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Posted: 12/24/2007 5:29:24 PM EDT
| I've seen so much talk about how good this and that trigger is.......some cost almost $300 and as cheap as $88. What exactly are you getting that is so much better spending $300 for a match trigger over the cheaper ones? I'm not getting into naming name brands but i for one have used a few different one and haven't seen any advantages of the more expensive triggers over the cheaper ones. A dead prairie dog sure don't seem to know the difference either. Even the cheapest of the match 2 stage triggers that I have tried still killed those darned pasture poodles out to just as far as the gun would shoot just fine. I did my time shooting on military teams and played the NRA High Power game for quite a few years and loved it, but any of these triggers available on the market now will shoot high master scores if the guy pulling it does his job. Maybe it's just braggin rights or mine is bigger than yours syndrome.......i dunno, but I think a person is better off buying the cheaper trigger that works just as well and using the extra money for more ammo to shoot with. He'll have alot more fun if he does. This is just my opinion and we all know what opinions are like....everyone's got at least one. |
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Some triggers are more reliable than others. Some offer adjustments to get just the way the owner likes. Some are single stage and others are double stage. Almost any aftermarket trigger will offer better feel that the stock single stage mil spec triggers. Some are good from the factory and some are downright horrible. If you are happy with what you have then great but you are right. Opinions are just that. I had a RRA crap out in under 1000 rounds and become a terrible single stage. I had an Armalite chip a piece off the disconnector and become an interesting burst trigger. I have an LMT that is better than a mil spec trigger but nothing to rave about but it does the job. I also have several of the high $$ triggers that offer better feel and reliability the others I have tried have not shown. When at the range I have let people shoot my rifles with out telling them what trigger is in it and the experienced shooters comment on the trigger and like it. Have had a couple buy them after trying mine. So some people can feel a difference over other triggers. |
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It all comes down to material used and adjustability. Higher end triggers are made of much harder material and will hold a smooth edge for much longer and are very reliably adjustable. Just depends on what you want. $90 worth is good for some, $300 is good for others. Just like some want a Mercedes, and some want ford.........both will get ya there.  |
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Holliger tuned RRA Match trigger is really good for the price. Geissele seems to be the hot ticket..but is very pricey. I have an SR25 KAC in my match Spacegun and it's been flaless. Not cheap though. My bone stock RRA in my Retro Clone is gritty, rough, but has always worked....and probably duplicates a true Mil-Spec trigger in an old M-16. |
I have 4 RRA 2 stage triggers in my 4 ARs. Two came installed and I installed the other two for 1/2 the total cost of just one of the "high end" triggers. They all break clean at less than 4 1/2lb.and the only thing that I might do if I install another one is to try Bill Springfield's work just to see what the difference is. |
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My rifle came with the RRA 2-stage trigger. I never really appreciated it until I shot a friend's AR with an "ordinary" one-stage stock trigger. The "big idea" with aftermarket triggers is that they break more easily and cleanly. If you have a trigger that requires less force to actually fire the weapon, you use less muscle in your hands, which reduces inaccuracy due to motion. A lot of aftermarket triggers also endeavor to reduce over-travel, which is the trigger continuing to move after the hammer has been released...that too can cause inaccuracy. For a SHTF gun, it's not THAT important. For a match/competition-grade weapon, though, you'd appreciate it more. I now have the Timney one-stage trigger. I haven't live-fired it yet, but I've dry-fired it and am pretty impressed. Very smooth, light break with virtually no over-travel. Although the main reason I bought it was 1) the self-contained configuration appears more "rugged" and 2) the hammer doesn't have the commercial AR15 "notch", so I could run a 9mm upper on it if i wanted to. |
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I assume you are talking about the Geissele Hi Speed. It has the cleanest break of any trigger. It has the shortest take up of any 2 stage. It has near zero over travel. If you shoot fast and it is propperly tuned it feels like a single stage trigger. It is the most reliable adjustable 2 stage made. That is why it costs more than a RRA... because it is better in every way. There are people who will say a USGI is good enough comapred to after market triggers of any kind. There are people who will say a Super Sniper is good enough compared to Leupold or a Leupold is good enough compared to a S&B. There are people who will say a Wilson stainless barrel is good enough compared to a Shilen Ultra Match or Kreiger. This is pretty much the same situation. |
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