Flat Triggers - What's the deal?

[EzGoingKev]

OK so first people started making them for the AR and now I see them being made for pistols.

I have never shot anything with a flat trigger so can someone explain the benefits/drawbacks?

[H Wyman]

Leverage...

Point of effort in relationship to the fulcrum.

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[Kokopelli]

more forgiving of finger placement..

[scooter22]

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[Coal Dragger]

I have a flat faced Geissele in my Colt M4 and like it quite a bit. As mentioned it is more forgiving on finger placement.

[Marty w]

Bill Geissele also claims the flat trigger makes the trigger seem about a pound lighter in the straight configuration. If you have a 5 lbs trigger, it would "feel" more like a 4 lbs trigger. I'm yet to try one though.


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[MegademiC]

I prefer flat triggers. I have seen no drawbacks. I currently run std triggers but will probably get a flat ar trigger down the road and put a flat apex in my m&p once I build it up for competitions.

I had a cz with a flat trigger years ago and liked it very much.

[Firefly]

I don't know if it is based in science or emotion, but for me it feels like there are no wrong answers in finger placement.
Ever since I went to flat bow triggers for my AR, I simply don't feel fatigue, don't worry about too much pad/not enough pad and so forth.

Flat triggers for more pistols would be quite a welcome thing. In fact the curve trigger feels weird now. I feel mature enough in my shooting that I can indulge in things that feel like cheating