Anderson LPK

[Toddstang]

As some of you may have read in the Black rifle pic thread I am having serious issues with my trigger group. The reset on the trigger seems to catch to the point of first shot, Bang! second pull of the trigger, nothing, then Bang! I swapped the Anderson trigger group out in another AR and same exact problem. After doing an internet search it seems that this is a common issue and Anderson is still letting vendors sell these like this instead of doing a recall. This is very dangerous and if someone who is not safety minded handles one of these it could end badly.
Just a heads up for anyone doing a build with an Anderson LPK. They are saying all you need to do is file some burrs down on the hammer to fix this. Ummm NO! I am not going to fix their problem!
I sent them an email last night so I will post up their response when I get one, if I get one.
The burr is noticeable on mine and should not of left the factory like this.
Rant over, back to CMMG kits for me.

[Dustin]

I just built one with a psa kit. No problems but the trigger does suck.


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[yagreg]

I have an Anderson lpk with the 'stainless' finish that does the same thing as yours Todd. I haven't tried it in another lower.

[son of liberty]

One of the best parts of the anderson lower kits is the trigger group. You can hone and polish them without fear of destroying the heat treat.

[Toddstang]

I have an Anderson lpk with the 'stainless' finish that does the same thing as yours Todd. I haven't tried it in another lower.

It really blew my mind. Out of all the builds I have done over the years I have never had a bad trigger group. I have had mag catches/releases that needed a little sanding of burrs but this is an accident waiting to happen.
I noticed the hammer is taller on these compared to other kits.

[BK Meyers]

I've got a couple of the Anderson lpk's with the stainless trigger group in my parts stash. Thanks for the heads up on this. Will definitely double check the surfaces during installation.

BK

[Niceguy]

I think I only have one Anderson lpk in anything. It's the stainless fcg. It's been good to go. I think every other one of mine has PSA in them. I don't mind the milspec triggers in any of them. If I had a tack driver type AR (at some point I will) I would probably want better than milspec though.

[RecoilSensitive]

I had this issue of close to Middletown. I can fix

[Toddstang]

Well an update, I never got an Email reply back on Monday so I called them on Tuesday. The person I spoke with asked where I purchased the LPK. I told him at KCR MGS through Copes. He asked if I contacted Copes since that's where I purchased it and I should return to them, at this point I stop him and tell him this is an Anderson problem not a Copes problem and that I researched the net and this seems to be an ongoing issue and that you all are really lucky I didn't accidentally shoot myself or someone else for your faulty trigger and if anything you need to recall these before someone does get hurt. Now his tone changes and he asks for my address, said he would ship me a new trigger group. Well the new group arrived Friday afternoon and it is the stainless model which is way better. So today at the NRA show I walked up to the Anderson booth and gave them their faulty trigger back.
So hopefully next week I will try this new one out with better results.

[ssracer]

I walked by them slowly several times today in my new Accurate Armory tshirt with "The New Kentucky Rifle" on the back...lol

[WLJ]

Well an update, I never got an Email reply back on Monday so I called them on Tuesday. The person I spoke with asked where I purchased the LPK. I told him at KCR MGS through Copes. He asked if I contacted Copes since that's where I purchased it and I should return to them, at this point I stop him and tell him this is an Anderson problem not a Copes problem and that I researched the net and this seems to be an ongoing issue and that you all are really lucky I didn't accidentally shoot myself or someone else for your faulty trigger and if anything you need to recall these before someone does get hurt. Now his tone changes and he asks for my address, said he would ship me a new trigger group. Well the new group arrived Friday afternoon and it is the stainless model which is way better. So today at the NRA show I walked up to the Anderson booth and gave them their faulty trigger back.
So hopefully next week I will try this new one out with better results.

I'm getting from this that friends don't let friends buy Anderson

[Toddstang]

It reminds me of the Ford Pinto fiasco. Ford knew they had a problem but waited way to long before a recall.

[Dave1965]

I walked by them slowly several times today in my new Accurate Armory tshirt with "The New Kentucky Rifle" on the back...lol

Cause AA quality is so high???

[ssracer]

Everything I have ever seen of theirs is. But at least they don't claim to be the only no lube ar...Anderson has been suspect to me ever since they started making that claim

[bigelowe]

I have 3 Anderson lpk and a cmmg in my safe. Guess I will use the cmmg next and figure out wtf to do with the 3 Andersons.

[ssracer]

Lol...I definitely won't argue the CS part

[Dave1965]

Everything I have ever seen of theirs is. But at least they don't claim to be the only no lube ar...Anderson has been suspect to me ever since they started making that claim

haha, well there are some members here with some horror stories. Not to mention the one time I went there and saw it firsthand.

[RecoilSensitive]

I have built with Anderson LPK like 8 times. Had one issue where disconnect wouldn't let trigger reset. So it was too safe. Was a simple file fix on a but and I was rolling again. I will continue to use Anderson for my parts kits

[SSGBPowell]

I have 3 Anderson LPK in rifles, They were stainless triggers and hammers, I have had no trouble with them. I might have gotten lucky but my luck doesn't usually run that way.

[guncrank1]

One of the best parts of the anderson lower kits is the trigger group. You can hone and polish them without fear of destroying the heat treat.

Sounds like you have too ,just to get them to work.

[guncrank1]

Everything I have ever seen of theirs is. But at least they don't claim to be the only no lube ar...Anderson has been suspect to me ever since they started making that claim

Even the vaulted Accurate Armory put out a lemon , I know I had to deal with it.

[Toddstang]

I don't think I can name one company/manufacturer, that hasn't made a turd.

[Toddstang]

Update:

Since they sent me the stainless trigger group I decided to polish it up really good before I installed it.
Took it out today and tried it out and it impressed me so much that I may buy a few more. It feels as good as a high $ trigger and is way lighter pull then a regular milspec trigger. Smooth as glass!
I would honestly say that Anderson really made this work for the best.

[BK Meyers]

Update:

Since they sent me the stainless trigger group I decided to polish it up really good before I installed it.
Took it out today and tried it out and it impressed me so much that I may buy a few more. It feels as good as a high $ trigger and is way lighter pull then a regular milspec trigger. Smooth as glass!
I would honestly say that Anderson really made this work for the best.

Now put a JP Enterprises trigger spring kit in it (Red/yellow) or (yellow/yellow). I've got a spring kit that I've wanted to add to an existing Anderson SS trigger group (unpolished) but honestly really like how the trigger feels with standard springs. If I do change the spring kit it will be to a red/yellow set-up since I have one on hand.

BK

[son of liberty]

One of the best parts of the anderson lower kits is the trigger group. You can hone and polish them without fear of destroying the heat treat.