I have TWO Tac-Con 241 triggers and a Tac-Con 3MR trigger, so I am a owner. The 3MR had a one stage trigger in the normal ‘fire’ position of the selector switch, and in the rear position it had the “Auto reset” function. That auto reset function in the 241 now happens in ‘Fire’ position and the aft pointing position now has a good TWO STAGE trigger position for more precise shooting. I did say good as opposed to ‘great’. It is good and I consider it to be on par with my Colt NM trigger, but with a lighter pull (The 241 around 4 pounds and my Colt around 6) I also have Armalite and Ruger (452) two stage triggers that I would rate as great.
The auto reset in the 3MR and the 241 does require a knack or technique to use. The way you were trained before or the experience you had, may or may not help. I think if you don’t like it, you haven’t shot it enough or are trying too hard.
So the 3MR and the 241 are both modular, but the 241 has a more significant tail on the module and it requires more than just drop in. You have to ‘thread’ the selector barrel thru the tail and that requires some patience and dexterity, but hey five minutes and it is done. Tac-Con suppled the ambidextrous selector with 4 different levers of varying length and thickness, so you can have it your way.
I installed one 241 on the Wife’s AR Pistol and one on a new rifle. I should have taken my Geissele fast fire trigger out of my Piston rifle and used it on the Pistol and installed the 241 on the piston. Too late now, she has already eyed it.
I do think the price ($408 to the mailbox) is very steep, but I did find myself buying a second one after I already had the first one. The 3MR is a great trigger and I can make good shots with the single stage trigger, but better shots with the 241’s two stage position.
I have a variety of triggers to include the Geissele, Colt, Armalite and Ruger 452 trigger already mentioned I have two straight shoe CMC single stage triggers and unused as of yet Rock River two stage and some more.
The 241 makes one rifle that much more versatile to me.
I do not know, I imagine it works somewhat differently. The 3MR has been selling for at least 18 months and is still selling, and I do not know if anyone has filed a patent infringement. The 3MR is single stage in One and auto-reset (Still single stage and requiring a trigger pull) in Two. The 241 has that same single stage auto reset in One and a two stage in Two. I would guess there is enough difference in what Tac-Con has and what Geissele has patented, I really don’t know. I think the Tac-Con’s I have work well, that I do know. This trigger makes more sense to someone who is only going to have one primary AR.
All the claims in the SSF patent refers to “A multi-stage trigger for automatic weapons” so I don’t think it would cover any semi-auto trigger groups. Plus the single stage position is different between the SSF and the 241 obviously.
Indeed, we (Battle Arms, when I was still a part of it) looked into it. If we proceeded with it, it would have been a 0-50-90 arrangement. Safe, 2 stage at 50 degree, and single stage at 90 degree. The ability to rotate to what is normally AUTO or BURST is gimmicky and we’d shun that at all cost.
I’m not a patent attorney, from what I’ve learned, I think it has to do with how broad the patent is and its language. That it isn’t a select fire trigger may have merit, but simply swapping positions may not.
Well I just use the pieces parts, those that I like I buy again, like CMC. I would buy another Ruger 452. I would buy another Geissele. By the way the Ruger 452 was dissed as gimmicky because it came in a fire control housing. That housing is what finally hit home with the wife on the subject of trigger reset. She gets it now. I still have the housing with a milspec trigger and A2 grip for show and tell. The wife liked the Ruger Grip so she has it on her AR (CMC Trigger)
I am not afraid to try something new and know it might not turn out the way I expect, mostly they have worked out though.