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AR-15 Trigger Upgrade Poll
AR-15 Trigger Upgrade Poll
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 Site Supporter   Location: Faxon, OK Joined: Sat Mar 19, 2011 Posts: 17833 Real Name: Chuck 
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OK, I built my awesome budget AR ($550).
If I were to upgrade it, which trigger should I get? (Remember I'm cheap, and hate AR's) _________________ "The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it." Thomas Jefferson "Evil often triumphs, but never conquers." Joseph Roux |
| Mon Jan 19, 2015 9:09 pm |
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Site Admin   Location: Renton, WA Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2011 Posts: 52120 Real Name: Steve
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It's a budget blaster? Leave it alone, that's my vote.
Oh wait, this discussion is probably going to go the way of the thread on the miracle barrel compound, lol.... _________________ Steve Benefactor Life Member, National Rifle Association Life Member, Second Amendment Foundation Patriot & Life Member, Gun Owners of America Life Member, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Legal Action Supporter, Firearms Policy Coalition Member, NAGR/NFGR Please support the organizations that support all of us. Leave it cleaner than you found it. |
| Mon Jan 19, 2015 9:12 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Spanaway WA Joined: Wed Jul 6, 2011 Posts: 6318 Real Name: Hugo Stiglitz
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If you look around you can get a CMC Trigger for around 160$ and they are absolutely as good as a the other options you listed or better IMO.
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| Mon Jan 19, 2015 9:14 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Spokane Joined: Tue Apr 12, 2011 Posts: 9653 Real Name: Hans Edlefreth III.
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Leave it alone and break it in naturally.
_________________ -A cowardly man thinks he will ever live, if warfare he avoids; but old age will give him no peace, though spears may spare him. "For I have always lived violently, drunk hugely, eaten too much or not at all, slept around the clock or missed two nights of sleeping, worked too hard and too long in glory, or slobbed for a time in utter laziness. I’ve lifted, pulled, chopped, climbed, made love with joy and taken my hangovers as a consequence, not as a punishment." -- John Steinbeck "Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing." -- Oscar Wilde "Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one." -- Marcus Aurelius "Now I'm off to check out Drew's dick." -- MadPick |
| Mon Jan 19, 2015 9:14 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Maple Valley, WA Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 Posts: 9279 Real Name: Young
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MadPick wrote: It's a budget blaster? Leave it alone, that's my vote. Oh wait, this discussion is probably going to go the way of the thread on the miracle barrel compound, lol....  Dude... if you are truly cheap... this is a "no-brainer" Leave it alone. Don't put a $200 trigger in a $600 gun. That's like putting a $200+ rifle scope on a basic 10/22... _________________ "Shoot Often, Shoot Safely and Share Your Sport!" Jim Scoutten, Shooting USA |
| Mon Jan 19, 2015 9:19 pm |
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Site Supporter Location: Faxon, OK Joined: Sat Mar 19, 2011 Posts: 17833 Real Name: Chuck
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That's why the "other" option was included.
_________________ "The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it." Thomas Jefferson "Evil often triumphs, but never conquers." Joseph Roux |
| Mon Jan 19, 2015 9:22 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Bellingham Canada Joined: Thu Jan 3, 2013 Posts: 4999 Real Name: Josheewa
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I had my local gunsmith microslick the Stag milspec hammer I got with my Stag lpk. It feels as every bit as good as an ALG ACT trigger now. Smooth and crisp after a few hundred break in rounds. Cost me $5 for the coating. Best cheap trigger upgrade ever.
_________________ It must be frustrating always being the smartest person in the room.-Jagerbomber35 Divided we fall. |
| Mon Jan 19, 2015 9:26 pm |
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Site Admin Location: Renton, WA Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2011 Posts: 52120 Real Name: Steve
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golddigger14s wrote: That's why the "other" option was included. Oh, okay. Voted "other"; leave it alone.  _________________ Steve Benefactor Life Member, National Rifle Association Life Member, Second Amendment Foundation Patriot & Life Member, Gun Owners of America Life Member, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Legal Action Supporter, Firearms Policy Coalition Member, NAGR/NFGR Please support the organizations that support all of us. Leave it cleaner than you found it. |
| Mon Jan 19, 2015 9:26 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Richland, WA Joined: Sun Nov 25, 2012 Posts: 633 Real Name: Jay
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If your cheap leave it alone, if you have to have a nice trigger for cheap you can get the CMC trigger for about 160 instead of 200 if you shop around online.
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| Mon Jan 19, 2015 9:28 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: S. Everett Joined: Thu May 2, 2013 Posts: 3042
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i disagree with everyone so far.
i have a ALG ACT trigger and I LOVE IT. huge upgrade over crappy ass triggers from rra or budget lpk's. its only $66. nice and crisp, great feedback and nice 5-6lb break. if you're ever up in my area, i'll let you shoot my rifle. |
| Tue Jan 20, 2015 11:14 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: Piece/Clallam Joined: Wed Oct 17, 2012 Posts: 10688
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if your cheap
alg qms or act could go 2 stage cmmg or RR if you go cheap on everything else. spending good money on a trigger is funny _________________  Yaki's - last journey Promote a Growth Mindset. Don't let a fixed mindset not allow change for the better. pow·er trip - noun - a self-aggrandizing quest for ever-increasing control over others. |
| Tue Jan 20, 2015 11:53 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: NE WA Joined: Tue Oct 18, 2011 Posts: 5500 Real Name: The Dude
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I put an SSA in my AR last year.
It's not the trigger you want if you want to duplicate FA with your finger, get a 2-3lb single stage. It's a very smooth slow fire 2 stage trigger. Perfect for my somewhat heavy 20" fluted barrel rifle, YMMV. _________________ "Wherever you go, there you are." |
| Tue Jan 20, 2015 12:13 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Olympia Joined: Mon Apr 25, 2011 Posts: 146 Real Name: Chris
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I'm also fairly cheap when it comes to triggers, all the ones I've bought have been on sale so you can find them below your listed prices.
Currently I have ACT - 45$ , SSA - $160, CMC 3.5lb single stage flat, $140. Those are in order of heavy to lightest feeling trigger. If you like the 2 stage, I think the SSA, (and the lighter SSA-E) are really nice. CMC has come out with a 2 stage, haven't tried that one yet. For a light 1 stage pull, the CMC flat trigger is very smooth/clean brake. I have used the ACT the most, moving it around to different ARs, nice trigger, smooth, but heavier than the other two. It all comes down to what you want to do with the rifle. Rainier Arms has most of them set up to test out in their showroom. |
| Tue Jan 20, 2015 12:46 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Everson, WA Joined: Sun Jan 6, 2013 Posts: 28196 Real Name: Ace Winky
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I too love the POF. And yes you can sometimes score it for $150 but for a low cost beater I would polish the contact surfaces and lube it up. You will be surprised that the grit be gone.
_________________ Why does the Penguin in Batman sound like a duck? Because the eagle sounds like a hawk. |
| Tue Jan 20, 2015 12:59 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Graham Joined: Sun Sep 4, 2011 Posts: 2222
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Mr. Q wrote: i disagree with everyone so far. i have a ALG ACT trigger and I LOVE IT. huge upgrade over crappy ass triggers from rra or budget lpk's. its only $66. nice and crisp, great feedback and nice 5-6lb break. if you're ever up in my area, i'll let you shoot my rifle. ALG triggers are all that is needed imho. And for $45 - $65... not a major cost upgrade. _________________ What is a Waterbouget? It is that yellow thing in the middle, below my user name. |
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