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[Mr.Goodtimes]

Just did this trigger job here on my ar

http://www.sargenthome.com/15_Minute_AR_Trigger_Job.htm

read some things from other people that did it, and they were happy with it, i am too. I actually didnt take as much off the spring as he recommended as i was kinda paranoid about that, figured i can alwayse take off, cant add. It really made the pull alot nicer, much lighter. Idk what my trigger pull was before but id say its about five or six pounds now... it was heavy as hell before... feels great now. Ill give a range report as soon as i take it to the range next week, wanna install my birth day present first when it gets here, MOE stock and VLTOR reciever extension =)

Cheers,

Ryan

[MH64]

While that may give you a lighter or better feel to the trigger when you shoot it is a liability waiting to happen.

[sewvacman]

I'd like to hear how this works out for you.

[Mr.Goodtimes]

the worst that can happen is i have to replace the springs and im out six bucks. i didnt shave anything off, just polished it up. and i took off less then recommended... i am still paranoid i might get some light primer strikes but weel see come next week.

Edit: the trigger is still pretty heavy, about five to six lbs... so i tend to think everything will work out well.

[Onepoint]

I have done it on a few. If I cut the hammer spring leg as short as they say to, it will give light strikes once in a while.

I leave it longer, about a 1/2", just enough to miss the trigger pin. I also use some anti seize, or moly grease, whichever is on hand for the pins and hammer / sear contact points. Brings the basic 8lb trigger down to about half that or so.

It does not make a match trigger, but does make a difference, and its cheap to do, or fix if you don't like it.

I should also say there was a good lb of difference in pull between hammer springs from different lower parts kits, the DMPS was a good lb+ more worth of pull over a Double star LPK spring, and noticeably stiffer.

[Littlelebowski]

While that may give you a lighter or better feel to the trigger when you shoot it is a liability waiting to happen.

Can you cite some court cases backing up your point?

[Mr.Goodtimes]

I have done it on a few. If I cut the hammer spring leg as short as they say to, it will give light strikes once in a while.

I leave it longer, about a 1/2", just enough to miss the trigger pin. I also use some anti seize, or moly grease, whichever is on hand for the pins and hammer / sear contact points. Brings the basic 8lb trigger down to about half that or so.

It does not make a match trigger, but does make a difference, and its cheap to do, or fix if you don't like it.

I should also say there was a good lb of difference in pull between hammer springs from different lower parts kits, the DMPS was a good lb+ more worth of pull over a Double star LPK spring, and noticeably stiffer.

Onepoint, man am i glad i left about a half inch as well! i measured it off with a ruler and was thinkin, a quarter inch? seriously? thats almost no spring! so i figured id leave it long, and try it out to see how it feels, and ill be darned, at half an inch it does feel great! def no match trigger, but if all goes well, will hold me over till i can afford one. Im lookin at the alexander arms one.

[strambo]

I just did step 1: polishing and then hit it with the soft felt buffer w/ the dremel being very, very conservative. I was too chicken to cut or bend the springs. The trigger has less grit and breaks cleaner now. Standard RRA single stage. It's a bit better than my issue M4 and that's good enough for me...unless/until I get an 18" SPR type upper then I'll probably upgrade to a match trigger.

[Mr.Goodtimes]

guys went to the range last night and my trigger job worked flawlessly! no light primer strikes no failures to fire nothing. just a much better trigger, i put 500 rounds down range of 55gr fiocci. Im so happy with this trigger ill probably stick with this until i build a precision 18in spr ish rifle.

also, yesterday was my birthday, i turned 20 =) i met the girlfriend at the range, shes been wanting to go for a while. shes never fired a gun before in her life, never even held one until last night. In about one hour, after a little instruction from Mr. Goodtimes, she went from holding and firing the gun like a retard to what i would consider very proficient! her best group was an offhand 3in group at 25 yds. shes left handed like i am and at first had a little trouble manipulating the controls (small hands) but eventually got to where she was shooting with excellent posture, changing mags etc very easily. And now she wants one of her own lol. And to make my day even better, for my birthday she bought me a VLTOR modstock kit, i actually installed the stock on my rifle in the parking lot of the range before we went to shoot lol.

Cheers
-Ryan

[sewvacman]

Any pics of her shooting it?