General Disarray,
You are right!!! the trigger is a joke as in their attempt to 'sporterize' the AK the trigger is connected with a long arm and instead of pulling it feels more like lifting. You can actually use it but with a US made tapco G2 trigger for $25 the improvement is 200%. The good thing about the trigger being like that, like in the saiga shotguns, is that the conversion is even easier. There are no back pins to drill out. Simply remove the trigger plate at the bottom, put a tapco or other AK grip and presto! the trigger counts for 3 922r compliance parts which is great as it is also a huge improvement. A US made surefire magazine will give you 3 parts too so you do not need to do anything else but after you move the trigger you need the grip and the stock otherwise it will look like an abomination.
You can actually get the entire thing compliant for around $180 depending of options you want and how fancy you want it.
Read this post....
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=567005
Cheers,
E.