ALG Defense's new ALG Combat Trigger (ACT)...

[Funkenstein]

Nice honest review, but it's Amy's company not Bill!

I received an ALG ACT from Grant on Friday and, being curious, installed it in a lower that night. So far I have only dry-fired it, but given the surface finishes I'm not expecting any significant changes within a moderate round count. Frankly, I'm not very impressed. I believe that it DOES meet all the claims made by ALG Defense, but really all this is is a GI type trigger that sucks less than the worse end of GI triggers. I would say trigger pull on mine is between 6-7lbs (calibrated finger) and that's after greasing the sear surfaces and a couple dozen dry fires. There is noticeable creep, although the break is sharper than most GI triggers.

All in all the feel is completely identical to a Spike's Tactical "battle trigger" (NiB coated pieces) that I've been using occasionally for about a year. Not a huge surprise given that both companies are using the LW Schneider parts ("S" marked) and using similar surface treatments. The ALG would still be the better choice IMHO given the precision and treated pins and the well-earned reputation of Geissele products, but they are functionally the same, so far as I can tell.

I have non-special GI style triggers that have a lighter and smoother function than either of those, although not a sharper break. Most are not "S" marked and may be inferior products (i.e. risk of breakage or wear issues) but in use so far they are smoother.

As an aside, the nickel-teflon plated disconnector I received shows tearing marks around all of its edges from the stamping die. There was a thread last year where some people thought that was a serious defect that required sending parts back (I believe that was discussing a Spike's FCG identified as such). I've seen it on almost all GI style disconnectors I've seen in the last 1-2 years, from several different makes, so I'm assuming that is normal now and perfectly acceptable.

I'll keep using my higher-end Geissele triggers, which I find to be in a whole different class, so still a win for Bill...

[m4brian]

My ACT is a tad better than the PSA I had in my PSA lower - a bit lighter. It is not as light or crisp as my DD, and not as smooth as my Colt. Colt is the best. We'll see after a bunch of shooting.

[lethal dose]

My ACT is a tad better than the PSA I had in my PSA lower - a bit ighter. It is not as lighotlct or crisp as my DD, and not as smooth as my Colt. Colt is the best. We'll see after a bunch of shooting.

YOUR colt and YOUR dd... I'll tell you not all colt and DD FCGs are the same. Mil spec triggers vary from kit to kit and from squeeze to squeeze. The ALG triggers seem to have been designed to eliminate the unknown on gi FCGs and offer some level of consistency.

[40Arpent]

ADCO has the ACT and QMS in stock. Ordered one of each this morning, and within 30 minutes of ordering, I received an email saying they'd been shipped.

[brzusa.1911]

I measured the ACT and the trigger pull was in the 5LBS range. Good deal for the money.

C4

According to the specs it should not be less than 5.5lbs.

Quoted from: http://www.algdefense.com/include/pdf/ALG-ACT-Flyer.pdf

"The pull weight is not lower than the M4/M16 minimum weight specification of 5.5lbs."

At least is not 8-9lbs as most GIs. Looks like a good improvement if you have a GI trigger.

[DM-SC]

According to the specs it should not be less than 5.5lbs.

There's enough variance between pull weight gauges that I'm sure some will get measurements under 5.5lbs.

[C4IGrant]

According to the specs it should not be less than 5.5lbs.

Quoted from: http://www.algdefense.com/include/pdf/ALG-ACT-Flyer.pdf

"The pull weight is not lower than the M4/M16 minimum weight specification of 5.5lbs."

At least is not 8-9lbs as most GIs. Looks like a good improvement if you have a GI trigger.

5.5-5.8 is about what I measured.



C4

[ForTehNguyen]

I got a few QMS in and measured them, and getting about 6.25 to 6.75lbs for the triggers. So it looks like the ACT gets slightly less around 5.75 to 6?

[ALCOAR]

Trident:

Any reason you did not circle the contact areas/interface between the trigger nose and hammer notch? Seems that would affect trigger pull more than the disconnector circled.

Mark

I had a brain fart moment since I almost exclusively run 2 stage triggers

Put somewhere around 400-500rds on this trigger over the last two weeks or so bringing the total amt. of rounds fired on it thus far to roughly 1k.

[m4brian]

My ACT trigger is breaking in nicely after and bunch of dry firing, and about 120 rounds today. Take up is short, and the break is crisp and getting a tad lighter. Very good now.