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Posted: 5/16/2009 7:40:46 AM EDT
| Fixing to do a build with an Essential lower and a J&T upper. Looking at trigger options.This will be my first build and I am trying to keep costs down so a $ 300 Timmney trigger is not an option. I see J&T has a two stage trigger option for 100 bucks,anyone have any experience with them? Or what about having a smith work the stock trigger? Any ideas appreciated.Also new to the site and AR's( picked a fine time to do a build huh) but not to firearms. Lots of shooting and reloading etc with handguns(custom.45's) and bolt guns. Thanks for the info. |
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+1 I just received mine back had him do a 3lb trigger job and could not be any happier.Mike |
Or get out your dremel tool, the little buffing wheels, some polishing compound, and make all the contacts on the hammer, sear, and inside (trigger and hammer surfaces, not reciver contacts) of the pins look like a mirror. You'll be suprised how good a factory trigger feels if you slick it up and get rid of the machine marks. Best of all, NO COST! (if you have a dremel)
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Or get out your dremel tool, the little buffing wheels, some polishing compound, and make all the contacts on the hammer, sear, and inside (trigger and hammer surfaces, not reciver contacts) of the pins look like a mirror. You'll be suprised how good a factory trigger feels if you slick it up and get rid of the machine marks. Best of all, NO COST! (if you have a dremel) I would not suggest any dremeling to someone that is new to this game. Bill Springfield for $50 does one hell of a 3lb trigger job and for $35 he does a 4lb which includeds return shipping.I build my own rifles not just putting them together and i dont like playing with triggers until i get the proper fixtures then i will do my own triggers. Mike |
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Get the 4lb trigger job on a standard trigger from Bill Springfield and you will be amazed. The 3lb trigger can have issues with hard military primers. The feel is as good as any drop in replacement trigger costing several hundred dollars. I agree with the 4lb trigger for standard 223 AR's but if you will be running a wildcat that you will be loading for and are shooting for accuracy or varmint hunting the 3lb is the way to go. Mmike |
All I did, was bob about 1/2 of the tail off of the hammer and put some red low power springs in there and did a 15 minute trigger job. I spent maybe 1/2 hour working on it and I have gotten several compliments on how nice my trigger is. I did start with a RRA LPK so from my understanding their standard single stage trigger is pretty nice to begin with. I like to mess with stuff so this was the logical decision for me, if I had been reluctant to mess with it I would have sent it to Bill Springfield w/o hesitation. 
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