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    Quote Originally Posted by TRIDENT82 View Post
    They are worth far more imo than $100 over the terrible GI trigger and these unit's honestly reflect their cost in the utmost manner.

    Firstly, the Designs GA incorporates are totally proprietary to their company with the design being built and tested 100% from the bottom up with no corners ever cut in the most minor of ways in regards to either design or material/construction. These trigger's are fundamentally designed at their core level to be dead nuts reliable, however their performance and feel is equally impressive and imho, equally as industry leading. One look at the inside of GA's facility and location where the proverbial "magic" happens, and you have a whole new sense of the term "hand built"...these triggers are walked through the entire mfg'ing process by GA, and then ultimately each unit is functioned tested before leaving their hands.

    The people at GA flat out take immense pride and personal ownership over the triggers they build and thereby no questions asked, they will do everything in their power to remedy any very unlikely potential problem. Their are a few other outfits that I can say operate like this at almost a 100% CS satisfaction rate, but none of them have a totally spot free internet record where not even one person has supposedly been "burnt" by their service or their exceptional triggers and blasted off about it.

    If all that does not convince you that these are worth the extra coin....maybe the fact that GA triggers are made using hardened S7 Steel...a.k.a. the stuff used to make jackhammer bits will



    The SD-C is a clear cut winner in my book for the best do-it-all, combat rated trigger on the market. Just as easily as I would have told somebody over the last several yrs. that the SSA was the best overall/most versatile, combat rated trigger on the market...I now will say the SD-C is just that much better than the SSA and has now replaced it at the top of my list. To be clear, I mean this in every single aspect of those two GA models.

    I think I prob. will limit myself personally to only running the current SD-C I already have due to the fact that I am very sound in running with the SD-E's which feel to the naked touch quite significantly lighter but it has such a crisp break that just melts me. It's addictive to say the least...I would be willing to bet Crack ain't got s**t on the SD-E's crispy break and addictive quality. The SD-E is for sure my perfect trigger, and I don't believe any particular type of AR(Application wise) exists that I cannot enhance by adding the SD-E into it's mix. I have run it in a variety of roles including a SPR, Recce, and a MK18 type, with excellent results on each type. With that said, the SD-C has the more manageable and user friendly pull, while maintaining a ton of the SD-E's amazing performance and thus I recommend it now as the finest user adaptable and user friendly, combat rated trigger made on a broad end user scale.
    Trident all this is good to know, In all honesty, I'm buying this on blind faith, from what I've read here, in this thread, and from going out to G&R Tactical, (I'm about 20 minutes from them) and fingering Grant's rifle with a SSA in it. I have a target AR with a Jewell trigger in it, as I used to do a little benchresting with it, So, I know a good trigger when I feel one, I stumbled onto Midway's price quite by accident, I just checked their site this morning to see what their price was, and found they(SD's) were on sale for the same price I was prepared to pay for a SSA, I could'nt pass it up. I am looking forward to installing it.
    Last edited by ralph; 01-22-11 at 17:29.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SteveL View Post
    Thanks for the breakdown Trident.
    Indeed. Succinct and to the point.

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    Stopped in at Rainier Arms and played with the Geissele demo triggers they had- SSA, SSA-E, Match and the S3G. One bit of advice- Lube them Geissele triggers. Dry, they feel gritty and cheap. I bought an SSA-E and lubed it on installation and it feel very smooth.

    Just wanted to say this about the 3-Gun trigger- It feels like a light, short stroke, non-stacking double action trigger. Or like a single stage with a very long, really smooth sear engagement. There's nothing in the pull to let the shooter predict it's about to release the sear. Don't press this trigger unless you're ready to take the shot as it would be hard to change your mind once the press begins

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    Good point

    The Instructions are very clear and well written and if followed seems to me would provide very good lubrication which may be over looked by some because of the general ease of trigger installation? Ya know that's a really good and over looked by most people point I would think. I lubed the crap outta my FCG before putting it in lol using both oil in the holes and on the pins & a tad bit of the Grease they sent with it on the contact points of the trigger itself. That and also working the action thus smoothing out any rough spots..anyone have any idea of the number of trigger pulls before it starts to become run in?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cold View Post
    The Noveske Shooting Team got the first prototype S3G and worked it over about 6-7 months ago. Myself and Rob Romero ran them at Ft. Benning back in December.

    For the difference in price, I would suggest you go with the S3G. That said, also check out the Super Dynamic Enhanced model. Its a non adjustable 2 stage. My comp rifles (both 5.56 and 308's) run S3G's or DMR's but I am working on the SDE trigger in my new 2011 comp rifle.

    Shoot me a message if you want to chat about the triggers. We have trigger time on just about every trigger they offer except the SSA-E.

    I started running the S3G in June of 2010 as well and have countless hours on most of the line up

    for my the S3G is the best all round trigger...I was able to hit some incredible volumes of fire with it
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    There isn't any break in on a GA trigger...they have already been "broken in" so that when you receive it, it should feel as good on your first pull as your 1000th pull.

    I have seen the aviation grease have dramatic effects on a trigger's pull and you can easily see a full lb., if not more in overall pull weight reduction when your trigger is properly greased up.

    You should always maintain a schedule for greasing your trigger contact surfaces so the supplied grease is not for a break in.
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    gotcha

    Thanks anybody else or Trident want to chime in more on the Lube schedule? What schedule do YOU use for lubing the FCG? I usually lube up before going to the range. Being I would consider lubing the pin holes at the same time is this wise to do or is doing the pin holes overkill after lubing em up on install?

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    I never worry about the holes but have become religious about the lube on the contact surfaces. When I get done shooting at the range I will just take the lowers and a bottle of the hoppes elite or MPro7 and spray out really well the fcg area..then take a cue tip and get any debris left, and mop out any residual hoppes/mpro7. After doing this process I will then just visually inspect the contact surfaces on the triggers and make sure at all times there is grease present on the surfaces, and if none is found or very little is found present I supplement as needed.

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    My SD-C showed up Wed. I installed it in my rifle Wed. evening It did'nt come with instructions, So I went to GA's website and found installation instructions there and downloaded them. Installation was fairly simple..The first time I dry fired this trigger, I knew I had found the right one for me.. Finding the second stage was very easy,and it breaks cleanly, I wasn't sure about the straight trigger when installing it, But after some dry fire practice, I LOVE IT! This is a very easy trigger for anyone to use.The reset is very pronounced, both audible, tactile,seems fairly short,I'm very impressed, Now if it would ever quit snowing, I'd like to go to the range and test drive it.. (I hate picking my brass up in the snow)
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    That is great to hear Ralph...Its always nice to see and hear about someone who does their homework and ends up with the perfect piece of kit for their particular needs or build.

    Just to add on something I failed to prob. ever mention and you pegged it when you mentioned the actual reset on the SD-C is excellent and your right about the certain audible sound and that tactile feel....even on the SSA's and for sure KAC 2stage match triggers, the reset feels so mushy now compared to the SD-E/C's reset and they for sure don't have that nice audible "click" either.

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