We often say that the heart of a #rifle is its barrel, but the #trigger is its soul. When it comes to Modern Sporting Rifles ( #MSR ) like the AR-15 platform, most factory rifles feel soulless.

Standard military grade triggers flat out suck. They are almost like the plastic factory sights that come standard on Glock pistols: Placeholders until you get your hands on the real thing. In this case, the real thing comes from Timney Triggers. Installation is fairly simple and can take as little as 5 minutes. Obviously, it will take a little longer if you are retrofitting an existing rifle and need to remove the old parts.

The company was founded in 1946 by Allen Timney to produce replacement easy to install and most importantly safe triggers for military surplus rifles being sporterized after World War II. As an amateur gunsmith, we used plenty of their triggers in Winchester Model 70s, 98 Mausers, Remington Model 700s and even in an Eddystone Model 1917. Timney had set the gold standard for quality bolt action triggers decades before we were even born.

We were actually surprised to hear that they not only had been making AR-15 triggers but that they were making some of the best. Every Timney Trigger is manufactured, hand-assembled, calibrated and tested by the trigger experts at their state-of-the-art facility in Phoenix, Arizona. Each one comes with a no-questions-asked 100% Lifetime Warranty and a staff of experts who can assist you if you should run into a problem. Although we are specifically talking about AR triggers, Timney offers over 170 triggers for rifles, shotguns, and bows.

Timney triggers are EDM (Electrical Discharge Machining) Machined from S7 tool steel. S7 is a Shock-Resisting Tool Steel hardened by air or oil and is characterized by very high impact toughness. EDM machining is crucial for accuracy with regard to manufacturing trigger parts as the non-directional surface finish makes for a smoother trigger pull without the grittiness associated with a part cut from a CNC machine that is not polished. Due to their proprietary design, Timney's AR triggers eliminate pin rotation and walk out with the standard hammer and trigger pins. There are no end caps, washers or machine screws to tighten the trigger group to the pins. The only problem, if one could call it that, is that the lower must be MILSPEC. If you have an off-brand lower or one that was completed from an 80% kit you may be out of luck.

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