…..binary triggers with 2rnds per trigger pull,
Agreed. Imo binary triggers are for people wanting to skirt round semi only rules, either because they can't shoot or are wanting to over shoot people
So if someone with a binary trigger
'spams' said trigger it's gonna be like full auto?
There is a bit of real life physics to the ‘history’ of binary triggers
(I’m not going to remember the proper science as I’m an old man now, so the following is vagueness, and any language may not be technically correct)
There are real life guns that by design did / do have a physical binary trigger
There is also trigger ‘bounce’ where some manual triggers will fail to stop the return, which could be poorly adjusted (deliberately or not) and the trigger sear hasn’t aligned in time to stop the cycle, could have a worn sear or the ‘load’ doesn’t have enough pressure to fully cycle (which can trigger multiple shots or replicate full auto
If you’ve ever used/seen a Tippmann at a paintball rental site and the site staff have not fully refilled the Co2/air then you may have experienced ‘burping’ as the pressure drops and it can’t fully cycle to stop on the sear
When there’s an electronic trigger then various ‘modes’ may get added, either as formal modes or by tweaking a few variables in the settings
These would include semi (keep shooting whilst pulling), full auto (keep shooting whilst held), bursts and bounce (multiple shots per pull)
A ramping mode may be added which would be semi auto until you sustained a number of shots and then replicate full auto as long as you pull within a time limit
In paintball you would sometimes see guns released with an US/international circuit board and a UK board.
The US board would have all modes, UK would exclude full auto
If you / your supplier grey imported, (or you preordered and received yours from the first limited runs) you may find the board was US which may or may not have helpfully had a red / green LED fitted to highlight that difference
This then brought the question of legality of more than one shot per pull
Then turn up to a UK event and only be allowed to use semi, perhaps ‘accidentally’ with bounce for a binary effect
ROF kept increasing until everyone set rules, then you may end up with electronics to be required to run on ‘modes’ capped to 10.5bps / semi capped (if settings allow) / semi uncapped for mechanicals or boards that don’t support caps
If you had any finger skills then just use a mechanical, fit a double trigger and ‘walk’ your fingers.
With practice you could shoot a greater ROF than any of the capped modes
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My issue with full auto is the safety situation, that if you get caught in a bush then it will keep firing, but other modes capable of replicating full auto need you to keep moving the trigger so have less of a safety issue (of the trigger - not necessarily the person pulling it)
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I would support a site using whatever modes that they choose, provided it’s legal, they think of the safety, and it’s suitable for the site / types of players
If we are grown ups then we accept being shot and that there may be more BBs following once you put your hand up - that’s fine if the shooter then stops.
If it’s a mixed crowd of regulars / rentals / newbies then it’s dickish to be hammering out streams
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It is less of a matter about the type of gun/trigger but more a case of who is pulling the trigger
