Single stage triggers rule--almost!
Cut my teeth on .22 target rifles back in high school a century ago when HS's had rifle teams. (That's been politically incorrect for many years in my state.) Those nice Remington 40X's, and the Win 52's, always had a single stage, with no creep at all. You maintain sight picture, slowly increase trigger finger pressure, and gun goes off when the trigger "breaks," as in breaking like a glass rod, with no warning.
Thus, have never liked 2-stage triggers, and replaced them as fast as money allowed on my sporterized milsurp hunting rifles through college. You usually like best what you learnt on, and look down your nose at those "other" ways of doing it.
Had to change my opinion recently, having acquired a Savage M12BVSS, which has Savage's new lawyer-proof "Accu-trigger." Yeah, right, I said to myself. Well, aftermarket decent triggers are available for Savages. Took new gun to the range, promptly, before having a chance to switch triggers. Lo & Behold! The "Accu-trigger" was very much so. There is a false trigger which you pull for about 1/4" (first few times it seemed more like 3'!) before you are in the triggering business. To me, the effect is very much like the military 2-stage. BUT: once you get down to the business at hand, the Savage's "real" trigger breaks very cleanly and I was impressed. No creep, no wobble, just the old familiar "maintain the sight picture and gradually increase finger pressure" and bang like a breaking glass rod.
This trigger I don't think I'll bother changing! Who says old dogs can't learn new tricks??