No, not not normal. When I first saw this video last year, I immediately panicked and ran to check all of mine - none do this.
I agree that they could be made a little better, but, all things considered (simple drop-in installation, relatively low cost, no adjustment required, immediate and drastic improvement to quality of pull), they are a decent value IMHO.
) and a few Bushmasters ( 
), I find the RRA a refreshingly simple and straightforward unit to install and use.
I never did get a follow up on the video after first seeing it, and I do not know what the actual/final diagnosis was. Things can and do break, and parts can be produced out of spec. I'm confident there is a specific problem with the rifle itself or with the FCG in the video because the 6 or 7 RRA triggers I have don't do this.
Agreed. The screw designed for a standard A2 PG is too long for a Hogue. Some AR-15 lower manufacturers tap the PG threads all the way through, others stop the threads early.
As I mentioned above, I have at least a half-dozen guns with RRA triggers that I installed myself that have had no issues. Several of these triggers have more than a thousand rounds on them with no change in character and no malfs.
I watched your video twice and really cannot tell what you are trying to illustrate.
Anytime operation changes after reassembly, this is a very obvious CLUE that something is NOT assembled correctly. Immediately go back over it and find out what's wrong, correct it and then have another go at the function check.
There are a few springs that *could* be installed in the wrong place by an inexperienced person, but I would NOT expect this from a professional shop, nor would I expect someone to make this mistake the second time they installed an LRPK, only their first time ever.
After installing a couple Jard triggers (
For the past 2 years Jard has had serious QC issues too. They were machinging the FCG Pin holes too large on the Hammers and Triggers. It was so loose a good adjustment couldnt be made because of the excessive slop. These we for 1.55 pin setups and were too small for COlt pin setup. Jard acknowledged a change in productin and replaced the bad unitsbut there was still more than necessary slop. I dont use them anymore. Chad, another thought regarding the first video: I would wonder if the hammer was installed in such a way that the spring legs don't rest on the trigger pin and have dropped all the eway to the floor of the fire control cavity? This drastically reduces hammer spring tension and may prevent full engagement tension between contact surfaces. The assembler may have "innovated" here to further reduce trigger pull, which would be a secondary effect to this incorrect installation, the primary effect being the trigger pin working it's way out.
