JP yellow springs for stock trigger

[BiggieXD]

Decided to take everything back out and do a little polishing. Rangefinder this Friday, so ill let you guys know how it goes. Judging so far by the snap caps, the pull seems a hell of a lot smoother.

 

[Claymore_Dude]

This might be a stupid question, but what does a lighter trigger provide? From my understanding is it just to decrease the trigger reset for faster follow up shots? Also where can I find them? Seem to be out on Midway

 

[Majorlk]

This might be a stupid question, but what does a lighter trigger provide? From my understanding is it just to decrease the trigger reset for faster follow up shots? Also where can I find them? Seem to be out on Midway

Not a stupid question, at all; A very good one.

A lighter trigger pull generally yields better trigger control, less disturbance of the sight picture when pulling the trigger, smoother release. It may or may not affect trigger reset speed, depending upon the design of the trigger.

Trigger pull on Olympic competition firearms is measure in ounces, not pounds, all for the above reasons. I have two match pistols with pulls of 18 and 14 ounces; A dream to shoot.

JP springs yield minimal reduction unless one takes the time to polish the mating surfaces of the hammer and trigger hooks, BTW.

 

[Gopher Slayer]

Yep.

Lighter/improved triggers make it easier to shoot more accurately.

A highly skilled shooter with trigger time on the firearm in question can run a stock trigger just as well. Rob Leatham could win the Bianchi with a Hi-Point.

 

[Claymore_Dude]

Not a stupid question, at all; A very good one.

A lighter trigger pull generally yields better trigger control, less disturbance of the sight picture when pulling the trigger, smoother release. It may or may not affect trigger reset speed, depending upon the design of the trigger.

Trigger pull on Olympic competition firearms is measure in ounces, not pounds, all for the above reasons. I have two match pistols with pulls of 18 and 14 ounces; A dream to shoot.

JP springs yield minimal reduction unless one takes the time to polish the mating surfaces of the hammer and trigger hooks, BTW.

Thanks for the help! I'll look into how to polish the hammer and trigger hooks!

 

[Majorlk]

Thanks for the help! I'll look into how to polish the hammer and trigger hooks!

Disassemble the FCG and use a very light touch with a hard Arkansas stone on the surfaces, being careful not to change any angles. If you know what you are doing, you can use white polishing compound on a slow speed Dremel felt wheel. Again, a light touch ...

 

[Whitey66]

for 10 bucks at Brownells, Just try it out....Then play with polishing. I like it is def no JARD orTIMNEY or CMC

 

[photoracer]

This might be a stupid question, but what does a lighter trigger provide? From my understanding is it just to decrease the trigger reset for faster follow up shots? Also where can I find them? Seem to be out on Midway

Not really. Reset and lock time is usually a function of the trigger design not the pull weight. I found on both my PC and regular model that is is possible to shoot fast enough to not have the trigger reset properly. Springs don't really help that but in fact often make it worse because the lighter trigger pull allows you to move your finger faster. Happened on both the 15-22 stock trigger and the RRA trigger of the PC model. Only cure is a faster reset and quicker lock time trigger. One solution that many use is installing a Geissele Super 3-Gun trigger. With an S3G trigger in an AR you can dump a 30 round mag in 4 seconds flat. Not the only trigger that will do that as some like the AT AR-Gold or the Wilson Combat 3-gun.

 

[BiggieXD]

AND THE VERDICT IS..... gun ran flawlessly! not one FTF! 225 rounds today at the range. I would say the yellow springs were a good choice

 

[magnetik]

fwiw, the first time I went out with the JP springs a few weeks ago.. I had no issues. This weekend I shot CCI AR Tactical, Fed Bulk 36gn and 40gn, and Fed Automatch.. However I was getting light hammer strikes kinda randomly. The only difference was it was very cold this time around (I was seeing snow flakes). It wasn't the ammo since I saved all of them (5-6 rounds) and shot them out of my bolt gun just fine. I am going to try and use my factory hammer spring and try again this weekend.

 

[photoracer]

fwiw, the first time I went out with the JP springs a few weeks ago.. I had no issues. This weekend I shot CCI AR Tactical, Fed Bulk 36gn and 40gn, and Fed Automatch.. However I was getting light hammer strikes kinda randomly. The only difference was it was very cold this time around (I was seeing snow flakes). It wasn't the ammo since I saved all of them (5-6 rounds) and shot them out of my bolt gun just fine. I am going to try and use my factory hammer spring and try again this weekend.

If you are shooting in cold weather and not keeping the ammo warm enough to keep the bullet lube flowing you can have a lot of feeding, ejecting, and hammer strike issues.
In the earliest days of the 15-22 almost everyone I know swapped out to the JP springs and no one had any hammer strike issues. Later on many went so far as to put in a better AR trigger instead. I even had a combo that produced a 1.25# trigger, yet I had no light strikes so I can't believe that the springs are the issue with light strikes. The preponderence of evidence says that is not the solution.

 

[magnetik]

yeah no problems ejecting etc.. just light hammer strikes. I could see a slight strike on the bullet. I also never had an issue ever with light strikes before i put in the hammer spring on the RRA NM trigger on the PC. My deductive reasoning is that something caused light strikes this last weekend at the range and springs were the only thing I swapped out. (plus the rounds fired fine in my bolt gun) I've shot in colder weather also without issue before swapping with a variety of cheap ammo. I'm just going to put back the hammer and leave the trigger springs and see what happens.