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Quoted: A two stage trigger has a take up first stage where, if it's a good one, you feel a distinct stop at the threshhold of the second stage. From there a nanohair of movement will fire the gun. While my first aftermarket triggers were single stage, I've become a convert to two stage FCGs. Personally I believe there's a cognitive component to the advantage of a two stage. While a good single stage such as a Timney will fire with just a tiny bit of movement, the take up of a two stage somehow seems to let me better "set" myself for the pull.
Perhaps someone else can express it more eloquently.
RRA's two stage is probably the most popular and, I believe, the least costly. Perhaps its popularity accounts for the fact that I see more gripes about it than I do any other. Nevertheless, many people like 'em and it is an improvement over the stock FCG.
The best is the Geissele SSA non-adjustable, but there's a few months of wait time to get one; it costs $145 from ADCO. It is, IMHO, better than its higher priced ($279) sibling, the Geissele High Speed which is also a fantastic trigger. In the SSA's price range another good one is the LMT two stage.
ETA - If you need to fire a round quickly, you'll never notice the difference between a single stage and a good two stage. | that helps A LOT. one thing i was curious about was if i had to fire quickly. and i tihnk i am gonna go with the RRA 2-stage LPK. Rainier sells them for $180. im gonna wait to get the lower receiver first. |
Is that price correct? Last one I purchased & installed for a friend was near $100 less. (It was a year+ ago though)
I've personally had the JP adjustable & the adjustable Bushmaster. I've also shot a friend's w/ a Jewell installed & my uncle's AR10 w/ the Armalite.
The JP & Bushmaster were nice once adjusted. IIRC, the JP adjustment needed tweaking every so often. The Bushmaster was decent but I felt it was lacking. Ultimately both of these were scrapped because, while I never had a FTF, the primer strikes sounded/seemed light. My ARs are primarily defensive weapons and if I use NATO ammo w/ a hard primer, I want reliability.
The Jewell trigger was amazing but, my acquintance said it was a pain to get set-up. It was so light and the Colt Elite he was running it was so heavy, it was the first time I fired a set-up where you could watch the holes getting punched in the paper. (He had a TASCO custom shop scope on it of all things and IIRC it was like 24 power) He showed me the Jewell trigger and it looked rather fragile.
I didn't spend much time w/ the Armalite version but my uncle seemed mostly satisfied. I believe he was considering swapping it out for the RRA.
As far as the RRA goes, I like it. Sure there's aftermarket triggers that can be tweaked to allow a better pull but, as far as a drop in modification- it's real nice IMO. What I like most of all about the RRA is that the hammer strike does not seem to be weakened in order to achieve a substantially superior trigger pull.
If I were going to go away from the standard Mil-spec trigger, I'd go w/ the RRA. Especially if we're talking about a defensive weapon. If it's a competition type gun, I'll leave the imput on those to the competitive paper punchers, of which, I am not one.
HTH
Sly