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Not completely accurate. Most factory triggers are set on the high end for liability as much as they are for safety. While +6 pounds is adequate for greater than minute of angle accuracy and ranges within 150 yards the trigger pull is not very crisp in all rifles. Remington has an excellent trigger at nearly all settings as well as Savage while Ruger and Winchester can be a little rough other than pre 70 models. Weatherby are very nice. Adjusting down to 3 or 4 pounds is safe. Any safety minded hunter knows when to have a round chambered, when to engage the safety, and when to have their finger on the trigger only when ready to shoot with a target in sight and safe down range. For my varmint rifles shooting offhand or with shooting stix in the field 3 pounds is needed when shooting out past +500 yards. On my Ruger #1 in 45-70 but loaded with pressures and muzzle nergy exceeding and or matching factory .458 Winmag rounds in 400 gr bullets the triger is @ 4 pounds. For the inexperienced, inebriated, or mentally deficient hunter I would agree, never touch the trigger adjustment. For the experienced hunter who is safe and shooting non-dangerous game adjust away to your comfort level. For hunting dangerous game which is mostly done by experienced hunters they already know that you don't want or need a hair trigger. That is more of a balanced approach than to say never adjust the trigger I believe. Just saying....

You are talking to a former licensed Alaska Big Game Guide and Issac Walton League tournament shooter (Camp Perry) . (15 years)

Over the course of those years, I witnessed several “accidental” discharges from various custom and factory rifles, from your so-called “experienced” hunters.

I all cases, they were “adjusted triggers” (2-3 # pulls) and they went off while being carried, leaned on trees and laid down over a pack frame quite normally and carefully. The owners bragged about their “smooth and light triggers” but were shocked when they went off. And I also had a policy that they signed in writing that they were not to chamber a round until they were aimed down range and about to take an animal. But these were “safe experienced” hunters who decided they were exempt from any such incident or requirement. Anyone who claims otherwise is a dangerous fool.

Here again, any sport hunter using proper shooting technique, should not be effected by the amount of trigger pull. We are not talking Bench rest here either. There is no excuse or comparison.