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bought a 17hmr upper from them. works fine but have waited 2 weeks for a response back on a question of what aftermarket triggers work with them. Customer service non existent

Im a Ar novice and have been thinking about picking up one of their 22mag or LR uppers.
Why would a after market trigger affect the upper?

I"d call again RE the question and answer. I"ve been lucky and someone has always answered when I called.

I had to take a bit off the top of one hammer to make it clear. Dont' recall the brand. IIRC when I dropped a new MBT one in it worked fine.

hangs up on bolt

My .22 mag upper has worked very well, one stovepipe in something over 100 rounds so far. It’s very accurate, and so far has put everything I’ve fired through it in very nearly the same spot at 50 yards, from 30gr to 50. I put it on a PSA EPT lower. If (when) I buy another lower, I’ll get one with a better trigger and see how it does with that.

Not a RF, but yesterday I shot another BC side-charger, a .223 Wilde 20” SS, and it made a couple 1/2” 50-yard 5-shot groups with some handloads. Gonna try and stretch it out a bit tomorrow under dry, calm conditions, not the monsoon we had yesterday.

They used to be pretty good. I bought a 350 legend upper from them and it was delivered quickly.

Finally got a hold of them, the answer was none will work. so looks like a jp trigger and stock hammer is about as good as it gets

A range acquaintance has their .22 LR and .22 Mag. The LR had ignition issues until he put in a heavier hammer spring. He told me they pretty much need a Milspec lower, and at least one YT video I’ve seen seems to confirm that. That reviewer had issues with his lower that featured an aftermarket trigger, forget which.

Appears I may be one of the lucky ducks with no issues thus far with my two. Any company putting out budget stuff is going to cut some corners, like QC, function testing etc. Even the big boys do it on their cheap stuff. Overall it’s more economical to fix the whoopsies than do the QC, annoying as that can be for the poor schlubs that get the problems. I can deal with a heavy trigger as long as it’s smooth.

LOL. I Can tell you I Dion't have a jp trigger and stock hammer in mine and it works just fine.

is yours a 17hmr?

Thats true. Its a 22lr. But I can't see there being any difference. Could be wrong though. If so its another reason of WTF do you want a 17 for anyway. LOL.

I may have to call and ask next week if I get time. See what the difference is if any.

I'm thinking that since one of my old tall hammers hung up and had to get knocked back a bit thats whats happening on yours too. A new trigger solved mine, IIRC a MBT trigger went in it, if not it was an RRA NM trigger. I was being tight and trying to use up an ancient armalite trigger IIRC.

I have 4 of their Complete Uppers, ALL are 100% reliable from factory. I have their 22LR Side Charger Upper, it's the cat's ass for fun, damn good shooter too! The rule for ANY rimfire cartridge is Mil Spec triggers, as the harder hammer springs in them, are needed for reliable ignition. Same goes for my 7.62x39 M4 Upper, as the crappy foreign ammo has hard primers, the milspec springs set them off EVERY time.

unlike the 22, the hmr bolt goes into the buffer tube. Why an hmr? gophers