I find it laughable that someone can post a picture of a trigger with the same blade and body drilled for mounting as a replacement and because those two aspects look very similar, offer it up, post after post, as photographic proof of a direct copy of another trigger. Those aspects of a replacement trigger have to be identical. It is the subtle differences in the contour and tolerances of the sear-articulating surface of the trigger that makes all the difference -- a few thousandths of an inch difference here or there. -- The visual differences between a superb trigger, a functional but crappy trigger, and an outright dangerous trigger might be very slight indeed, to a novice.
See for example:
http://www.gatewaytoairguns.com/airguns/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=13693&posts=9&highlight=%3Cspan%20class='highlight'%3Etrigger%3C/span%3E&highlightmode=1#M110402But for that matter, does anyone think an on-line photograph is proof of anything, in any case? Laughable, just like the notion that the "truth' can be found retrospectively on a forum where the moderators alter, censor, or promptly delete any credible reference to CDT, the trigger or anyone who has a positive comment about it.
No, the proof is this: put the trigger in an air rifle and see how it works. The GRT-III trigger was a success because it was a refined design, because it was outsourced to a reliable manufacturer who could produce it within strict tolerances required. An, because CDT then does the initial set up work and adjustments, maintains strict quality control, markets the trigger, and sells it profitably at a fair price. Long live capitalism and anyone who does the same for all things air gun related, I say.
And the thought that someone is dishonest or disreputable for building a better trigger and starting a different air gun forum and inviting members from other forums to join is another belly laugher. Sounds like something that happened on the playground back when I was in, oh, maybe the 4th or 5th grade.
I believe that were Steve to put the same effort he puts into his vitriolic diatribes towards a more productive purpose, then perhaps he might also have done as well -- he still could, for that matter. No patents involved as I understand it. And after all, according to him, Bob Werner is just a hack, who is all thumbs when it comes to tuning, and who allegedly doesn't even use quality materials, so it should be easy to out-do anything that CDT, the money-grubbing back-stabbing, dishonest, disreputable, fish-smelling, belly crawling, [insert your own libelous adjectives] can produce, right?
But nooooooooooooooooooo! He spends all his time and efforts doing the wahhhh waaaahhhhhhh WAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH on line, whenever and wherever he possibly can. I just love that sort of behavior in a grown man.
