Is there that big of a difference between 2 and 2 1/4?
I run my diamond nice and low.
But I use it for target only.
There can be, it depends. If the trigger travel for that last 1/4 lb is huge, it can feel epic. On a zero creep trigger like a trigger tech I think you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who could reliably tell the difference.
I have both, they feel the same except for weight, both break clean and feel lighter than set weight.
This has been my experience as well.
Between being eligible for making minimum trigger weight or not for NSCC, yes.
Besides, i dry fire my 5.5lbs pistol everyday and shoot my 7.0lbs AR every week i didn’t get around the trigger yet.
Even at 2.5lbs my savage is currently set, it feels really light.
Thanks for confirming rugbydave i think ill order a special.
To answer your original question, I don't think a heavier firing pin spring is the way to go at all. There will be alot of unnecessary and undesirable secondary consequences associated with firing pin spring weight that are best avoided. If Trigger weight is what you tweaking, then focus on the parts designed to affect trigger weight, IE the trigger.
Without knowing what competition rules or style of shooting you are looking for, its hard to comment on performance. I have target rifles set to 1.5 oz of pull weight, 7 lbs of pull weight, and everything in between.
Don't think of one trigger being better than the other. The diamond is more difficult to produce, and is therefore more expensive. The only better you need to be concerned with is
better for you. If 2.25 lbs is what you need for competition, then get the diamond doesn't meet your needs.
If 2lbs is what you need, then both triggers do the job, and the Special does it for $100 less. I tried every trigger tech available at Shot show this year, and these things are so crisp that It was difficult to tell the difference between the 3.5 lb competition AR and the 5.5 lb combat AR trigger. The difference with adjustable trigger set to 2.5 was almost imperceptible to the 3.5.
I suspect that to answer your question, the difference between the diamond and the special, both set at 2, would be indistinguishable.
