Enhanced AR triggers

[Larry Vickers]

Gents I think it is finally time for me to make some recommendations for so called 'match' AR triggers - I prefer to call them enhanced triggers- I have been once bitten/twice shy on this subject because I have personally witnessed a match AR trigger double ( fire 2 shots instead of 1) when I was in the military; that ain't cool so I wanted to really let the dust settle before I made any recommendations- the verdicts are in; here goes;

1) If you want an enchanced AR trigger the industry Gold Standard is Geissele- their triggers have been in use by US Special Operations for awhile now with excellent results. With the amount of ammo they shoot if there was a serious problem it would be have shown up by now. There are several brands on the market but all will be measured to the Geissele trigger

2) Honorable mention goes to the Wilson Combat Tactical Trigger Unit- I have a couple and so far have had excellent results; they are very well made and are backed by Wilson's excellent customer service; they have not seen the widespread use the Geissele has but definately show promise

There you have it- most of my guns sport stock trigger setups but the ones that don't have either a Geissele or a Wilson; if your in the market for a trigger check them out

Sincerely

LAV

[acaixguard]

Hi Larry, thanks for yet another great piece of advice. If you don't mind, just two quick follow up questions on this topic...

1. Is there a particular Geissele unit that you recommend in their catalog?

2. Any particular type of situation or end-user role that you would recommend using an enhanced trigger over the stock setup? Just asking this because I'm sure most people would say the enhanced trigger gives a nicer pull, so I'm curious as to why a stock setup would be preferred (assuming we're comparing to an enhanced unit with a proven track record).

Thanks again!

[Larry Vickers]

I use the Geissele SSA and I have been very happy with it

The enhanced trigger is a must for an SPR style setup - in a CQB weapon not so much but anything where precision shots at distance are expected a good trigger is mandatory

Sincerely

LAV

[pointblank4445]

Larry,

Some of our officers are starting to use the enhanced Milspec ALG (mostly the ACT) triggers. We are currently on the fence on this one since some of us are unsure about using a "tuned" Milspec trigger knowing what can go wrong when the surface hardening is messed with.

However, Geissele supposedly does the tuning for ALG, so we don't know what to think.

Any thoughts on this?