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Posted: 6/18/2011 4:28:25 PM EDT
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Just wanted to write a review of my new JP EZ trigger.
Model - JPFCP-1EZ. Primary components are JP trigger, JP speed hammer, anti-walk pins, two spring sets, adjustable ambi-ready safety. I also got their ambi-safety since I'm a lefty. Basically, all components are exactly like the mil-spec fcg but with variation for set screws to be used to adjust trigger aspects; trigger pull, over travel, disconnect. The springs are set at different tensions giving you range of 3lb-4.5 depending on your liking. Install just like mil-spec fcg but adjusting previous mentioned set screws to your liking. The safety also allows adjustment so that no trigger creep can be noticed when on. I have mine adjusted to about 4.5 because it will fire the harder primers and is similar pound pull as my pistol. There is no creep or over-travel I can detect. Break is like glass/crisp. Trigger movement is only enough to fire, it barely moves any distance. Opinion - this is one awesome trigger. Reliability should be as good as mil-spec seeing as the parts are almost exactly the same. Can't wait to try it at the next 3-gun match. |
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I just put in a JP trigger the other day and used my stock hammer but opted for the red hammer spring.
What a great trigger. I wanted a single stage and this one has zero creep and breaks like the proverbial glass rod. I cannot see how a single stage trigger could be better |
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The best single stage. +1, I'll second that. Bill Completely agree. I am seriously considering buying a few more for the rest of them! I am now a believer as a friend has said, that a good trigger is a far more necessary upgrade than people realize. That's a shame. Geisseles are still 2 stage as far as I can tell in function but are more like a single stage. Precision wise, I just don't see a two stage as being as good as a single. Tactically, I can see a two stage. Gives just a moment to think about it. Really wish I could have time to get to the range in the next couple weeks but it looks doubtful 
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The best single stage. +1, I'll second that. Bill Completely agree. I am seriously considering buying a few more for the rest of them! I am now a believer as a friend has said, that a good trigger is a far more necessary upgrade than people realize. That's a shame. Geisseles are still 2 stage as far as I can tell in function but are more like a single stage. Precision wise, I just don't see a two stage as being as good as a single. Tactically, I can see a two stage. Gives just a moment to think about it. Really wish I could have time to get to the range in the next couple weeks but it looks doubtful
Only their 3-Gun model is supposedly like a single-stage due to the "roll through" feel. I really love the Geissele match triggers. I prefer two-stage trigger now-a-days. That said, I have the first JP Speed Hammer/Trigger/Springs kit that I bought back around 1995. Today it still pulls at 2.75 pounds. It has lived in three guns. Back in the mid 90's it was in a Colt HBAR, next in a Bushmaster and today in another Bushy. It has shot thousands and thousands of rounds in 3-Gun and range time. Never a single problem. Not one. Same pull. Minimum reset. My other Speed Hammer/Trigger/Springs kit is in a Bushmaster Varminter. It breaks at 2.25 pounds. Crisp. Very Crisp. Bill |
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The best single stage. +1, I'll second that. Bill Completely agree. I am seriously considering buying a few more for the rest of them! I am now a believer as a friend has said, that a good trigger is a far more necessary upgrade than people realize. That's a shame. Geisseles are still 2 stage as far as I can tell in function but are more like a single stage. Precision wise, I just don't see a two stage as being as good as a single. Tactically, I can see a two stage. Gives just a moment to think about it. Really wish I could have time to get to the range in the next couple weeks but it looks doubtful
Only their 3-Gun model is supposedly like a single-stage due to the "roll through" feel. I really love the Geissele match triggers. I prefer two-stage trigger now-a-days. That said, I have the first JP Speed Hammer/Trigger/Springs kit that I bought back around 1995. Today it still pulls at 2.75 pounds. It has lived in three guns. Back in the mid 90's it was in a Colt HBAR, next in a Bushmaster and today in another Bushy. It has shot thousands and thousands of rounds in 3-Gun and range time. Never a single problem. Not one. Same pull. Minimum reset. My other Speed Hammer/Trigger/Springs kit is in a Bushmaster Varminter. It breaks at 2.25 pounds. Crisp. Very Crisp. Bill What's the difference between "roll through" and creep? |
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The best single stage. +1, I'll second that. Bill Completely agree. I am seriously considering buying a few more for the rest of them! I am now a believer as a friend has said, that a good trigger is a far more necessary upgrade than people realize. That's a shame. Geisseles are still 2 stage as far as I can tell in function but are more like a single stage. Precision wise, I just don't see a two stage as being as good as a single. Tactically, I can see a two stage. Gives just a moment to think about it. Really wish I could have time to get to the range in the next couple weeks but it looks doubtful
Only their 3-Gun model is supposedly like a single-stage due to the "roll through" feel. I really love the Geissele match triggers. I prefer two-stage trigger now-a-days. That said, I have the first JP Speed Hammer/Trigger/Springs kit that I bought back around 1995. Today it still pulls at 2.75 pounds. It has lived in three guns. Back in the mid 90's it was in a Colt HBAR, next in a Bushmaster and today in another Bushy. It has shot thousands and thousands of rounds in 3-Gun and range time. Never a single problem. Not one. Same pull. Minimum reset. My other Speed Hammer/Trigger/Springs kit is in a Bushmaster Varminter. It breaks at 2.25 pounds. Crisp. Very Crisp. Bill What's the difference between "roll through" and creep? I would not call pulling through the first stage "creep." IMO "creep" is the gritty unpredictable area of resistance of a poorly set-up trigger. In a good 2-stage the initial pull is very predictable, so much so that it is a benefit to me. In Service Rifle, for example, where the rules call for a minimum 4.5 pound trigger pull, the first stage is usually set at 3.5 pounds. This is easily pulled through and at a given (often adjustable) distance one reaches a distinct second stage. At this point the shooter has the option of continuing the pull for the final 1 pound or stopping and concentrating for the shot. When one stops, the weight of the first stage is not apparent and only the crisp second stage's break at 1 pound (or whatever is set) is the only thing noticeable. When I shoot my Varminter for example, my finger rests on the face of the trigger and I have no "set up," only the crisp break. In my way of shooting I have come to prefer the set up of the 2 stage trigger. On these high end 2 stage triggers (and the 1 stage as in the JPs that I have) all most everything is adjustable. In their 3 Gun trigger, Geissele has all but eliminated the distance of the 1st stage pull and reduced it to a smooth "roll" into the second stage with an incredibly short reset for a super fast trigger. Technically it is a 2 stage but it acts and feels more like a 1 stage. Bill |
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