ALG Defense triggers

So I was buying some other items and thought I'd give the ALG QMS trigger a try. Relatively inexpensive and makes no claims to be a target or match trigger, just an improvement over the typically long and gritty pull of most stock triggers.

I'm probably telling you something you already know, but the improvement is vast. The pull is not actually lighter, it is advertised as not being lower than 5 1/2 pounds. However, there is very little take up and no noticeable over-travel. I'd compare it to a mid to low end bolt rifle trigger. If you can manage the stock trigger on a Ruger 10/22, this will feel like a dream.

If i were building another target or varmint rifle, I'd spend the money on a Geissele. For a general use rifle or carbine, I think I've found my new default trigger. Now I've got to order a few more and install them on the rest of my rifles.

I've shot rifles with enormous round counts. Some owned by me and others owned by our rich Uncle Sam. Enormous being tens of thousands of rounds and multiple barrels and bolts. Wear does improve things, but it will not reduce take up and over travel. Those two items are far more important than pull weight or gritty feel. If every rifle came with a trigger like the ALG, I suspect aftermarket sales would be halved, at least.

I agree completely with the grease, though. Most people squirt some CLP or oil in the FCG and call it good. That works, but grease is where it's at when it comes to trigger mechanism.

I haven't had a chance to shoot it yet, just dry fire. I picked up a set of JP Enterprises 3.5T springs, the "enhanced reliability" with red hammer spring. Lots of stuff on the net about reduced weight package with yellow hammer spring. Not so much with the red. I'll give an update in a few weeks when I can burn a few hundred rounds of M193 and check reliable function with the combination of ALG trigger and JP red hammer spring.

I put the springs in after my original post. The pull is noticeably lighter and take up and over travel are unchanged. However, the break loses a bit of the crispness. More of a very short "roll off" than a crisp break. I'll leave the springs in long enough to check reliability, but am already considering putting the ALG supplied springs back in the rifle, before I've even fired a shot. We'll see what the range time tells me.

I prefer a slightly heavier but crisp break than slightly mushy. I'm also not willing to give up reliability. I'll post an update later this month when I can evaluate the combination with actual shooting and determine if reports of light strikes with the yellow hammer (3.5 kit) spring are also an issue with the red (3.5T kit).

I shot the rifle this past weekend with the ALG trigger and JP springs, specifically with hard primer NATO M193 ammunition. No light strikes after 200 rounds. But I'll probably put the ALG supplied springs back in just because I prefer the crisper let off.