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12/26/2025 6:27:34 PM EDT
I decided to post this as a new topic for those who might be interested in changing out their Stribog lower with one from A3 Industries. My order arrived less than 2 weeks.  The new lower mated up with the upper nice and tight without any wiggles. Installed with a new CMC cassette-type AR trigger:

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Dry fire and function testing done with snap caps seemed to work fine with the pile of magazines I have, AKV, Magpul, CZ 1st and 2nd Gen.  The lock back function worked 100% with AKV and CZ mags, but the Magpul magazines didn't so I decided to use only the AKVs and CZs

Went to the range this morning for live fire testing.  Started with 1 round in each of the magazine for lock back test. All locked back just fine.

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However, when I tried the next test, which was 5 to 40 rounds in those magazines, the trigger failed to reset, all 6 magazines.  To narrow down the issue, I loaded 1 in the chamber using a mag, remove the magazine, then fired.  Trigger did not reset => It is not the magazine but the trigger itself.  Packed up and went home.

On the bench, this is what the difference between stock trigger hammer and CMC (I used 2 pin punch to line up the OEM receiver and the new A3 receiver):

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I ordered a new Rise Armament 140 just because A3 offered this trigger unit as optional so my thinking it better work.  In the mean time, I have a brand new TriggerTech (backup for my match AR) that I could 'borrow' for testing, lined them up using pin punch and wow...big difference in hammer length:

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I repeated the single round no magazine test at home and the trigger did reset (as expected with a longer hammer).  Will repeat these tests at the range tomorrow and update.

12/30/2025 7:35:13 PM EDT
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Update - Live fire tests today was 100% with all magazines.  Trigger reset was perfect, no issues.  Overall I'm happy with the new A3 lower.
1/2/2026 12:09:32 AM EDT
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I need to get one of these some times. Have a glut of Evo 3 mags and an AR trigger  would be nice.

I also see you are a member of the same club. Love the new PCC range. I spend way too much time there.
1/3/2026 10:44:31 AM EDT
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I need to get one of these some times. Have a glut of Evo 3 mags and an AR trigger  would be nice.
I also see you are a member of the same club. Love the new PCC range. I spend way too much time there.
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Happy New Year fellow member! I love this club, no where else provided steels for members to use.

The A3 lower solved a PITA issue for me, loading them Stribog magazines.  I contacted MagLula and Speedbeez but they won't be making the specific loader for Stribog anytime soon, I already stubbed my finger a few times on the ETS stick loader and it was hit or miss.  Having a nice AR trigger and better grip angle cinched the deal for me.  Worth every bit of that $200.
1/12/2026 9:40:58 AM EDT
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Final update - Put the HBi short stroke buffer back in after everything else function tested.  The Stribog with A3 lower worked 100% with all magazines and ammo (Blazer 115, Magtech steel case 115 & 124, Fed 115, and S&B 115).

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