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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Is Bill Springfield's trigger job still reputable?

Posted: 3/8/2021 10:35:32 AM EDT

Thinking about having a trigger job done by Triggerwork.net. Any recent experience with them? I've heard mostly good things about Springfield's work, but occasional issues have popped up.

Posted: 3/8/2021 10:38:41 AM EDT

[#1]

No. Google will quickly bring up a ton of people who have had issues with him. A trigger isn't an area where I'm personally willing to chance it.

Posted: 3/8/2021 10:43:19 AM EDT

[#2]

Had him rework a AR-15 trigger group for one of my single stage rigs probably 3 years ago. Couldn't be more happy with the results.

Posted: 3/8/2021 10:54:13 AM EDT

[#3]

I have an old Olympic Ultra Match with the factory Williams set trigger.It works very well.

Posted: 3/8/2021 11:30:20 AM EDT

[#4]

I had one on a .22 dedicated AR.
It would sometimes release the hammer on let off.
It was smooth though ??.

Posted: 3/8/2021 11:45:22 AM EDT

[#5]

I wouldn’t trust his work today. Way too many issues have been voiced including at least one person that posted here, having to go to his home to retrieve their property.

Posted: 3/8/2021 11:51:50 AM EDT

[#6]

I don’t know if I would trust him, but I know that when you grind surface hardened parts bad things happen.

Posted: 3/8/2021 12:03:14 PM EDT

[#7]

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Posted: 3/8/2021 1:43:36 PM EDT

[#8]

I’ve only had good luck with his stuff. Since we are in a Hk forum I’m assuming you’re asking specifically about Hk triggers. He did one of my old Ati imported mke mp5. It’s an excellent trigger with a much better pull and almost no take up. For the money it was worth it and it has been 100% reliable but ymmv.

Posted: 3/8/2021 1:47:55 PM EDT

[#9]

I had him do my hk91 trigger WAY back in the day (circa 2005) and it came back amazing. He also did an ar15 and my h&k g36/sl8 trigger, also came out great.

Posted: 3/8/2021 5:31:05 PM EDT

[#10]

Bill did several HK 9X series triggers for me 15-16 years ago and they were (still are) fantastic. His work as of the past couple of years has been hit or miss and I suspect he may have somewhat of a drinking problem, but that's pure speculation on my part.

Posted: 3/8/2021 9:48:11 PM EDT

[#11]

Just get a Williams trigger

Posted: 3/8/2021 10:31:32 PM EDT

[#12]

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Unfortunately he retired. Great triggers. Although I did have one go full auto in a G3 at an indoor range. That was fun...

Posted: 3/8/2021 10:35:27 PM EDT

[#13]

NO.

Posted: 3/9/2021 1:00:03 PM EDT

[#14]

There's Kevin at MK3 Firearm that does trigger work for HK. They're a gunsmith in my town. I stopped by their shop yesterday and got to play with the single stage + short reset trigger they did on a 308 and 9mm lower, felt clean.

HK 94 93 91 Trigger Pack Single Stage Trigger Job

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWtlKu-rgWI

Posted: 3/12/2021 12:41:48 PM EDT

[#15]

Good vid but what is the pull weight?

Posted: 3/16/2021 9:02:04 PM EDT

[#16]

He did a HK91 trigger for me. Was supposed to break at 3 1/2. Actual weight of pull was around 5. It felt smooth and crisp so I just kept it.
Never told him about as I was ok with it.

Posted: 3/16/2021 10:31:11 PM EDT

[#17]

Sounds about right. He let me try trigger of both 308 and 9mm lower. The 9mm lower has a much lighter trigger pull than the 308.

Posted: 3/16/2021 11:28:53 PM EDT

[#18]

I had him do a couple AR15 triggers and ended up throwing them in the trash some 20 years ago.
He had a terrible reputation back then on the various boards. Haven't heard his name in years, and that's a good thing.

Posted: 4/24/2021 9:14:24 AM EDT

[#19]

I have a trigger pack in my parts box that formerly belonged to a local Arfcommer which was destroyed by Bill Springfield. It has a nice, light, smooth trigger break on ‘F’, a heavier trigger break on ‘S’, and for the former owner, a glitchy trigger break if he wiggled the lower housing a certain way. I could not replicate the third failure in my old Portuguese G3S, but it turned both of our rifles into jam-a-matics.

I brought the trigger pack to my gunsmith & he was aghast at how much material was missing from the trigger, sear, and hammer. The trigger return spring was wadded-up & twisted around in order to push the trigger forward, which didn’t work well.

Bill’s solution to my buddy?

“Send in the rest of the trigger housing & parts, I’ll make it work...”

Uhh... Fuck that.

Posted: 4/30/2021 6:52:29 AM EDT

[#20]

Another no from me. My father sent in a pack and when it came back it would burst/ride the bolt home.

I thought i was just bump firing it from the shoulder but nope, it was a run away. Sent it back and I swear he just put normal parts back in.

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