{"id":7493,"date":"2013-09-03T17:58:19","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T17:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramworks.net\/blog\/?p=7493"},"modified":"2015-10-25T19:50:00","modified_gmt":"2015-10-25T19:50:00","slug":"triggers-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/triggers-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Triggers Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Before<\/a>
Before you give up on a load shooting groups like this in your AR, you might want to think about replacing the trigger.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I have been working with ARs in .300 Blackout for several months now. After finishing a project where I tested the accuracy and terminal performance of a bunch of factory loads and some hand loads – See an upcoming issue of Shooting Illustrated<\/a> – I’d had about all I could stand of the horrific trigger on one of the test rifles. So, I switched upper receives to one of my lowers which has a Timney AR 15 trigger<\/a> installed.<\/p>\n

I went back to the bench and fired a few more 10-shot groups using the factory loads I had already tested.<\/p>\n

One load showed a 19% improvement. Another load showed a 16% shrinkage and the third load’s group size was reduced by 9%. On average that’s an improvement of 14%. What does 14% amount to? Well, if you are shooting a two-MOA group and it shrinks by 14% it will be about 1\/4 inch smaller at 100 yards or about an inch smaller at 400 yards.<\/p>\n

No, its not significant but it could be depending on what you are shooting at.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>
A Timney AR trigger can be installed in just a few minutes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But here’s the point: A lot of shooters do a lot of things trying to make their rifles shoot more accurately. An easy fix can be the installation of a good trigger. If you have a bad trigger in your rifle you could expect this 15 minute fix to yield an accuracy improvement of as much as 20%.<\/p>\n

For what \u00a0its worth, you can install a Timney trigger in an AR 15<\/a> in about 15 minutes. it won’t make your rifle any more accurate but it will help you shoot better. Sometimes the problem is not the ammo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have been working with ARs in .300 Blackout for several months now. After finishing a project where I tested the accuracy and terminal performance of a bunch of factory loads and some hand loads – See an upcoming issue of Shooting Illustrated – I’d had about all I could stand of the horrific trigger on one of the test rifles. 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