About Rare Breed
Triggers
Born from a refusal to accept limitations. Built on precision engineering, patent protection, and an unwavering commitment to the American shooter.
The Origin of Rare Breed
Rare Breed Triggers was founded by a team of firearms engineers and Second Amendment advocates who believed the industry had grown stagnant. They saw an opportunity to engineer something genuinely new — a trigger mechanism that would redefine what was possible in a semi-automatic platform.
The concept behind the rare breed trigger philosophy was simple: build the most mechanically innovative, precision-crafted trigger on the market and let the product speak for itself. Every component, every tolerance, every surface finish would be held to a standard that most manufacturers never attempt.
“We didn’t set out to make a better trigger. We set out to make a trigger unlike anything that existed.”
The result was the FRT-15 — a forced reset trigger that uses the rearward travel of the bolt carrier group to mechanically force the trigger to reset, allowing for dramatically faster follow-up shots while remaining a single-function, semi-automatic trigger in every legal and mechanical sense. Rarebreed triggers had arrived, and the firearms world took notice immediately.
From the very first production run, demand for the rare breed frt exceeded all projections. Word spread fast through competitive shooting circles, enthusiast forums, and gun shows. The FRT-15 wasn’t just a product — it was a statement about what American engineering could achieve when unburdened by convention.
The Rare Breed Journey
The founding team at Rare Breed Triggers begins engineering a novel trigger mechanism built around a forced reset concept. The goal: create a rare breed trigger that is legally distinct, mechanically superior, and patent-defensible from day one. Early prototypes of what would become the FRT-15 trigger are tested extensively.
The Rare Breed FRT-15 launches to the public. The frt 15 trigger immediately draws attention for its unique operating principle — using the bolt carrier group’s rearward travel to physically force the trigger forward, enabling rapid reset without any automatic fire mechanism. Forced reset triggers become a category unto themselves, and Rare Breed owns it.
Federal authorities attempt to classify the FRT-15 as a machine gun under existing statutes, despite its single-function mechanical design. Rare Breed Triggers refuses to capitulate. The company engages top-tier legal counsel and mounts an aggressive defense of its product, its patents, and the rights of every customer who purchased a rare breed frt. This was never just business — it was principle.
In a landmark settlement, the Department of Justice reverses its position. Rare Breed Triggers emerges vindicated — the FRT-15 is confirmed as a legal, federally compliant semi-automatic trigger. The victory sends a clear message: innovation backed by integrity and legal precision will prevail. Rarebreed triggers resume full operations, and the FRT-15 is back.
Today, Rare Breed Triggers continues to lead the forced reset trigger category with an expanding product lineup. The FRT-15L3 represents the latest evolution — refined, tightened, and improved based on real-world feedback from thousands of shooters. The brand that redefined a category now defines the standard.
Built for the Serious Shooter
The mission of Rare Breed Triggers has never changed: design and manufacture the most mechanically innovative, precision-built trigger systems available to the law-abiding American shooter. Every product we release — from the original FRT-15 trigger to the latest FRT-15L3 — is engineered to exceed expectations in feel, reliability, and durability.
We are not a company that chases trends. We set them. The rare breed philosophy applies to everything we do — from the tolerances we hold on the shop floor to the legal battles we fight in the courtroom. If it does not meet our standard, it does not leave our facility.
Our customers are competitive shooters, responsible gun owners, collectors, and Second Amendment advocates who demand the best. They chose a rare breed frt because they refuse to settle for ordinary — and we refuse to let them down.
We engineer solutions that did not exist before. The forced reset trigger concept is proof that genuine innovation is still possible in a mature industry.
Every rare breed trigger is machined to tolerances that most manufacturers consider unnecessary. We consider them non-negotiable.
When the government came for our product, we fought back. Integrity means standing behind your work even when it is costly to do so.
A trigger that fails is worse than no trigger at all. Every FRT-15 trigger ships only after passing our full battery of function and endurance tests.
We Fought. We Won.
No chapter of the Rare Breed Triggers story is more important than the legal battle that tested everything we stood for. When federal authorities moved to reclassify the FRT-15 forced reset trigger as a machine gun, every other company in our position had accepted defeat and surrendered their products. We refused.
