Timney Trigger review - AR-15

[Paraguy]

Just came back from the range and tried the Timney 3lb. single stage drop in trigger for my AR-15 for the first time.  It felt great dry firing and passed my not-so-scientific drop test and passed.  At the range thngs just got better!
FTR, I am not an expert marksman or gun smith so your mileage may vary.  Install was simple and went exactly as described in the print directions and on their website.  Start to finish, which includes my cleaning and checking everything out was less than 15 minutes, probably would be less than five now having done it once.
 Although it is light, you still need to pull the trigger to get it to go bang, but it is crisp and smooth with no creep.  As crazy as it sounds, it is almost as if it fired when your finger gave it the prompt that you were ready to shoot without having to really do much at all.  That said, I felt very safe with my finger on the trigger as it was pointed down range and I was preparing to take a shot. 
Bottom line, it made my groups smaller and my follow up shots were much faster and more accurate.  No regrets, would definitely buy another if needed and would recommend to a friend.  And no, I am not related to or friends with anyone at that company.

[alfsauve]

Cool.  Thanks.  It's on my wish list for my second AR.  I just figured I'd buy the bolt carrier group first.

[m25operator]

The only negative feed back I have heard, is if you have failure such as a primer coming out of the case, ( which should not happen, but does ) it will fall into the trigger group and lock it up, and it is not a quick fix, where the factory type set ups, even if they are the high quality adjustables, like Geislle, accuracy speaks, JP, Jard, allow you to pull the rear pin, pivot the upper and more than likely, turn it upside down, shake it, primer falls out and your back in biz.

[jframesmith]

Count me in as a big fan. I've installed two of these on AR's and one on my Mil-Spec Rem. 700. I can't compare to any other aftermarket triggers but they are a huge improvement over OEM triggers. Next, I'd like to install one in my 10/22.

[kmitch200]

Have one in my 308 R-25(dpms made). Mine might be 4#.
Love it!!

[Sponsor]

[bafsu92]

The only negative feed back I have heard, is if you have failure such as a primer coming out of the case, ( which should not happen, but does ) it will fall into the trigger group and lock it up, and it is not a quick fix, where the factory type set ups, even if they are the high quality adjustables, like Geislle, accuracy speaks, JP, Jard, allow you to pull the rear pin, pivot the upper and more than likely, turn it upside down, shake it, primer falls out and your back in biz.

Saw this happen to a guy at a tactical rifle class I was at. On top of that he had KNS pins holding it in and no tools with him. Lucky for him I had allen wrenches in my kit but he was still down for over an hour trying to get the trigger pack out and the primer dislodged. I've fired rifles with the drop-ins from Timney, McCormick and POF (which I liked the best by far) but I'll stick to my Geiselle's when price isn't an issue or Alexander Arms when it is.

[tombogan03884]

The only negative feed back I have heard, is if you have failure such as a primer coming out of the case, ( which should not happen, but does ) it will fall into the trigger group and lock it up, and it is not a quick fix, where the factory type set ups, even if they are the high quality adjustables, like Geislle, accuracy speaks, JP, Jard, allow you to pull the rear pin, pivot the upper and more than likely, turn it upside down, shake it, primer falls out and your back in biz.

I used to have an 1851 "Colt" Navy that did this quite often, I think it's one of the things that turned me off Black powder shooting.  PITA.