Are Forced Reset Triggers Legal in Texas?

Texas Law in Detail

Texas defines a machine gun as a firearm capable of shooting more than two shots automatically, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. A one-shot-per-trigger-function FRT does not satisfy that definition, and Texas has no separate trigger-activator category.

Bills introduced in the 2025 regular session would have lowered the machine-gun threshold to more than one shot and created a machine-gun conversion-device offense. They did not become law.

Legislative and Court History

• 2025SB 808 (89th Regular Session) proposed defining a machine-gun conversion device and changing the machine-gun threshold from more than two shots to more than one shot per trigger function. Companion proposals appeared in the House.
• 2025-06-02The 89th Regular Session adjourned without enacting the proposed machine-gun definition changes.

Practical Notes

Texas Penal Code section 46.05 regulates possessing, manufacturing, transporting, repairing, or selling a machine gun as defined by section 46.01. The current provisions establish no separate FRT or rate-increasing-trigger category.

Sources

• https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.46.htm
• https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00808I.htm

Federal baseline

Under the 2025 DOJ settlement with Rare Breed Triggers, an FRT fires one round per trigger function and is not an NFA machine gun federally. The settlement covers rifles and grip-forward pistols; it does not extend to grip-fed handguns (Glock, S&W M&P, Canik), whose federal FRT status remains less settled. State bans operate independently of federal law through broader state machine-gun, trigger-activator, or rate-of-fire definitions.

Scope: Forced reset triggers (Rare Breed FRT-15, Dairyland Defender, and similar) and forced-reset selectors (AR Super Safety, ARC-Fire). One round per trigger function. Binary triggers are a separate class.

Forced Reset Triggers Worth Buying

If your state is green on the map, these are the FRTs we recommend. The Rare Breed FRT-15 line is the settlement-covered original, and the Triggered Company's Disruptor and LAT are the strongest alternatives on the same one-pull-per-round mechanism.

Triggers & Fire Control • $450

Rare Breed Triggers FRT-15L3

The original forced reset trigger with an ambidextrous 3-position safety and full hardware kit

• 4-4.5 lb semi / 5.5-6 lb FRT pull
• Forced reset
• Ambidextrous 3-position safety

$450.00 MSRP

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Triggers & Fire Control • $250

The Triggered Company Partisan Disruptor FRT

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

• 3.75-4.1lb pull
• Forced reset
• Tool steel construction

$275.00

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Triggers & Fire Control • $324.99

The Triggered Company LAT FRT

Match-grade assisted reset FRT, a refinement of the Disruptor with a cleaner 3-3.5 lb pull and 17-4 stainless internals

• 3-3.5 lb pull
• Forced reset (ARSE)
• 17-4 stainless / 4140 chromoly

$324.99

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Triggers & Fire Control • $43

Hoffman Tactical Trigger Kicker

Active-reset disconnector swap that adds forced reset behavior to a mil-spec AR-15 fire control group

• Active-reset disconnector
• Drop-in disconnector swap
• Hardened 4130 alloy steel

$43.00 MSRP

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