The Rare Breed FRT-15 operates on a single-function trigger mechanism. Each shot requires a deliberate, independent pull of the trigger. The bolt carrier group forces the trigger to reset mechanically — but it does not fire the weapon. The shooter fires the weapon. This distinction is not a technicality. It is the entire point. Forced reset triggers are not machine guns. We proved it in court.
The Department of Justice ultimately reversed course in a settlement that confirmed what we had argued from the beginning: the rare breed trigger is a legal, semi-automatic trigger mechanism protected under existing federal law. Thousands of customers who had purchased an FRT-15 trigger were vindicated alongside us. Their trust in our product — and in our willingness to fight for them — was not misplaced.
This victory matters beyond Rarebreed Triggers. It established an important precedent for firearms innovation: that novel mechanical designs cannot simply be recharacterized by regulatory agencies without legal basis. For every engineer, manufacturer, and gun owner who believes in the rule of law, this was a win worth fighting for.
What Makes a Rare Breed Trigger Different?
When shooters search for a rare breed trigger, they are looking for something specific: a trigger that delivers a fundamentally different shooting experience without crossing into illegal territory. The FRT-15 accomplishes this through a patented mechanical design that has no equivalent on the market. Unlike a standard mil-spec trigger, which relies solely on the shooter’s finger for reset, the rare breed frt uses the energy already present in the cycling bolt carrier group to drive the trigger forward and into reset position after each shot.
The result is a dramatically shortened reset — one that the shooter can take advantage of with proper technique to achieve much faster split times than any conventional trigger allows. This is why the frt 15 trigger became so popular so quickly among competitive shooters and enthusiasts who had already maxed out the performance of traditional trigger upgrades.
Forced Reset Triggers: Understanding the Mechanism
Forced reset triggers represent a genuine category of firearm components — not a gimmick or a workaround, but a mechanically distinct type of trigger group. The defining characteristic of all forced reset triggers is the same: the trigger is physically reset by a component linked to or actuated by the cycling action of the firearm, rather than relying entirely on the shooter’s trigger finger releasing pressure and the trigger spring pushing the trigger forward on its own.
In the case of Rare Breed Triggers‘ FRT-15, the connection is made through a carefully designed interface between the trigger and the bolt carrier group. As the BCG travels rearward under the force of the fired cartridge, it contacts the FRT mechanism and drives the trigger forward. This happens in a fraction of a second — faster than any human finger can achieve unassisted — delivering the kind of reset speed that was previously only possible in more expensive, exotic trigger designs.
It is important to understand that forced reset triggers are not automatic fire mechanisms. Every shot fired through an FRT-equipped rifle still requires a complete, independent trigger pull. The weapon fires once per trigger pull — period. The FRT simply makes the reset faster and more mechanically consistent. This is the legal and mechanical distinction that Rare Breed Triggers successfully defended in its landmark legal case.
Rare Breed Triggers and the Glock Platform
While the FRT-15 established Rare Breed Triggers as the leader in AR-15 platform forced reset triggers, the brand’s engineering capabilities extend beyond the AR platform. Shooters interested in a binary glock trigger or a binary trigger for glock represent a distinct but related market — one defined by the same desire for enhanced trigger performance and faster follow-up shot capability that drove the FRT-15’s success.
Whether you are looking to upgrade your AR-15 with a genuine rare breed frt or exploring trigger upgrade options for your Glock pistol platform, the standard of performance set by Rarebreed Triggers defines what a premium aftermarket trigger should deliver: precision engineering, legal compliance, and a noticeable, real-world performance advantage from the very first round downrange.
Why Buy Direct from Rare Breed Triggers?
When you purchase a rare breed trigger directly from our official store at rare-breedtriggers.com, you receive the only genuine, patent-protected FRT-15. We do not authorize third-party resellers, and we cannot guarantee the authenticity or quality of any product sold under the Rare Breed Triggers name through unauthorized channels. Counterfeit and imitation forced reset triggers have appeared in the market — none of them carry our warranty, our quality standards, or our legal protections.
Every FRT-15 trigger sold through our official store ships with full documentation, our manufacturer’s warranty, and the confidence that comes from buying directly from the company that designed, patented, and legally defended the product you are holding. That is the rare breed difference.
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