Geissele Automatic’s trigger for the IWI Tavor, the Super Sabra Trigger, has now entered into production! That means all you Tavor shooters will be able to drop some Geissele goodness into your bullpup very, very soon.
Check out the video of the first production unit being tested by the man himself and sign up to be notified when it is available at Geissele.com.
Have you ever wondered why you buy a lower parts kit and then replace nearly every part in it? You could just start with the parts you want like those found in the ROG Tactical Super LPK (Lower Parts Kit).
The Super LPK includes:
The rest of the small parts are “mil-spec lower parts”. Check out the Super LPK at ROG Tactical.
This is the type of news that I like to see heading into a weekend! Brownells now has 2 exclusive Geissele Automatics AR-15 triggers at a great price – the Geissele 2 Stage Enhanced (B-G2S-E) and the Geissele Rapid Fire (B-GRF).
The B-G2S-E is basically an enhanced version of the G2S. It is to the G2S as the SSA-E is to the SSA. You can expect a pull weight of around 3.5 pounds total with about 2.5 pounds in the first stage and 1 pound on the second stage. It will also have the more refined, so-called candy cane break that the Geissele enhanced triggers are known for.
The B-GRF is basically the S3G version of the G2S. It features a smooth, rolling break that has proven to be VERY, VERY fast. In fact, many shooters find the S3G and SD3G to be faster than a certain faux-auto trigger that is fairly new to the market. It comes with 2 trigger springs so that you can tune it to a 3.5 pound or 4.5 pound pull weight.
A word on the G2S triggers for those who may not know: These are lower cost options that Geissele offers. The are able to remove cost via three methods. First, the hammer pin is retained differently than other triggers (it uses a small clip). Second, these are spot checked with MP testing rather than individually tested. Finally, they are not laser marked like other Geissele triggers. The sear engagement surfaces are still precisely cut via the wire EDM method and they still use the same tool steel for which Geissele is known.
If these new triggers are anything like the G2S, they will be bull strong, reliable, and a great value. Check out the new Geissele Automatics Enhanced Triggers exclusively at Brownells.
G&R Tactical is doing every AR-15 builder everywhere a great service. They managed to talk ALG Defense/Geissele Automatics into letting them sell their excellent barrel shims separately!
If you have ever built an AR and had to struggle to get the proper torque setting on a barrel nut while also lining up the gas tube port, you know what a pain it can be. These shims allow you to time everything and more easily put that magic 40 lb ft of torque on the barrel nut. Now you can just say no to cheater bars! These shims work so well that I have installed an ALG Defense EMR to proper torque without a vise!
The shims will work with just about any barrel nut. They come with Geissele and ALG Defense hand guards already. Check them out at G&R Tactical.
I built an AR-15 last year with the intention of using it as a light precision set up. I just wanted something that was capable of stretching the legs of the 5.56 to the useable extremes of the cartridge from a 16” barrel. A set up like that requires a quality trigger and so I set out to choose a trigger for the build.
Around that time, I was experimenting with Geissele Automatics’ Super Dynamic – Combat trigger. The flat trigger bow immediately made sense to me after use so it seemed logical that I should try the enhanced version of that same trigger on the precision build.
Many of Geissele Automatics’ non-adjustable 2-stage triggers can be separated into two camps: Combat and Enhanced. The internals are largely the same and come from the same proven pedigree, the SSA, but the various triggers differ in the shapes of the trigger bow. The Combat versions typically break with 4.5# total weight that feels carrot-like while the Enhanced versions of the same triggers break with a 3.5# total weight that is crisper, like a candy cane. The carrot and candy cane descriptors are Geissele’s own terminology and they describe the feel of these triggers very well.
When you start to understand all this, the Geissele naming conventions start to make sense. The Super Dynamic – Enhanced (SD-E) that is the subject of this review, reveals just about all its secrets in its name. The “Super Dynamic” portion of the name denotes the use of Geissele’s flat trigger bow and the “Enhanced” denotes a 3.5# (mine averages 3.5# on the nose) with a candy cane like break.
Everything that I loved about the SD-C is present in the SD-E with the exception of about 1# of pull weight. The flat trigger bow and all its benefits are the star here. The flat trigger bow as designed by Geissele Automatics has two main benefits for me. The first is that it actually increases the trigger reach slightly, especially at the center of the trigger bow. This encourages proper finger placement. The second benefit is that it feels exactly the same from top to bottom allowing the shooter to slide their finger down to the bottom of the trigger to increase leverage. This functionally reduces the pull-weight of the trigger.
Geissele’s candy cane analogy is very fitting since it is noticeably crisper than the SD-C but still not quite like the proverbial glass rod or icicle break. The first stage take up is very light and terminates sharply at the point at which the second stage begins. This differentiation between the stages is easy to feel in spite of the fact that the second stage weighs in at only about 1.3#. The second stage of the trigger processes just the slightest hint of creep (hence the candy cane analogy) before it breaks cleanly. That little bit of creep doesn’t really register with you until the trigger is already breaking.
I have spent several months now with both the SD-C and SD-E. The difference between the two is easy to feel but harder to quantify since they both are basically at home in the same roles. Both offer notable refinement over a standard AR-15 trigger group. In spite of the SD-C’s heavier break, I find it to be extremely controllable and I wouldn’t hesitate to use either of these triggers in a light precision AR-15 build. The SD-E however, with its notably lighter and crisper break is even more effortless and very well suited to situations where you really want to stretch the legs of whichever cartridge you are shooting.
Basically, the SD-E is kind of like the friendlier of two really friendly, good looking twins. They are both nice to look at and have personalities to match but one is just a little easier to talk to. You can tell the difference immediately but you wouldn’t mind getting a date with either.
The SD-E lives up to its candy cane-like billing and pull weight specs. It is notably more refined than the SD-C and is exceedingly easy to control. The flat trigger bow offers tangible benefits to the shooter and just might spoil you for curved trigger bows. This is a great trigger.
Check out the SD-E at Geissele Automatics and at Brownells.
