Let's talk AR triggers.

Clobbersauras said:
TRG-42, thank you very much for your informative post. I had already made my decision to get a two stage trigger but your post was very good. I have a course in less than a month, and not a lot of range time in between so I think I'll keep my stock trigger for now.

I think the ALG-ACT may be what I'm looking for...though the SSA would be nice.....
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The ALG is a single stage, as are all stock semi triggers.
 
Leibermuster said:
Geissele or KAC triggers are very addictive....
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Tell me about it! Ordered a new lower and figured I would be fine not having the Geissele SSA in this one....But....just ordered one for it to, it is hard to go back. That and a 10 pack of mags. Not sure we are going to be getting a lot of this stuff anytime soon, so used that as an excuse to pull the trigger.
 
In my opinion, the ssa isn't a huge improvement over a decent stock trigger.
The ssa-e is better, but not worth the money.
The s3g is a much better trigger, worth the money. But a timney is every bit as good as the s3g for feel and shortness of reset.
The cmc triggers are okay, but I had reset problems with them when they got dirty.
The geissele dmr trigger is worth it for a precision ar.
For fast shooting on a range, the timney is the best bang for the buck.
 
The ACT triggers are replacement AR15 triggers, that being, well made standard AR15 triggers, manufactured from AR15 trigger/hammer forgings. Specifically not Geissele Automatics triggers, which are a whole different system. Some departments allow nothing other than standard triggers, for them, ALG. For advanced departments who do robust trials, (or the military), there is GA. ;)

Reliability, either will do whatever most need. GA triggers are more reliable than any other AR15 trigger.
 
I'm a relative rookie so take this for what it's worth. It may be that you have a combination of a poor trigger and some technique issue or issues.

This is what I did without even waiting for problems to come up. I got my AR in the fall. My stock Stag trigger felt long to me and a bit heavy. My guess is that it was probably OK but I'm a "want the best, kind of guy". Based on reading alone I decided to buy a Geisselle 3G. I installed that in my lower. Shortly after, I bought a CMMG .22 upper for the rig and installed all the accessories needed to make my .22 and the .223 as close to identical as possible in look, feel and weight.

I shoot the .22 a lot in Steel Challenge practice and matches here in Texas where I spend my winters. SC gobbles up a lot of rounds and rewards smoothness and speed. Misfires, poor technique and misses are all penalized heavily so trigger control is primo.

When I install the .223 upper, everything is exactly the same as when I use the .22. The stock, cheek saddle, AFG and rail system are all identical so some of my skills developed shooting 100's of .22 rounds under pressure transfer to the .223. As the trigger is one and the same, I think I have a good setup and system to help me improve. Practice at $.04 a round certainly helps :)

It's not an inexpensive solution but I don't have 20 years to learn and have fun.

Gord
 
Big_Red said:
Nope! If you are looking at a SSA-E I believe CSC has the lowest price this side of the border.
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Actually I'm waiting for an SD-E to come in, which is the same as the SSA-E, but with the flat trigger bow instead. I wasn't aware that CSC carried Geissele triggers - always good to know of another shop of does as they seem to always fly off the shelf when they are in stock.
 
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