Triggered Company LAT Review: First Look at the 3 lb Match FRT

The LAT is The Triggered Company's match-grade, 3-position AR-15 forced reset trigger, and its defining feature is that the selector fully disables the assisted reset system in standard semi-auto mode. That separate reset lever, carried over from the original TacCon 3MR architecture, is what lets the LAT deliver a true light single-stage break in semi while keeping the same forced-reset third position as the Disruptor. Our launch coverage of the LAT's specs and pricing covers the mechanical background; this piece is about how the trigger actually feels in hand.

This is a first look at a brand-new unit, evaluated in our standard FRT test rig with an H3 buffer. The LAT's headline claim is the quality of its semi-auto break, and that is exactly what bench and dry-fire handling measures. Round-count durability already has a reference point: the design is validated past 6,000 rounds under USMC M27 IAR evaluation criteria, and it shares its reset system requirements with the Disruptor we have run extensively.

The LAT's semi-auto pull is very soft: a short stretch of light take-up, then the break, with no defined wall in between. The factory spec is 3 to 3.5 lbs and our unit sits at the light end of that range in hand. There is no firm stop to stage against the way there is on a two-stage match trigger; pressure builds briefly and the shot just goes. The reset is short and positive.

That wall-free character is the whole personality of this trigger, and it cuts both ways. For slow, deliberate marksman work the light rolling break is easy to press without disturbing the sights, which is precisely the use case The Triggered Company built it for. Shooters trained to ride a wall and break the shot from a hard stop will find nothing to index against. Neither reaction is wrong; it is the same split that divides single-stage and two-stage shooters on conventional triggers, and our AR-15 trigger guide breaks down that decision in depth.

Side by side, the two triggers feel like different products rather than two grades of the same one. The current-revision Disruptor cassette breaks almost like a two-stage: gritty take-up, then a very defined wall, then the break. The Triggered Company says the grit smooths out with break-in. The LAT is the opposite: softer, lighter, no grit, and no wall at all.

Honest take from handling both: the Disruptor's defined wall is genuinely likable, and if you stage your shots off a wall you may prefer it outright, grit and all. The LAT wins on pure break weight and smoothness. In the third selector position the two run the same assisted-reset function, so the choice comes down entirely to which semi-auto trigger you want to live with, and at $250 the Disruptor keeps the value argument. Our full Disruptor review covers that trigger's range record in detail.

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The Triggered Company Partisan Disruptor FRT

$275.00

Drop-in forced reset trigger with 3-position safety for rapid follow-up shots

3.75-4.1lb pullForced resetTool steel construction3-position safety

Pros

• +Significantly faster follow-up shots vs standard triggers
• +Easy drop-in installation (torx wrench + included anti-walk pins)
• +Durable tool steel and 4140 chromoly construction

Cons

• −Take-up ahead of the wall is gritty out of the box on newer revisions
• −Stock selector is oversized, non-ambidextrous, and less positive than milspec (the SBW ambi selector fixes this)
• −Only 1-year warranty

Trigger Type: Forced reset trigger (FRT)Pull Weight: 3.75 - 4.1 lbsPositions: 3-position (Safe/Semi/Enhanced Semi)Material: Tool steel / 4140 chromoly

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Installation is identical to the Disruptor: the LAT is a drop-in cassette with mil-spec pin sizes and anti-walk pins in the package, and in-spec standard AR-15 lowers need no fitting. The Triggered Company notes that some billet, 9mm blowback, and non-standard receivers may require fitting or may not accept the trigger at all. If you have installed any cassette trigger, nothing here will surprise you. The blister pack lists the three selector positions (Safe, Standard Semi Auto, Enhanced Semi Auto) and marks the trigger as made in the USA.

The back of the package states the running requirements plainly: an M16-profile BCG and a heavy buffer are required for optimal performance, and the gun should be kept clean and well lubricated. The Triggered Company's published spec is an H2 buffer minimum, H3 recommended for 16-inch and shorter barrels, and a standard rifle buffer for 20-inch A2 systems; our test rig runs an H3. The card also carries a 12-month warranty and the Larry Alan Thorne biography the trigger is named for. If you are building a host for it, our FRT compatible guns guide maps which platforms run forced reset triggers, and the interactive builder lets you spec the lower, buffer, and BCG around it.

If you really want a lightweight marksman trigger with forced reset on tap, the LAT is that trigger and nothing else in the lineup matches it: 4 out of 5 on first impressions. The soft 3 to 3.5 lb single-stage break does exactly what the match-grade positioning claims, the reset is clean, and the 17-4 stainless internals justify part of the premium over the Disruptor's tool steel.

If you are fine with the Disruptor's standard trigger, skip the upgrade. Its current revision breaks off a defined wall that some shooters, ourselves included, genuinely like staging against, and it costs less while running the same enhanced-semi function. The LAT is the specialist's pick, not a mandatory replacement.

Legality is unchanged from every other AR-15 forced reset trigger: covered federally by the May 2025 DOJ settlement, one round per trigger function, with roughly 15 jurisdictions still restricting FRTs under state law.