LOV 21 Upgrade

[harvey_s]

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[derekm]

'morning Zooma
How good (or bad) is the trigger of the LOV please? How does it compare to say the Tau 7 (maybe it's the same mechanism/principle).

[RobinC]

'morning Zooma
How good (or bad) is the trigger of the LOV please? How does it compare to say the Tau 7 (maybe it's the same mechanism/principle).

My answer is I haven't a clue, as never shot or even seen one, but I do have an old farts tale (can't beat a good old farts tale!).

This goes back very many years to an incident at Norwich, when NCTC was at Wensum lodge. A member shooting air pistol at 10 mts was grumbling about how bad the trigger was on his "Eastern Bloc" pistol, and how much better he could do if he had a modern hi tech pistol like the "shooter" alongside him.

The "shooter" asked him if he could have a go with the Eastern bloc jobbie, and then proceeded to blow out the ten ring!!!! He was a multiple Commonwealth games gold medalist!!

Moral? If your technique is good you can shoot anything, but a good pistol helps!

Have fun
Robin

[zooma]

'morning Zooma
How good (or bad) is the trigger of the LOV please? How does it compare to say the Tau 7 (maybe it's the same mechanism/principle).

Hi derekm,

I do own both of the two above mentioned C2 pistols.

My TAU 7 is one of the original TAU 7 MATCH air pistols, but as far as I know the trigger on all of the TAU 7 air pistols is the same. I have had this pistol since they were first imported into the UK so I have probably had it over 35 years but I have never "tinkered" with the trigger so it is "stock".

My LOV 21 has had very little use from new but when I took it to the club the other day we were surprised at just how much the pistol was improving with use and by the end of the night it was really smooth and very nice to shoot.

The trigger on my LOV21 is definitely a little "firmer" than the TAU 7 Match, but it has never been touched and I know that when this pistol first came out many new owners "improved" the trigger feel just by cleaning-up the rough finish and removing any burrs with a stone.

Being realistic, the LOV 21 was a very inexpensive air pistol and so it would not have enjoyed as much care and attention as others that cost much more, but I enjoyed shooting mine with the trigger as it came from new, and by the end of the night I was scoring as well (or badly!) as I was able to do with my Morini 162ei.

The temptation is always to tinker and make things better, but sometimes it is nice just to enjoy them for what they are and I am sure that if I were to spend a lot more time simply shooting the pistol and getting more familiar with it I could shoot my LOV 21 as well as any of my more expensive match pistols.

I have to say that this would not be the case with the standard grip because it just didn't feel right for me. It it weren't for the 1066 3D printed parts I would have sold my LOV21 straight away as I simply could not grip it very well, but with a full set of the 1066 parts added it has transformed the pistol for me as it now feels really good and I can achieve the same grip every time I pick it up.

.......back to your question - the trigger is a little firmer on my LOV 21 that it is on my TAU 7 Match, but it works well.

[derekm]

Robin & Zooma, thanks for your comments. I appreciate 100% that the most important thing is technique. I'm an extremely moderate shooter and declining with age! I don't shoot competition, even handicaps, so am only shooting against myself, but I do get satisfaction of getting good results (for me) with modest equipment, hence my curiosity about the LOV. Though I do have a "proper" (if old) target pistol, my goto guns are at present are the TAU and the FAS.