So this is pretty weird. Brand new build. It's a new Bat Action with a new Jewell trigger model Hunter Varmint Rifle w/no options, one pound pull.
There is this bizzare half second delay when you pull the trigger until it strikes the round!!!???
Now it gets weirder... I can not seem to feel it when I pull the trigger with NO round in the chamber.
I have this same trigger on another rifle and it does NOT do this?
Thanks
Several years ago (more than I care to admit) I had the same experience with a custom built 22-250.
I was led to believe (mistakenly BTW) that better accuracy could be achieved by using small rifle primers in cases of this size. At that time, Remington made 308 cases that used small rifle primers so I decided to try it.
After forming up a few cases by simply running the 308 cases through the 22-250 sizing die (BTW, those were the softest cases I've ever seen; they were so soft they felt like beer can aluminum) I used 38 grains of W-760 and Win small rifle primers. It sure was a surprise the first time I pulled the trigger. There was a weird delay in ignition that felt like a hang-fire or maybe something wrong with the trigger. Like you, I checked the trigger and firing pin and could find nothing wrong. Every round acted the same way. After going back to my normal loads with large rifle primers the problem went away.
I concluded that the faulty ignition was caused by using small rifle primers in a case that was originally designed for large rifle primers. Use of ball powder may have also contributed to the problem. Most shooters agree that ball powder needs strong ignition.
Needless to say, those twenty small primer cases went in the trash and I have had no problems with my 22-250 since.
Hope this helps. Let us know what you find.
Good Shootin' !
Gene Beggs