I would just go with the standard GI trigger from a good quality LPK. It is the least expensive option yet the most proven trigger available on an AR
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I would just go with the standard GI trigger from a good quality LPK. It is the least expensive option yet the most proven trigger available on an AR
I'd highly recommend a high quality standard GI trigger for starters, you can always add a more sophisticated trigger later if you want one, but I wouldn't even consider one unless it was for a precision rifle setup. If you really want to do it right, contact Grant at GRTactical and you can buy a high quality LPK for your lower build with exactly the parts you need and no extra parts you don't need. You won't go wrong with CMT, LMT, or Colt, but avoid DPMS at all costs. Good luck.
not to mention the strong merits of learning marksmanship on a single stage. you'll be a better shooter for the rest of your life if you can master the 8lbs GI trig.
and i wouldn't recommend a $200 trigger to anyone for their first build, "precision" gun or not.
Thanks a ton I will contact GRtactical and get something ironed out.
I suspect many who do not see the use of a quality trigger in an AR are folks who opted to spend their trigger budget of products like AFG's, VFG's, some $400 weaponlight, $100-$400 muzzle device, $300 set of irons....etc.
Every time my guns go boom I am cashing in on my investments in quality triggers.....triggers just don't look that cool![]()
What about the Geissele SSA trigger? I hear it touted as a non adjustable 2 stage trigger and if the 2 stage fails it reverts back to a singe stage trigger. I was pretty sure I was going to go with this trigger to replace my crappy DPMS trigger from the LPK that I used. However, I have been seeing a few of these pop up on different marketplaces and didnt know if it was not worth the price or something.
It's ironic that so many shooting ARs have the idea that 2 stage triggers are for "match/precision" shooting while the single stage is for combat.
The 2 stage trigger is a battle trigger and a better design than the single stage trigger for reducing unintended discharges during high stress situations and from rough handling. For many years, folks derided the military 2 stage triggers found in surplus 03 Springfields and Mausers because of the long take up of the first stage and the heavy pull needed to fire the weapon. Most folks "in the know" back in the day recommended replacing them with crisp breaking single stage "match" triggers by Timney & Canjar which were adjustable to minimize creep and backlash while reducing pull weight.
I suspect that the two stage pull of the Geissele is a design parameter to allow a smooth, crisp release trigger for the AR that will stand up to rough handling and the long reset is to eliminate doubling, especially when the shooter milks the trigger. As I recall, one of the first problems to arise in the early days of using ARs in National Match and other disciplines was the difficulty of tuning the trigger to be crisp and reliable. That's why the first modular drop in triggers for ARs were developed.
Pull weight isn't the most important factor in a good trigger. A shooter is better served by a reliable, predictable, heavy trigger than an unpredictable, unreliable, light one. The long, smooth pull of a good trigger on a double action revolver is better than a single action trigger that while has a lighter, crisper let off, is gritty and may not feel the same with each pull.
Yes, the average and even the beginning shooter is better served by a good trigger. As long as it's remembered that a good trigger is reliable, predictable and smooth and does not have to be fancy or expensive
Last edited by MistWolf; 11-13-10 at 04:34.
Wilsons TTU is an excellent single stage trigger.
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