4. Trigger
The 6-9lb single stage trigger of the Mil-Spec AR’s is actually a quality offering. It does what it needs to do and the rifle functions.
Geissele’s Single Stage Precision M4 Trigger cuts the effective average break weight for the M16’s trigger in half. The result is a trigger that responds tactilely like the mil-spec but with a break weight much less prone to causing sympathetic movement and be a detriment to accuracy.
The M16A4 bare weighs 8.2 lbs. That means the shooter is exerting enough pressure on the trigger to move the whole firearm just to fire it. By safely dropping it to the listed 3.5lb pull of the SSP the shooter no longer has to make an exertion that could move the rifle in order to fire the rifle. This makes isolation of shooter sympathetic movement significantly easier.
It will contribute to actual accuracy to a much greater degree than free-floating the barrel will.
Why The A5?
A love the M16A4. Part of that is nostalgically based, yes. It is, however, still an entirely effective platform for someone looking for an out of the box solution to a practical service/fighting rifle of exceptional reliability.
The A5 PIP parts listed here can be used to bring a current A4 or someone building a 20″ M16 ‘clone’ back into modern practices, efficiencies, and enhanced capabilities.
I still just want my M16!
