Edgun trigger adjustment’s effect on shot string

In all my excitement of plucking the tops off dandelions and ground squirrels, it took me over a month to get around to adjusting the trigger on my gun. Tony sent it with a pretty “safe” setting. It was actually a pretty good two-stage set up. It had a very soft first stage, and a decent pull on the 2nd stage. Good for hunting I reckon, and a lot of guys probably like it that way. I do not. I’ve never cared for two stages. I like one – tiny – stage. Pull the trigger 1/8″ and SNAP – every time at the same place.

So, after a lot of tinkering with those two screws, I get it locked in how I like it (and I really really like it now). I run it over the chrony, just to make sure things didn’t change. And low and behold, things DID change….they got much better.

Here is my gun’s shot string before the adjustment:

And here it is after:

These two chrony sessions were done on the same day under the exact same conditions.

I’m still not exactly sure what causes the string to tighten up. My best guess is that the trigger is now hitting the valve more consistently than it had before. And I don’t really know exactly how I accomplished this (if that is the reason), other than the fact that I made the trigger more “predictable”.

I’d be interested to hear Ed’s comments if he’s reading. I’d also like to know what others have to say. I can’t be the first person to stumble into this…..

….Mam?