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Backcountry Hunting Podcast

Timney Triggers & Deer Bullets with Chris Ellis

Backcountry Hunting Podcast

Joseph von Benedikt

Backcountry, Rifle, Deer, Podcast, Elk, Mountain, Sports, Hunt, Wilderness, Cartridge, Hunting

4.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

This episode we welcome back Chris Ellis, trigger savant and self-styled hillbilly bullet tester. We discuss what really makes a great trigger, and why Timney Triggers achieve what the do. Chris walks us through a bit of the history and inspiration behind Timney, details manufacturing processes and dedication to quality, and talks about the vast variety of Timney triggers available for everything from cutting-edge bolt-action hunting rifles to Glocks to Remington 870s.

Chris is a student of bullet performance from way back, so we transition to talking about particularly capable bullets for whitetail deer. Naturally, that leads to bear bullets, elk bullets, and even bullets for American bison.

We wrap up with a discussion of industry trends and Timney's focus on providing the best triggers available for shooters and hunters. ENJOY!

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Folks there are a lot of parts and moving pieces on a rifle, a scope, your selection of

0:07.6

ammunition, and the whole assembly that I often like to call a launching pad for your hunting bullet.

0:15.0

But it all boils down to one part that sends that go signal, that's your trigger.

0:22.0

I'm delighted to welcome back to the show my

0:25.4

good friend Chris Ellis with Ellis communications he represents Timney and

0:29.5

he's here today to talk to us about Timney triggers and we're going to share some hunting wisdom and

0:35.1

insight that Chris has from years and years of hunting across the nation and

0:40.5

indeed around the world. Chris, man, welcome back.

0:44.3

Thank you, Joseph, it means a lot that you carve out a little bit of time to talk to me today.

0:49.1

I greatly appreciate your time. Oh, right back at you. This is fun for me and it's good to just catch up with you.

0:57.2

Let's dive right in here and talk about Timney today, some of the, you know, the current times how they're affecting the company, if at all,

1:05.0

some of the challenges you're facing because of that, and then of course get to some of the real interesting stuff.

1:10.0

Anything from your new models there at Timney to some of the history of

1:16.0

bolt guns and some models and so forth that have driven the innovation behind

1:20.9

them all. I don't know that's a broad topic. Dive in wherever you want.

1:24.0

Yeah, that isn't. Well, that's a very broad topic, but it's very relevant because you know, you've not been in the

1:29.6

gun industry for a long time. Things are just changing. They're just it's a different day.

1:33.7

You know, Timney last year we celebrated our 75th anniversary. Very, very blessed. So if you

1:39.3

know your math and in American history, you know, back then that we had just won a war, and a lot of the

1:46.8

GIs were coming home with their service rifles. They were proud, but truth be told, they really just want to take these

1:51.9

rifles and go deer hunting so Alan Timney

1:54.9

came up with a concept to make an aftermarket trigger that's fairly easy to install with

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