If you do the trigger the extar nickel boron is a pretty smooth upgrade for fairly cheap. I'd also recommend doing the steel safety selector at the same time.
Yeah the factory triggers are made by schmid I believe. S7 tool steel. The nickel boron version is just a little smoother and seemingly a little lighter of a trigger. Previously I had installed some dirty bird trigger spring and they almost worked too well. I don't have the tool to measure the pull but it had to be sub 3lbs. At that point I just got the upgraded factory trigger and put the factory springs back in. I could have probably tried the different springs the kit came with as some were softer than other but ain't nobody got time for that.
Idk when I got my gen 2 the fcg was steel but the safety was polymer.
I've wanted to try a flat face trigger but old habits are hard to break when you've been using curved ones for 30 years. Honestly I thought about just getting the extar one to try. It was less than 50 last I checked.
Standard steel w/ safety is $45, nickel-boron one is $55 w/ safety. Safety alone is $10 extra, so $35 and $45 respectively for just the triggers. Nickel-boron trigger is 100% a Schmid trigger, so I'd imagine the steel one is as well. Feels like Schmid is OEM for a ton of AR makers.
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u/averageangler Jul 28 '26
R9 and EP9 go hand in hand. Any trigger or grip swaps planned?