Hey, everybody. Clint here with Classic Firearms. Out here today at Take Aim Training and Range, and we're here to talk about triggers. But more specifically, some high-end triggers. Everybody knows the name Geissele when it comes to AR triggers or their Super SCAR trigger and the SCAR 20S. Fantastic stuff. Also, Timney. Timney makes some phenomenal stuff. Check both of those brands out on our website. That's what we've got in our current giveaway, the MPX.

Brigade Manufacturing Triggers

But there's a new trigger on the market from our friends over at Brigade Manufacturing who make the BM-9, the BM-9 with the Echo trigger. Also, the BM-9 carbine. And just phenomenal guns. Love those guys. And they take pride in their work. But now they are making drop-in triggers that look like this. One solid-state unit. Very easy to install. All you got to do is just uninstall your factory trigger. Or if you're building from the ground up, just drop this guy in. Very simple to install, which makes life very easy. And also, I'm a huge fan of. But something I noticed when I dropped it in to my Colt here... This is the flat face version. They do make the curve version, as you just saw. This is the flat face version. And go ahead and hit a like if you think it looks like the leg from A Christmas Story, the nice little lamp. You know what I'm talking about? It totally does. There's the hill. There's the -yeah, it totally does. All right. Anyway, when I dropped it in here, my initial thought is with those drop-in single-state... Or single-state. Solid stage. Or solid-state units is what I'm trying to say. I noticed that the trigger pins would just fall right through. And that always bothers me. That means I have to go by specific trigger pins that are either anti-rotating or they lock down onto themselves. And it's like a burden when you're already spending good money on the trigger and having to spend extra money just to be able to install it correctly. Especially if you're not told that you need to do that. Annoying, right? Well, Brigade thought of that. I'm actually going to go ahead and separate the upper and lower here for you and show you guys. In the trigger, they thought of that. And you'll notice just ahead of the safety, you see the safety, just ahead of that, you're going to see two holes there, four on either side of the actual trigger pack. And those are actually for two set screws that you tighten down with some included blue Loctite. And that applies enough tension on the trigger pins to where they are not going anywhere. I tightened them down just enough, not too much really. And yeah, those trigger pins are solid. They are not going anywhere. So very cool that they thought of that. So you don't actually have to replace your trigger pins that come with your rifle or a pistol or whatever you're dropping this into. So you can actually use your factory ones, which is awesome. I'm a huge fan that they did that. Cool.

Brigade Drop-In Flat Bow Trigger

Geissele

So in comparison to other triggers on the market that are commonly known, like the Geissele are over here. This the Geissele Single-Stage or Super Single-Stage, whatever they call it. And this is also the flat face trigger. And I am a huge fan of this trigger. And I'd brought the Geissele out here to actually compare against the Brigade because I just wanted something to compare it to. So let's go ahead and let's just ghost this guy really quick, show you guys here. Geissele, we're going to apply a little bit of pressure. Boom. That doesn't take much at all. And then the reset. Nice and quick. Now, this is probably one of the highest-end triggers. I would say probably one of the highest-end triggers and highest quality that you can get for your AR. And like I said, I'm a huge fan of it. All right? And actually, let's go ahead and just get a trigger pull weight on this guy. So again, we can just have something to compare to. It might not be all that fair. Because like I said, it's Geissele. But if you want to be with the best, you got to be able to compete with the best. So let's go ahead and take a look here and let's just apply a little bit of pressure. Boom. And what is that? About two pounds. 1.13 ounces there. All right? So pretty cool. All right. Let's just go out and get one more reading really quick on this guy. Nice. So 1 pound 14 ounces. Guys, that is a light trigger. Super light. All right? Now, the Brigade, I'm excited to see where this one is at. So let's go ahead and let's ghost this guy just so you guys can see what we're working with here. And we'll see, we've got just... No take-up. That is it. You're already at the wall. That is nice. Let's go and take a look at the reset. Nice. All right. So a little bit of travel on the reset, but that feels really good. And let's see where we're at as far as weight-wise. Let's go ahead and start applying some pressure here. There we go. So 3 pounds, 12 ounces. Not bad. I'm liking that. Let's fill it one more time here. Right at four pounds. Not bad, guys. For something that I would consider to be like a duty firearm, that is probably about right where I want to be. When you think about a Mil-Spec trigger, those things are anywhere between 5 pounds to 9 pounds, depending on the trigger, of course. So they get really heavy. So both of these, I would take any day of the week.

Geissele Automatics Super M4 Curved Trigger

Timney

Like I said, we've got the MPX out here with the Timney because Timney is also a very popular trigger brand. And it just wanted to show it off some, too. And we can. Why not? SIG knows what they're doing here. And they were like, "Hey, we're not going to make a trigger as good as Timney here. So let's just throw it into our MPX Copperhead." And that's what they did with our current giveaway. So let's go ahead and check this guy out just so you guys can see. Barely anything. And then the reset. Nice. Guys, it's just super sweet. All right? So what's cool about the Brigade, again, being a solid unit like it is, like a solid-state hard drive... My mind keeps going there. But all it is is one piece that you have to drop-in. It's very easy to install. Also, to the price point. The Geissele's coming in at about the mid 200. So it's not a cheap trigger by any means. And then most of the other higher-end triggers on the market are coming in about the same. Take about a hundred dollars even more of that off and that's where you're at about as far as the Brigade goes. So something a lot more affordable.

