AR-15 ENHANCED MILITARY-STYLE TRIGGERS Reviews & Ratings

Trigger/hammer kits feature rugged military-type components carefully prepped to give a smoother trigger pull while maintaining the original geometry for maximum reliability. These are “enhanced standard” triggers, so the armorer continues to work with the configuration he’s accustomed to. The QMS (Quality Mil-Spec) set has the sear contact surface precision-honed to smooth and lighten the pull to around 6½ lbs. The ACT (ALG Combat Trigger) adds nickel-boron coating on the trigger and nickel-Teflon coating on the hammer, disconnnector, and pins to increase surface hardness and reduce friction, with an average pull weight of about 6 lbs.

SPECS: Hammer/trigger – 8620 steel. Disconnnector – 1070 high-carbon steel. Hammer/trigger pins – heat treated 4140 chrome-moly steel. Both kits contain trigger, trigger spring, hammer, 2 hammer springs, disconnnector, disconnnector spring, hammer and trigger pins, and instructions.?

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Reviews Summary

The ALG AR-15 Enhanced Military-Style Triggers receive consistently strong praise for their smooth and crisp trigger pull, with many customers reporting significant improvements over factory triggers. Users appreciate the affordability, ease of installation, and options for spring customization. However, some experienced issues with trigger creep and pull weight variability, making it less suitable for precision shooting for a few users.

What Reviewers Are Saying

Product Performance

75%

Customers frequently highlight the significant improvement in performance compared to stock triggers. Many note the smoother pull, reduced gritty feel, crisp break, and solid reset, leading to better shooting accuracy and faster follow-up shots. This theme garnered mention from approximately 75% of reviewers.

Installation Experience

65%

Reviewers commonly find the installation process to be straightforward and beginner-friendly, with many stating that no special tools were needed and that the provided instructions made the task easy. About 65% of reviewers emphasized the simplicity of installing the trigger.

Value for Money

70%

The affordability of the ALG triggers is frequently commended, with many customers noting that the significant performance enhancements make them a great value compared to more expensive options. Around 70% of reviewers expressed satisfaction with the cost-effectiveness of the product.

Customization Options

40%

Several reviews discuss trying different spring sets to modify the trigger pull weight, with mixed success. Some users succeeded in getting a lighter pull with alternative springs, while others experienced issues with functionality. Approximately 40% of reviewers mentioned experimenting with spring options.

Inconsistencies in Trigger Quality

20%

Some reviewers experienced inconsistencies in trigger performance, including reports of creep and unwanted variability in pull weight. A subset of users found the triggers less effective than anticipated, highlighting that not every unit performed flawlessly. This topic was raised by about 20% of the reviewers.

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Sorely Disappointed!!!

I am very surprised about the good reviews and that is why I purchased this trigger. Bought this for about $45 thinking it would be a vast improvement over the stock which is horrible when serious about tight groups. Have other polished triggers and thought this one would even beat the ones I have. Well it was an improvement, which almost any trigger would be over the stock trigger but definitely not worth the money. Still had way too much creep and the break was almost 7lbs. Have bought polished triggers from another company for about the same price with MUCH better performance. Got the other polished triggers from another company down to less than 5 lbs with 0 creep. Was hoping I could even beat what I did with those other polished triggers but was very disappointed. Will be swapping this one out and never purchasing another. Learned my lesson.

Slam Fire!

I installed this trigger in a suppressed PSA 9MM carbine (which worked flawlessly for the several months I've owned it). I originally used the included lighter hammer spring but was getting frequent Failure to Fires - light primer strikes. I swapped that spring out for the heavier spring and test fired the gun. The first few shots were fine, then the gun went uncontrolled full auto until the 20 round magazine was empty! I returned to my shop, dismantled the gun and everything appeared normal. After a thorough cleaning I returned to my range and tried again. Bam...Bam...Bam...BAMBAMBAMBAMBAM - full auto again! I concluded that the gun was slam firing based on the deformed cases I picked up off the ground. I reinstalled the original trigger and everything was back to normal with no malfunctions whatsoever. So...perhaps this trigger is simply not suitable for blowback guns?

Unexpected poor performance

I purchased 2 of the ACT triggers and was pleased, as both were a significant improvement over the factory triggers in my AR's. After reading the reviews on the QMS trigger and figuring it was $20.00 cheaper I thought I would take a chance. After installing the QMS, I was somewhat surprised that it was worse than the factory trigger. It had more creep and was only slightly easier to release. Pulled it and put the original trigger back in. If I purchase another ALG trigger in the future, it will be an ACT. Unless I just got a bad trigger, I'm surprised at so many positive reviews

Drag

Thank heavens it was only $45. Some improvement over the mil-spec that it replaced but not as much as I hoped. Still a nasty bit of trigger creep which adversely affects the tightness of the groups. I'll re-install the mil-spec group that I polished with 2000-grit and see how that performs.