At age 8 my father taught me gun safety so that he could introduce me to .22 target shooting at an early age. He must have had mixed feelings after shortening one of his older Anschutz .22 by cutting the stock to fit me. This was my first introduction to a target style trigger that broke just over 1 pound. In my 30's and 40's my Custom Varmint guns had great trigger jobs, Timney Triggers and one 6mm-284 with a Jewell Trigger that was my favourite over all triggers. One can only smile when your trigger breaks as nicely as a Jewell.
Boo's trigger job on 3 of my current Excaliburs were certainly a noticable improvement to the stock unit and I highly recommend his work to anyone requiring an improvement to the stock unit.
Today TriggerTech has entered the crossbow market with two new drop in units that look on the outside like the factory trigger in 1.5 # target and 2.5 pound hunting units. The inside components have been re engineered. Danny Miller and Don Katsumi provided a great deal of input to these precise units prior to production and the outcome is spectacular.
TrggerTech ships 1-2 day XPost with tracking numbers and insurance, something for piece of mind.
The units are well packaged with easy to read instructions. 7 new screws are provided for your convenience.
1) - trigger arm
4) - scope mount
2) - to secure unit to mainframe.
The swap was easy. Before installation I placed the stock and Triggertech units on the scale and to my surprise the TT was 14 grams or 1/2 ounce lighter in weight. That is always a good thing. I quickly discovered that the trigger was slightly rubbing the side of my Matrix trigger cut out. A small file or Dremel in my case quickly provided the needed clearance.
The 2.5 pound TT unit exhibits a slight take up (1/8" or so) to a solid wall and breaks very clean as a quality trigger should. The way I see it, Mats and Frank at TriggerTech have engineered the best possible trigger units that could grace Excalibur Crossbows. Way to go guys!
