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Posted: 7/18/2010 8:46:07 AM EDT
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i have a magpul enhanced trigger guard on one of my ARs and like it. I am planning on replacing my other standard trigger guard with the magpul....is there any reason to not save $12 and get the plastic MOE version, or should i stick with the original aluminum?
thanks, advntrjnky |
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I've got 2 aluminum guards and 5 plastic guards (all Magpuls) and have zero problems with the plastic compared to the aluminum. On a side note, you want to be looking at the threads that refer to replacing the roll pin with button head screws. Got a link for the post? |
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Quoted: Just a few from the search page, but most of the pix have been removed from Photobucket.Quoted: I've got 2 aluminum guards and 5 plastic guards (all Magpuls) and have zero problems with the plastic compared to the aluminum. On a side note, you want to be looking at the threads that refer to replacing the roll pin with button head screws. Got a link for the post? One. Two. Three. That's just a quick hit on the subject. One detail I did differently: I went to Fastenal and bought 4-40 brass inserts (Part # 0185922, ctrl # 120071177) and I believe a 5/32" size drill bit for the inserts. The brass inserts are easier to install in the plastic trigger guards than heli-coils. I forget which bit size, and I'm working from a 'parts envelope' collection here. I bought button head screws 4-40 x 3/16 (Part # 24005, ctrl # 120062067) but I'm planning to replace the screws with 4-40 x 1/4 (I don't have a number yet) as the 3/16s are just long enough but I'd be happier with about 2 more turns / side. I used 3 inserts & screws per lower. It was easier, though it took more time, than inserting the pin. cormorantslayer sells screws in the Equipment Exchange, and I believe that if you're doing just one or several lowers it'd be cheaper to buy the screws from him if he's still selling them. Fastenal was a bit spendy, and I had to buy in bulk and pay shipping to their store even though I was standing at their counter ordering. |
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Just a few from the search page, but most of the pix have been removed from Photobucket.
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I've got 2 aluminum guards and 5 plastic guards (all Magpuls) and have zero problems with the plastic compared to the aluminum. On a side note, you want to be looking at the threads that refer to replacing the roll pin with button head screws. Got a link for the post? One. Two. Three. That's just a quick hit on the subject. One detail I did differently: I went to Fastenal and bought 4-40 brass inserts (Part # 0185922, ctrl # 120071177) and I believe a 5/32" size drill bit for the inserts. The brass inserts are easier to install in the plastic trigger guards than heli-coils. I forget which bit size, and I'm working from a 'parts envelope' collection here. I bought button head screws 4-40 x 3/16 (Part # 24005, ctrl # 120062067) but I'm planning to replace the screws with 4-40 x 1/4 (I don't have a number yet) as the 3/16s are just long enough but I'd be happier with about 2 more turns / side. I used 3 inserts & screws per lower. It was easier, though it took more time, than inserting the pin. cormorantslayer sells screws in the Equipment Exchange, and I believe that if you're doing just one or several lowers it'd be cheaper to buy the screws from him if he's still selling them. Fastenal was a bit spendy, and I had to buy in bulk and pay shipping to their store even though I was standing at their counter ordering. I wish Rainier would send me some to modify, I could use the money. 
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My folding version Magpul aluminum trigger guard Quoted:
i have a magpul enhanced trigger guard on one of my ARs and like it. I am planning on replacing my other standard trigger guard with the magpul....is there any reason to not save $12 and get the plastic MOE version, or should i stick with the original aluminum? thanks, advntrjnky I've got non folding, folding aluminum and MOE trigger guards, I use my aluminum ones on my most used carbines, my MOE is on my lesser used carbine. |
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Quoted: You need to get out more. I run a couple of the aluminum Magpul trigger guards and like them. Until thirty seconds ago I didn't know a plastic version existed  Seriously, Aim has free shipping on Magpul stuff, but they must be out of the plastic trigger guards right now. I just got 2 more from them last week or so. |
| I use the aluminum enhanced TGs and love them. Since you can get the plastic ones in different colors I bought some. I put them on and frankly, I thought they made the rifle look cheap. I took them off and used Aluma-Hyde II to color the aluminum guards the colors I wanted. IMO save your money on the plastic ones unless you just want to save a few bucks and don't mind them making your rifle look cheap. I did not care at all for the mold seams and the Mag-Pul logo on them. Thumbs down IMO. |
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Actually, RRA makes a winter metal trigger guard that looks even better. Check it out on their site. I have one of those and i don't like it.....actually, it is what i am going to replace with the magpul aluminum. i feel that the RRA style is just too oversized, and my knuckle comes in contact with the rear of it occassionally. now, if someone made one like POF mills into their billet lowers i would give that a try. the magpul with the MOE grip fits me nicely with no rub marks/ contact points. advntrjnky |
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