Fostech AR Trigger

[alaskan9974]

I just wanted to post a quick review of the Fostech trigger.

" Works perfectly, and as advertised with no hiccups. "

Figured I'd post something to that effect at least. I bought a Franklin Arms rifle last year with their binary trigger, and while it is a nice rifle, I never got the binary firing system to function as they advertised it, I troubleshooted with different spring weights etc but it always had hammer follow. I wanted relability and I figured since it was a complete rifle and not the drop in it would be reliable, but I was wrong.

Fast forward to this year, I bought a windham 7.62x39 and a fostech trigger, and before I shot the rifle I installed the trigger. Ran 300 rounds through it today, not one hiccup, FTF or FTE. Tons of fun on cheap tula ammo. Just need to find a decent compensator, the muzzle rise is noticeable.

 

[Tirod]

I assume we're discussing the "Echo" trigger.

It's an interesting time, we've been living with the disgrace of the '34 NFA as a violation of the Constitution, among other sinister efforts at disarmament, and it has created a climate where "you can't tell us we can't have it."

Ban switchblades, people invent thumbholes and studs to flip them open. If anything, they actually work better. Ban full auto, the binary trigger is taken from shotgunner use and applied to the modern sporting rifle. A good one has qualities that actually serve the purpose in better ways.

When you look at the history of banning stuff, human resourcefulness comes around to address it. Ban the M16 and guess what, even Colt now sells the "A4" which was in almost every aspect exactly what the AWB tried to regulate out of existence. Add a binary trigger to that and you have - effectively - exactly what closing the full auto registry attempted to stop.

We will likely see the pricing drop as the engineering and tooling are paid off, more in the public accept them, and then - someone like Geiselle offers one. I just hope they offer public stock before that happens.

 

[Zerodefect]

I'll get one eventually. Price has come down, these were $450ish, last time I checked.

They're already on the 3rd variation! Glad I'm in no hurry. I like this idea better than auto in an AR15. The M16's auto setting seemed like a waste of ammo. Nothing effective that we couldn't do in semiauto mode.

 

[TIMC]

It is an interesting trigger. Mine seems to work fine so far. Definitely fun way to dump ammo and fairly accurate double taps.