With that out of the way, here is what ultimately made up my mind to go with the Franklin Armory BFS III.
In semi mode, I don't see any reason that this would not function just like a "mil-spec" ar-15 trigger.
Take that for what it is worth, but to me, it speaks volumes in terms of reliability.
Additionally, this is a nice mil-spec type of trigger, smoother take-up, and what I would call a good clean break.
I will also mention that I do like a bit of a heaver trigger with a fair amount of take-up in this platform.
I'm not really looking for a target gun, as much as a reliable shooter... I installed the heavier springs straight away.
I see a lot of people say that it's a range toy because of hammer follow issues as if they MUST shoot binary mode 100% of the time.
If just doing mag dumps is your thing, I totally get it.
But I like to have the option, and I like knowing that the trigger system is not going to fail and take the weapon completely out of action.
If I get a hammer follow in binary mode, and I need the weapon to function now, then I can just cycle the bolt and keep running.
I would much rather take that option than having to worry whether or not my MIM hammer suddenly just cracked from fatigue failure... Yikes!
I would also add that I feel like "tuning" an AR is not really something that is new... so that aspect didn't really scare me.