Frag Out! Magazine
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M y path for best trigger be- gan while I was serving in the Polish JWK (Jednost- ka Wojskowa Komandosów, Com- mando Military Unit). Before that - when I joined the army in 2000 as a conscript in the 1.PSK - during basic training we were constantly told that a soldier must get used to the bang of a gunshot, and that the "shot itself must surprise us". Today I know that these theories were caused by the lack of ear and eye pros, so that sol- diers often jerked shots for fear of the bang. The trigger in the AK I was issued had a long travel, and breaking it was not predictable and required pa- tience. It wasn't too much of a pro- blem for me at the time, as we did all our shooting fully auto "toward the target." After becoming "pro- fessional" in the unit, I was issued with a 5.56 Beryl assault rifle. Not only the caliber changed, but also the shooting program was revised, with dynamic shooting at short and medium distances added to the list. At that time we began to gen- tly complain about Beryl's triggers which were similar to AK one i.e. a long travel before break, a long re- set and generally the difficulty of feeling it. Our dissatisfaction was heightened by joint training and missions with USSF ODAs, when we had the opportunity to shoot their M4s. It was a completely dif- ferent "culture" of trigger work, no wonder they shot so well, with such a carbine anyone would be able to! In the meantime, we finally re- ceived HK 416s assault rifles, and one could say that we didn't need anything else to be happy. After all, we finally had weapons like our Al- lies had, and even better! As is usu- ally the case, the increase in expec- tations grows as awareness grows. Already as an experienced opera- tor, I was sent to SIG Sauer Acade- my. There we had the opportunity to familiarize ourselves not only with SIG firearms, but also with a myriad of accessories, both for handguns and long guns. My atten- tion was drawn, among other thin- gs, to the various types of triggers available as upgrades for AR15s. I must admit that their variety was something completely new to me. In conversation with instructors, I noticed that I was deficient in this subject, and after returning to the country I decided to explore this topic. Fortunately, there is no shor- tage of experts in Poland so I was able to explore this topic. In the me- antime, "Matka", as commander of the unit support group (supervising snipers in the JWK), was working on the "Better Shooter" project. One case was adaptation of HK416 to DMR (Designated Marksman Ri- fle) role. The scope of the changes to the standard HK416 included, among other things, replacing standard single-stage triggers with more precise two-stage ones. A Ge- issele SSF trigger was chosen. Our team leader issued triggers only to snipers in the "Better Shooter" pro- ject, and the assault teams had to settle for a factory one. I really wan- ted to have such a trigger, so from my source I was able to "acquire" a HK two-stage trigger. Unfortunately, I found that for the operator it had more cons than pros. During rapid fire drills on my 14.5" HK416 with EOTECH HWS, because of the longer reset, there was often a lack of sufficient trig- ger release, resulting in a longer time to complete the drill. Also, mi- sinterpretation of the failure to fire was causing me to Tap, rack, bang. After these experiences, I quickly Flat tongue drain (flat) FIREARMS