I think it has to do with the incremental benefit that you are getting relative to incremental cost. If you want a basic AR that is fairly reliable and reasonably accurate, then a $500 AR will accomplish that goal. Actually right now more like $450, pending any potential rumblings out of Pelosi, Hillie, and company. If you then say, hey let me change that gun into a competition worthy tack driver, you might want a new trigger. But a $240 trigger, which increases your investment by 50%, will only give you so much accuracy improvement until you also switch out the barrel and a few other parts.cyphertext wrote:Would like to understand the rationale behind the $500 AR not worth a $238 trigger upgrade... why not? One of the most recommended improvements for accuracy is an upgraded trigger. Where do you draw the line? Does a Colt LE6920 deserve a good trigger, but not an M&P 15 Sport? Or maybe BCM? Or do you have to move up to LaRue before you add a good trigger?The Annoyed Man wrote: Here's the qualifier...... If you have a $500 AR15, it probably isn't worth a $238 trigger upgrade. OTH, if you have a real expensive AR (I have several thousand $$ in mine), then it deserves a really good trigger. My advice is this: just get used to the rifle. Shoot it a bunch. Get familiar with the manual of arms. The milspec trigger isn't great, but it isn't the worst trigger in the world either. You might be better advised to put your money into optics and furniture upgrades first, and only upgrade the trigger when you've got all the other basics covered.
That's just my opinion, and worth exactly what it cost to read it.
Full disclosure... have an M&P 15 Sport (the first gen) with stock trigger, a CMMG with stock trigger, and a BCM with the BCM PNT trigger (slicked up mil-spec trigger)... I'm not putting a $238 trigger in any of these.
I think the general thought here is that if you are going for that tack driver weapon, you are better off buying a higher end AR in the first place, or better yet building one from the start with all higher end parts.
Then again, I personally have installed $200 triggers in Glocks, so I'm not one to criticize if someone wants a $240 trigger for their DPMS AR.