Who else has a really bad trigger?

[SpitfireSubgun]

I just got my replacement S & W 15-22. My first one had an out of battery round go off and broke the extractor. The distributor offered a relpacement and had it overnighted. Nice! But this trigger is so creepy and hard I'd rather have waited for my first 15-22 to get fixed. What do you think? check out the video.



YouTube - 100_0547.mov

 

[bang bang]

I just got my replacement S & W 15-22. My first one had an out of battery round go off and broke the extractor. The distributor offered a relpacement and had it overnighted. Nice! But this trigger is so creepy and hard I'd rather have waited for my first 15-22 to get fixed. What do you think? check out the video.



YouTube - 100_0547.mov

more creepy that a 50 yr old man in a trench coat in the park

 

[Timman]

I just got my replacement S & W 15-22. My first one had an out of battery round go off and broke the extractor. The distributor offered a relpacement and had it overnighted. Nice! But this trigger is so creepy and hard I'd rather have waited for my first 15-22 to get fixed. What do you think? check out the video.



YouTube - 100_0547.mov

Its gotta good beat, but you cant dance to it. J&P spring kit and some polishing...

 

[HAWKEYE10]

Looking at the video I think you are dry firing your 15/22 and you should never do that with any 22. The firing pin hits the edge of the case rim and with out a shell there the firing pin will hit the barrel. As stated above some JP 3.5 springs will help your trigger a lot. I have them in mine. Don

 

[reelman]

It's a AR trigger and while it's hard to tell from the video that kind of travel isn't unusual for an AR trigger. You can play with the springs or just get a good aftermarket trigger for it.

Don't worry about dry firing your gun. Mine has probably 500 dry fires on it already with no problems and target shooters usually dry fire there guns 10's of times more than live fire them.

 

[BELT_FED]

It's a AR trigger and while it's hard to tell from the video that kind of travel isn't unusual for an AR trigger. You can play with the springs or just get a good aftermarket trigger for it.

Don't worry about dry firing your gun. Mine has probably 500 dry fires on it already with no problems and target shooters usually dry fire there guns 10's of times more than live fire them.

most target shooters use a empty case or a snap cap... some even have rifles that have a firing pin that has a positive stop to keep it from hitting the breech face(pricey).. with that being said most have found that a set of j&p springs, a 1/4-28 setscrew and 20 min. is all that is needed to get the trigger the way they want it... springs and setscrew cost 15 bucks, aftermarket ar triggers start at 150 and go as high as you wanna go.. so do what ever you can afford.. drop in triggers are nice but pricey.. and i dont think you will find one any nicer than mine...i spent 15 bucks and 20 min. on it

 

[SpitfireSubgun]

Dry fire! Some do peen the chamber face, some don't. The 15-22 Smith doesn't. And if it did that's, what a file is for! I am not afraid to break my guns and then fix'em.

I have a 3lb Timney trigger in my Colt H-Bar and it's trigger parts stored way. But, before I go to that extreme, I will have to get this new firearm to the range and see how it feeds and extracts first.

 

[BeginingOfTheEnd]

+1 for the jp trigger kit

 

[chuck s]

A perfect trigger from the factory would take part of the fun out of this rifle! Any AR15 trigger set will work. The Rock River 2-stage worked wonderfully, but not that wonderfully to spend another $120 on a trigger for a $400 plinker/trainer.

The "15 Minute AR15 trigger job" works well and costs ya nothing. Likewise the JP yellow spring set which is a "drop in." I noted little if any difference between the two, but left the yellow springs in the rifle.

The stock disconnector spring in mine was "blue." The others, including the mainspring, are unpainted.

My trigger is smoothing with age.

Be careful polishing. The sear portion of the hammer and trigger are merely surface hardened. You can get a great pull, but can also take too much off and find yourself doing this again every few months.

-- Chuck

 

[SpitfireSubgun]

A perfect trigger from the factory would take part of the fun out of this rifle! Any AR15 trigger set will work. The Rock River 2-stage worked wonderfully, but not that wonderfully to spend another $120 on a trigger for a $400 plinker/trainer.

The "15 Minute AR15 trigger job" works well and costs ya nothing. Likewise the JP yellow spring set which is a "drop in." I noted little if any difference between the two, but left the yellow springs in the rifle.

The stock disconnector spring in mine was "blue." The others, including the mainspring, are unpainted.

My trigger is smoothing with age.

Be careful polishing. The sear portion of the hammer and trigger are merely surface hardened. You can get a great pull, but can also take too much off and find yourself doing this again every few months.

-- Chuck

I will definitely try the spring kit first!
I really guess I would have thought that by purchasing a " Major Manufacturer's " like Smith and Wesson, the end result would be a firearm of outstanding quality not a hit or miss trigger. Which is why I have owned more Colts in my lifetime ( age 49 ) that Smiths.

S & W lifetime 8, currently own 2
Colt lifetime 17, currently own 11

The other Smith is a Jerry Miculak 625 revolver mostly because it is chambered for .45 ACP Like most of my colts and Spitfire sub-machinegun. But that also is a custom action too.

The first M&P 15-22 had a nice firm trigger but no creep to it.