Could a Benchmark be fixed to have a smaller trigger travel, like on the Intellis?

[ScatterPlot]

Do you think that it's possible to make a benchmark frame travel as little as an Intelliframe? Is it just backtravel that's making this difficult? At one time with my old 2x I was able to tape some Legos on the frame behind the trigger to help with travel significantly, but obviously this was a bad idea cause the Legos were held on with tape. A set screw could do this easily but I haven't tried it. Are there any other differences between the Intellis and the Benchys? The only thing I could see being different is the angle that the trigger comes in contact with the sear. Anyone tried modding their Benchys?

[luke]

Yes, a stop will work on the Benchy. I've done several.... I have 2 in my parts box..

[pcpete]

Do you think that it's possible to make a benchmark frame travel as little as an Intelliframe? Is it just backtravel that's making this difficult? At one time with my old 2x I was able to tape some Legos on the frame behind the trigger to help with travel significantly, but obviously this was a bad idea cause the Legos were held on with tape. A set screw could do this easily but I haven't tried it. Are there any other differences between the Intellis and the Benchys? The only thing I could see being different is the angle that the trigger comes in contact with the sear. Anyone tried modding their Benchys?

I'm wondering the same thing. I'm going to mess around with the sear at one point and figure this out. This is before actually messing up the trigger frame itself. Oh, and what do the spacers in the mag do? Anyone want to explain that too?

[RRfireblade]

Do you think that it's possible to make a benchmark frame travel as little as an Intelliframe? Is it just backtravel that's making this difficult? At one time with my old 2x I was able to tape some Legos on the frame behind the trigger to help with travel significantly, but obviously this was a bad idea cause the Legos were held on with tape. A set screw could do this easily but I haven't tried it. Are there any other differences between the Intellis and the Benchys? The only thing I could see being different is the angle that the trigger comes in contact with the sear. Anyone tried modding their Benchys?

The primary difference between the 2 is the trigger.Most importantly the trigger rod contact point and the use of a trigger rod 'pocket' on the benchy that makes it a longer and lighter pull.

A custom trigger with the trigger rod contact point relocated would give a nearly identical pull to an intelli.

The addition of 'stops' will benifit both trigger frames especially if a ULT is added.

Here's the trigger I made to work in combination with a modded sear and replacement on/off assembly I've designed which cuts the pull weight down to well below that of a ULT mag and shortens the pull to around half.

[pcpete]

sick job there RR

That is one nice clean trigger job you did there. That helps give my an idea of what to do. Thanks, so its basically all in the position of where the trigger pivots. Now in order to tighten side play, you use stops? How exactly did that work, I'm looking at the picture and see the stop near the bottom of the trigger. What was the best method to install that?

Thanks,
Pete

[RRfireblade]

That is one nice clean trigger job you did there. That helps give my an idea of what to do. Thanks, so its basically all in the position of where the trigger pivots. Now in order to tighten side play, you use stops? How exactly did that work, I'm looking at the picture and see the stop near the bottom of the trigger. What was the best method to install that?

Thanks,
Pete

Thanks.

The point at which the trigger rod contacts the trigger is where your concern is,the lower on the trigger,the shorter and stiffer the pull will be.Mine's somewhere around 1/8" lower than stock and the trigger rod now rests on a flat portion on the back of the trigger instead of the circular pocket that Benchy uses.

The rearward stop,as seen in the pic,is drilled through the back of the frame and then tapped from there.This leaves a small hole in the back of the frame where you can adjust the stop without removing the grips.

"Side play" is a product of a poor trigger to trigger pin fit.The hole the trigger pin (the pin that holds the trigger in the frame) slides through must be as tight as possible whit out binding on the pin.If fitted properly,there will be minimal side play regardless of how thick the trigger is in relation to the frame pocket.