Emag triggers? Your favorite and why

[kwood]

the title says it all
i want to hear from you folks who have used every emag trigger out there
then post a compare and contrast and name your favorite
i currently have a fireblade...because that it was came with my lowers
i love it, but would like to hear you all's opinions on the stock agd trigger, or the tunablade, or any other available out there
and a pic of my emag just to show off :p
http://i453.photobucket.com/albums/qq251/wood_rocket_86/my%20markers/IMAG0087.jpg

[maniacmechanic]

I just like flat triggers , all my E's eventually get Fireblades

[punkncat]

To be honest, I really don't like the feel of any of them, but if I had to choose I would say Fireblade.

[Ando]

I like the stock dual finger trigger the best. My main reason is when I RT. I always use the top part of the trigger to get the best RT performance and that's with any of my mags. With a flat blade, it sucks cause your finger tends to ride down

And lets get serious...Is there really any difference, performance wise between a flat and stock trigger while in E-Mode? It's more for looks then anything IMO.

Those flat blades are sexy tho :hail:

[dark blade]

Ive used almost all of them. Ive used the tunablade (with bearings and without), fireblade, double finger AGD stock, sanded (flat M.E.T. style) AGD trigger)

I personally can walk and rt equally as good with the fireblade and double finger (sanded walks well but i never got it to RT well), and have mixed feelings about the tunablades.

The thing that i love about the tunablade is the bearing... but because of the small trigger guard i find that i need as much room in the trigger area as possible to really get on the trigger which is why the blade styles come in handy. Other than that though this is how i would rank them


Feel : Fireblade (i just love the feel of it due to the placement of the upper magnet)
Tunablade (with bearing)
Tunablade without bearing
stock double finger/sanded

Walkability : Fireblade (blade style gives tons of room)
sanded (similar to above trigger with a light magnet)
Stock double trigger (the spacing sort of forces me to walk the trigger better)
Tunablades (both are snappy but lack of trigger guard room makes it hard to walk)

RT ability : Fireblade with semi heavy magnet (very nice RT sweetspot)
Stock double trigger (middle hump seems to be a good pivot point)
Tunablade with bearing (the bearing makes it a smooth RT effect)
Tunablade w/o bearing (the shape allows for varied RT control)
Sanded (Ehhh... just never could get the hang of it for some reason with this one.

Personal preference is the key with any and all triggers though. I like my triggers to be blade style, snappy return, semi heavy pull, long trigger pull (4-5mm) and activation at exact middle point

[kwood]

very thorough
thanks Dark Blade :cheers:

[fishmishin]

Sorry I can't really add to the discussion of which trigger I like better as I am still waiting to put my first E-mag together, but I would like to say, kwood that black polish E-mag is sexy. That things looks nice !! :shooting:

[kwood]

Sorry I can't really add to the discussion of which trigger I like better as I am still waiting to put my first E-mag together, but I would like to say, kwood that black polish E-mag is sexy. That things looks nice !! :shooting:

thanks friend
i just got it put together
i cant wait to take it out to the field this weekend :D

[fishmishin]

I can imagine. I am paying for my set of lowers tomorrow, and hopefully will have them by this weekend. Gonna be awhile before I can use them since they will need a new trigger, and I am thinking of a new anno scheme. This will be my first set and I can't wait. Your thread will help with picking a new trigger though, since I have to replace it anyway. I am thinking a fireblade if I can find one. Any help with that would be much appreciated though !!

[kwood]

I can imagine. I am paying for my set of lowers tomorrow, and hopefully will have them by this weekend. Gonna be awhile before I can use them since they will need a new trigger, and I am thinking of a new anno scheme. This will be my first set and I can't wait. Your thread will help with picking a new trigger though, since I have to replace it anyway. I am thinking a fireblade if I can find one. Any help with that would be much appreciated though !!

awesome
well keep an eye on this thread and see what others have to say
im interested in hearing some positives about the tunablade
im hearing a lot of negatives at the moment

[om3n]

I am looking forward to it too- I plan on picking up some emag lowers here soon, and this thread will be useful when I'm searching for a trigger :)

[A-Tach-One]

Well this question truly comes down to preference. I will start with my favorite and end with my least favortie. I shoot strictly in semi mode.

#1 Tunablade - With the Sythe style shape I am able to sustain a much smoother and higher rate of fire for a longer period of time. As long as your trigger rod has not been tampered with, the Tunablade works out of the box in "E" and "Mech" mode.

#2 TL63 Emag trigger- I like the feel of the intelli trigger so this one always felt good on an Emag. I heard stories of the top trigger stop cracking the frame. The spot in the frame where the magnet sits. I guess it's pretty thin there. This has not happend to me though.

#3 Fireblade trigger- I like blade triggers but this one falls short for me because of the extra tinkering of the trigger rod to get it to work in mech mode. (When I purchased RRFireblades XMag he had removed the trigger rod and just shot it in E Mode. So I did that with the other 2 fireblade Xmags I have.)