Timney SIG MPX Straight Trigger

Performance

But still, let's see if it'll perform though. That's the biggest question. Because performance is the big deal. So let's just drop a couple of rounds here with the Geissele. Because why not? And just show you guys how it feels, how it shoots. And yeah, let's do it. Let's just take a couple of rounds here. Again, you're going to hear that nice, quick reset on this guy. Good. Feels good. Feels like it'll work just fine. Cool. Now, let's feel this Brigade. I'm excited to shoot this guy some here. Let's see. All right. Let's go for it. I like it, guys. That feels really good. Yeah. All right. Cool. No hiccups or anything like that. So that makes me feel good about it. Let's try something really quick. I've got two mags loaded up here. Five rounds each. Now, obviously, the Geissele has a little bit lighter pull to it. And I liked a little bit more resistance that I'm feeling on this guy here. So let's go ahead and let's just do a little head to head. I'm expecting to be faster with this guy. But how much faster for a trigger that cost almost $300 versus one that's far more affordable? Let's just see what type of times we're getting here. So let's just go and load up one more mag. Five rounds each. And let's just see how it goes. All right? Whenever this thing goes... Again, I'm not doing anything for accuracy. I'm just going for speed on this guy. So let's just see what happens. All right. So five rounds, 0.96. Okay. Cool. So we got five on the counter there just under a second. Let's see if we can get something similar or close to with the Brigade. I think I can do better. We'll see. All right. So let's go forward here. Clip that guy back in. 0.94. That little bit of a difference, I'd say they're just right on par with each other, guys. Now, also too, of course, a big difference is this is a rifle and I'm able to use the stock right up against everything here. I've got four points of contact. One, two, three, four. And then this being a pistol, and because of this little guy here, I'm not using this as a stock. So that might have something to do with it. But with how light the 556 caliber recoils, I don't think so. So with that being much of a difference. But ultimately, I'm very happy with how the brigade is performing. Granted, I've only got a couple of rounds to it, but so far so good. I plan on running quite a few more rounds to it. Probably a few hundred. My goal would be a thousand, but it's hard during these times.

Brigade Manufacturing Drop-In Standard Curved Trigger

But anyway, so far so good. And I want to take my SureFeed mag here. Did you guys notice the Classic branded mags that we were using, made in the USA there? Classic Firearms. Black and yellow, black and yellow. Pretty cool stuff. So I got one of my SureFeed mags here loaded up with a few rounds. Let's just go ahead and take a couple more shots with our Christmas Story lamp leg. All right? And actually, it's the flat face Brigade trigger. Let's just go ahead and take a couple more shots with it here. And I just really want to feel that reset and everything. Good trigger pull. Again, there's just no creep with the trigger pull, which I think is just awesome. They make it super easy to get those double taps off there, guys. That thing just feels good. And it looks good, too. Let's just keep going here. Nice. All right. So Brigade now offering the drop-in trigger, curved and flat. It's coming in at just right at four pounds, which I think is a optimal trigger pull weight. I'm a fan, guys. So happy that we're able to offer these two because there's a lot of new gun owners to the market, and a lot of y'all being new to the AR-15. And you might be getting a little tired of your Mil-Spec trigger, which I totally get. I don't think they're bad. They do their job. They're great duty type triggers and things. Just a basic trigger. But if you're looking for an upgrade, you might want something a little bit more simple to install. Well, there you go. The Brigade trigger's easy to drop-in. You don't need any other extra tools. It comes with everything you need, including the Allen wrench for the set screws and some blue Loctite. They can't make it much easier for you guys other than installing it themselves. But maybe if you ask nicely, they will. I don't know. But anyway, that is today's video on the Brigade Manufacturing trigger. Let me know your thoughts down in the comment section. Are you eager to pick one up and give it a try yourself? I'm keeping that one. So sorry, Brigade. I'm keeping that. But anyway, guys, our current giveaway is this little guy right here. And also another little guy, which I'll show you in just a moment.

Roundoff

But this one, this is the SIG MPX Copperhead. And yeah, I threw a Vortex UH-1 on it. The optic, I get it. The holographic sight is about as big as the gun, but it looks good. It has a great sight picture and, man, it's fun to shoot. All right? Super fun to shoot. Who doesn't love just the little 9-millimeter pistol caliber carbine like this guy here. All right? And you might also know a very legendary revolver that we're giving away. In fact, let me just show you. Now, y'all want to see a good trigger, the Colt Python trigger double-action. Try it left-handed here just so you guys can see. All right? Double-action. Gosh, that is smooth. That feels really good. And then single-action, that is awesome. Yeah. With a video all about triggers, that is one that definitely needs to be shown. It is beautiful. And yeah, Copperhead, Python, figured we'd make it a snakes type giveaway. So there you guys go. Get your entries into classicfirearms.com. For, yes, one winner gets a Colt Python and the SIG MPX Copperhead. That's a good day. Right? Absolutely. So classicfirearms.com. Hit that top banner. It'll show you all the different ways to get your entries. And code word for this? It's quite simple. Snakes. Don't forget. There's two S's. Snakes. One at the beginning, one at the end. All right? Don't mess it up. I got faith in you guys. Guys, again, I'll see y'all down in the comment section. Go check out Brigade Manufacturing, all of their products. And, of course, now the new triggers we offer. God bless you, guys. And we'll see you soon at classic firearms.com. Shop All Triggers
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