What does a Response Trigger do?
I asked my friends what a Response trigger does. I got 2 answers. One said the response trigger will push the trigger back up, so if i keep pressure on it it will be like a fully automatic gun. The other said it will make my gun shoot when it is pulled, and shoot again once the trigger is back out. What does a response trigger really do?
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If you're talking about the Tippmann Response Trigger option for their 98c or A-5 markers, your first friend kind of got the answer half right . The RT taps off some of the air from the marker and diverts it to a small cylinder that is directly behind the trigger. A plunger resets the trigger each time it's pulled, with an adjustable dial to control the air flow to the cylinder. The more air equals a faster rate of fire, but the trigger has to be pulled each time to shoot a paintball. So while it's not really a "full auto" firing marker, the trick is to find what's called the "sweet spot" which is a technique of adjusting the response trigger setting and holding the grip somewhat loosely, and then pull the trigger, the recoil from the first shot will cause the marker to keep "bump firing" until you either fully release the trigger or run out of paintballs.Your second friend is talking about a firing mode on the E-grip that is available for the A-5, or the E-bolt for the 98 Custom. It runs off a battery and has several different modes you can set to fire the marker. One is called "Auto-response" in which the marker will fire when you depress the trigger, and fire again when you release the trigger, in short, it fires twice each time the trigger is pulled. It's totally unrelated to a response trigger.
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I don't know of any such thing as a "response" trigger.I think what you are confusing is a "release" trigger as opposed to a "pull trigger".
A pull trigger of course if a standard trigger - pull it and the gun fires.
A release trigger is something found on some competition shotguns as a replacement part. When you pull the trigger, it sets the sear. (click!) When you take pressure off (release) the trigger, the sear lets the hammer fall, and the gun fires.
People get these to cure a flinch that phsycologically prevents them from pulling a trigger - one can develop it after years of shooting shotguns from the recoil. It takes less muscles to release, than pull. Set the trigger, call for the target, point at it when you want to fire.
There are different variations, like a "pull-release", "release-pull", "release-release", and the standard "pull-pull" trigger. This is the order of operation - eg., the pull release will fire the gun first with a pull and then again when you release the trigger.
Personally I hate the damn things. Most of the people using releases aren't too bright in the first place - many a trap house has been shot by someone releasing the trigger prematurely, and if there is a situation that calls for a ceasefire after someone has set the trigger, they better well be careful opening and unloading the gun before they release the trigger.
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