#4 Stock trigger - Im just not a fan the double trigger feel.

#5 LT3 Emag trigger- It is way to short for me. When walking it, my middle finger hits the bottom lip of the trigger. Just uncomfortable.

[kwood]

#3 Fireblade trigger- I like blade triggers but this one falls short for me because of the extra tinkering of the trigger rod to get it to work in mech mode. (When I purchased RRFireblades XMag he had removed the trigger rod and just shot it in E Mode. So I did that with the other 2 fireblade Xmags I have.)

i have had an issue with shooting mine in mech mode
i have never been able to get it to shoot consistently in that mode
hmmm maybe i need to get a tunablade... :rolleyes:
thanks for the input A-Tach-One

[A-Tach-One]

Pics to go with my post above.

Tunablade
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/19/nightmarex003hx2.th.jpg (http://img133.imageshack.us/i/nightmarex003hx2.jpg/)

TL63
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/2820/xmag10gm1.th.jpg (http://img255.imageshack.us/i/xmag10gm1.jpg/)

Fireblade
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/7728/dustgreytosilverxmag002dp3.th.jpg (http://img295.imageshack.us/i/dustgreytosilverxmag002dp3.jpg/)

LT3
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/8337/europrototypex004bo7.th.jpg (http://img175.imageshack.us/i/europrototypex004bo7.jpg/)

Stock
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/3842/img1920d.th.jpg (http://img200.imageshack.us/i/img1920d.jpg/)

[Ando]

**** MAN!!! Best looking mag ever.
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/19/nightmarex003hx2.jpg

[kwood]

i am seriously tempted to get a tunablade right now after A-Tach's insights on them....

[A-Tach-One]

**** MAN!!! Best looking mag ever.


Styshore came up with this creation and ODD executed it. Styg's vision was killer on it. I feel lucky to own it.

[snoopay700]

Styshore came up with this creation and ODD executed it. Styg's vision was killer on it. I feel lucky to own it.
YOU own that mag now? I hate you. :mad:

Haha, seriously, if i ever get the spare money and you still have it i will buy it from you, even if i have to somehow make you part with one of your 25 or so xmags. :rofl:

[Ando]

You know. I just purchased another E-Mag (E-Karta) and it came with a Tuna blade installed. Didn't get a chance to really shoot it in mec mode cause this one is flashed with XMod and I was joyfully playing with it this whole time. I tell ya what, after meching it up a little, the curvature of the blade does allows your finger to sit very well at the top like a stock trigger. Best of both worlds if you ask me. Might have to hunt down another http://www.gifs.net/Animation11/Animals/Dolphins_and_Whales/Cute_dolphin_3.gif for my Stormwind.

O'wait...That not a tuna...Same diff i guess :p

[Jaron]

I like triggers to curve to meet my middle finger in the trigger guard, it feels like a better match for how my fingers naturally sit. With that in mind, I don't like the feel of flat triggers. The stock trigger has a similar feel to me so I'm not a big fan. I've tried a few "rake" or "fang" style triggers on other guns, and though I like them better than flat triggers, I still wasn't a fan of how the forward curve seemed to grip my middle finger.

I do love the Tunablade and other similarly shaped triggers ( I've heard them called swept-forward or scythes too. ) The curve matches my fingers well and they feel natural to me. But I don't walk or fan a trigger, I just use hyper or "rebound" firing modes so I can totally understand the argument that swept-forwards don't give enough room to walk a trigger. My one wish on the Tunablade would be for radiused edges to make the corners a little smoother.

http://www.pbupload.com/data/559/emag2-small.jpg

[vf-xx]

I'll admit that I haven't tried all the triggers out there, but when I had my emag I really liked my single trigger.

It blasted in hybrid mode and left alot of room in the gripframe for my large hands.

Worked nice and crisply in E mode as well. Can't say I ever used it much in pure mech mode, but as it was a modified stock trigger and I never messed with the trigger rod it should work just fine.

[Chrishew09]

Tunablade all the way, I had a TL63 and didn't like it and sold it pretty quickly. My Tunablade has the bearings it's got a real solid feel with no side to side slop.

[Hexis]

Overall I love the Tunablade. I kinda miss my TL63, but it was doing bad things to my frame (caught it before it could do any real damage). I did get a fireblade so sensitive that the recoil would fire it again. That was a lil, *ahem* unsafe.

[A-Tach-One]

Overall I love the Tunablade. I kinda miss my TL63, but it was doing bad things to my frame (caught it before it could do any real damage).

Did the set screw leave a dent in the frame or something with the TL63? Just curious cause I have heard some stories.

[Chrishew09]

Did the set screw leave a dent in the frame or something with the TL63? Just curious cause I have heard some stories.
that is what happened when i had mine