Converting a Lever to a Trigger

[marauder]

Theoretical question here, how would you convert a lever (250, 275, 300) to a trigger?

[isoaker]

I have a feeling one may need to replace the entire valve assembly and rig up a trigger and trigger-wire system. The trigger valves on the 250, 275 and 300 appear to require a good amount of torque to rotate and are in the wrong direction for a trigger (lever points upwards as opposed to downwards). While one could potentially try to rig up some sort of pulley system, a valve replacement may be more successful overall.

[HBWW]

Triggers... the bane of high performance water blaster design. The first part to fail in stock blasters, and last part to get finished/fine-tuned in homemades. In any case, for large ball valves you really need a trigger supported by more than one finger. (i.e. Hydro Cannon, or a few homemades that use a length of PVC as long as the width of a hand for pulling on as the trigger.

[marauder]

The reason I like triggers is that they are so much more ergonomical than levers. You can pump and shoot at the same time, you can pull a trigger faster than you can pull a lever... but if it's a difficult thing to do I'd just take performance as is cuz all 3 of those guns are good. It seems like we see an SS 300 on ebay only once a year though. Shame.

[HBWW]

The tricky part here is to have a trigger whose PITA-to-design factor is less than the benefit of the significantly improved ergonomics and tactical improvements. Perhaps we need to re-think the way we do things in order to achieve both though. (Achieve a low PITA-to-design factor as well as an ergonomical improvement close to or equal to that of a traditional trigger. The big idea here is pumping while shooting along with a spring loaded control.)