Trigger job or better a new trigger??

[Joe37cali]

Hello all,
I have a M&P 15 sport and so far I am very happy with it.
The only thing I would like to change is the trigger.
Has anybody done anything on a sport? Does it make sense to to to a gun smith or better to buy a new trigger?

Thanks,

 

[jepp2]

If you are going to replace the trigger, the best trigger I have tried is the Timney replacement trigger, but it isn't cheap. It is really nice! link

But I really like the work that Bill Springfield does on mil spec triggers. He has done both the normal and the lightening ones for me. His turnaround time is quick. Bill Springfield link

Brownells has some replacement triggers, but I haven't tried any of them yet.

 

[358156hp]

The guys I trust say to either replace the trigger with a heavy-duty match replacement, or learn to live with the trigger you already have. They seem to favor the Geissele trigger for most target use, or Rock Rivers 2 stage match trigger. They do warn rather emphatically that factory AR triggers are not deeply heat treated, and that it doesn't take much stoning on a factory unit to leave you with a dead soft trigger & hammer that will wear out rather quickly. Take it with a grain of salt of course, YMMV.

 

[Wee Hooker]

Rock River offers the best bang for the buck in a match trigger at $125 IMHO. That said, I've recently made two of my AR's with factory triggers MUCH better with a $10 (JP) reduced power spring kit and a (carefully adjusted) 40 cent 1/4-28 set screw. They now break clean near 6# and have virtually no creep. Plenty good for a "do all" rifle.
You can find the tutorial on you tube for the set screw trick.
To be clear, I'm not recommending anybody do the mod, just stating that it worked fine for me. yada-yada.

 

[BigBill]

I lube all my guns with moly. I put a tad of moly on every trigger sear. It will smooth out the roughness of the trigger and lesson the trigger pull by up to 50% right away and more as it works into the pores of the metal. To me its an expensive trigger job in a can.

www.tsmoly.com I use the moly paste or anti seeze.

My point is all my triggers have the same feel. This way i can shoot any trigger as an equal since there all close enough. I believe the smoothness of the let off also helps with accuracy too.