eldeguello

The double-set trigger is by far the best trigger possible on a hunting rifle, PROVIDED YOU ARE WILLING TO PRACTICE WITH IT TO THE POINT OF USING IT INSTINCTIVELY!!! I have had them on several Mausers and Mannlicher-Schoenauers in modern HP rifle calibers, and believe me, they can' t be beat for hunting, because they allow you to fire your rifle at the exact instant that you want it to fire, as opposed to squeezing a trigger until the gun decides to go off!! BUT, these triggers require you to practice until you become very used to the way it works. Fortunately, with a properly made and hardened double-set trigger, you can dry fire forever just by setting the trigger without having to operate the hammer or striker mechanism-you just set the trigger, aim, and touch it! Tick!! Your deer is down!!

Your question is ceratinly not dumb. However, get yourself a copy of the Gun Digest to look at the pictures of the Sharps rifles. Many of them had double-set triggers also. As a matter of fact, prior to the advent of modern repeating rifles, the DST was the predominant trigger type used in the USA, as well as Europe. The first set triggers appeared on medieval crossbows, and were brought to this country by the German gunsmiths who created the Pennsylvania (Kentucky) rifle, and most such rifles had ' em!!