longer fluted barrel, it's 2 pounds heavier, and the receiver issteel. The LT model has an alloy receiver. I don't know how the alloy receiverwould effect the live of the gun as opposed to steel but it seems to me that steel makes more sense. Anyway, I just bought the LT because of a close-out sale and will be satisfied with it if they fix it up right.