Set Trigger for Woodsrunner

[PathfinderNC]

I couldn’t find any threads on this so here we go;
Has anyone here installed a Single or Double Set trigger on a Kibler Woodsrunner, using the existing trigger guard?
It looks like a single set might fit better than a double, but I haven’t ever tried a single set trigger that I liked.
Thanks.
Bob

 

[wiscoaster]

Just posting to watch ....

 

[LongWalker]

Stan Hollenbaugh's single set trigger can be made to work. As I recall we had to thin the bow of the trigger guard a bit, patch some wood where the trigger plates were different sizes, and tweak the sear spring just a hair. None of the double set triggers I had on hand would fit the trigger guard.

 

[J.D.]

I couldn’t find any threads on this so here we go;
Has anyone here installed a Single or Double Set trigger on a Kibler Woodsrunner, using the existing trigger guard?
It looks like a single set might fit better than a double, but I haven’t ever tried a single set trigger that I liked.
Thanks.
Bob

Have you tried the factory trigger? The trigger on my Colonial breaks at about 1 1/2 pounds. IMHO, Kibler rifles have very nice triggers, right out of the box.

 

[54ball]

I couldn’t find any threads on this so here we go;
Has anyone here installed a Single or Double Set trigger on a Kibler Woodsrunner, using the existing trigger guard?
It looks like a single set might fit better than a double, but I haven’t ever tried a single set trigger that I liked.
Thanks.
Bob

I would not use a single set because they are goofy.
I have always thought they are a goofy 19th Century target thing.
You “may” have seen such on say, a pair of duelers, but not on a Virginia Longrifle.

Christian Oerter describes a double set in a letter on one his rifles, 1774.

I have a Feather Gun (attributed mate to the Woodsrunner) guard and another guard with a rather smallish bow.
They will accommodate a Davis double set.

That’s the bow, how they relate to sear location and where they fall in the bow of built Woodsrunner....?????

 

[Eric Krewson]

All of the rifles I have made had one primary purpose, hunting. I have set triggers on some of the rifles I built but never use the trigger set while hunting unless it is for squirrels. After way too many cold, numb finger negligent discharges with set triggers while I was hunting, I never use a trigger set when I am shooting at a deer. All my set triggers have a 3# or less unset front trigger. My single trigger guns all have between a 2# and 3# trigger pull, just right for hunting.

 

[PathfinderNC]

The trigger on my Woodsrunner is fine. I just win more shooting events with my double-set triggered rifle.

 

[LongWalker]

As .54ball pointed out, retro-fitting a set trigger depends on the space in the trigger guard and the location of the sear arm. A single set trigger could be made to work, but there is no good way to get a double set trigger to work without some changes. One option to consider might be to replace the trigger guard with one from a Colonial. Given the trigger/sear relationship is about the same on both rifles, you might be able to fit the double set triggers then install the Colonial trigger guard based on the position of the triggers.