Miller single trigger
 

Hello everyone I have a question are Miller single triggers reliable or are they waste of time and money. Anyway thanks for your time hope you all are having a great Thursday, Steven.

I don't know about the current Miller trigger but an older Miller trigger is the finest single trigger ever designed. I've got two Parkers with them and have fired them thousands of times with no problems. My VHE 20 had one installed by Howard Miller many years ago.

I have a few Miller trigger guns and like Daryl, have never had an issue with them. I have had issues with the early Parker single triggers. Having said that, I certainly would not swap a double trigger Parker gun out to a Miller single trigger.

In my opinion, any single trigger is a dumb contraption and a waste of money.

But, regarding millers. They are very simple and known to be reliable. The original miller installs were not the cleanest, in fact downright crude. But they worked.

When I was in the Miller shop a few years ago, there was a .410 Purdey on the bench. The owner must have been brain dead to have that conversion done. I wish I had questioned Howard about the gun. My Miller triggers have all worked with one exception. I understand that once a Miller trigger is installed, various internal parts of the gun are modified to the extent that they can't be returned to original. I guess that doesn't make any difference as long as the Miller trigger works OK.

I agree with the looks aspect as they're not very appealing to the eye I was solely wondering if they were reliable. I appreciate your feedback and thank you for sharing your thoughts, Steven.

A purdey thats a big money gun...

I’ve had many Miller triggers over the years and all have been flawless. Ithaca, at one time I’m told, paid Miller a royalty to use their trigger in the NID’s. ($5.00).

Miller SST in Ithacas
 

Actually, in the book "Ithaca Gun Co from the Beginning", pg 70, Walt talks about Ithaca prohibiting Miller from marking their triggers that were installed in Ithaca NIDs. It talks about correspondence from Lou Smith explaining to Miller founder, Elmer Miller, that a guy would be sore knowing that he paid an extra $5 for a Miller SST in an Ithaca NID that he could have bought directly from Miller instead. The last paragraph says that Ithaca developed their own SST in the early 30s and ended the relationship with Miller after that.