{"id":34224,"date":"2015-03-11T09:08:21","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T14:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=34224"},"modified":"2015-03-10T12:10:09","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T17:10:09","slug":"apex-receives-patent-for-forward-set-trigger-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/apex-receives-patent-for-forward-set-trigger-system\/34224\/","title":{"rendered":"Apex Receives Patent For Forward Set Trigger System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Patented-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-34226\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Patented-sm-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Patented-sm\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Patented-sm-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Patented-sm-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Patented-sm-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Patented-sm-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Patented-sm.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>LOS OSOS, Calif. \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/apextactical.com\" target=\"_blank\">Apex Tactical Specialties<\/a> announced that it has been awarded a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a \u201cfiring mechanism for a firearm\u201d covering the company\u2019s Forward Set Sear and Trigger products.<\/p>\n<p>Covered by U.S. patent number 8,863,425, the Apex Forward Set Sear and Trigger is designed to reduce total trigger travel creating a more responsive trigger in a striker-fire pistol, and one reminiscent of the trigger feel in a single-action pistol.<\/p>\n<p>This is the third patent Apex has received.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince the introduction of our Forward Set Sear and Trigger system it has been one of our most popular upgrades for the Smith &amp; Wesson M&amp;P series of pistols. The improvement in the trigger pull experience over a factory system is significant, and for many customers it is what defines an Apex upgrade,\u201d explained Randy Lee, president at Apex Tactical Specialties and the designer of the Forward Set Sear and Trigger system.<\/p>\n<p>Apex Forward Set Sear and Triggers are available from <a href=\"https:\/\/store.apextactical.com\/WebDirect\/Products\/Category?categoryId=29\" target=\"_blank\">ApexTactical.com<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brownells.com\/search\/index.htm?k=apex+tactical&amp;ksubmit=y&amp;f_a=1\" target=\"_blank\">Brownells.com<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.midwayusa.com\/brand\/apex-tactical\" target=\"_blank\">MidwayUSA<\/a> and local firearms dealer.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on parts and services from Apex Tactical Specialties, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apextactical.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.ApexTactical.com<\/a>, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/apextactical\" target=\"_blank\">Apex Tactical on Facebook<\/a> or follow @ApexTactical on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/apextactical\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/apextactical\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>. Instructional videos on the installation of Apex parts are available on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/apextactical\" target=\"_blank\">Apex&#8217;s YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS OSOS, Calif. \u2013 Apex Tactical Specialties announced that it has been awarded a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a \u201cfiring mechanism for a firearm\u201d covering the company\u2019s Forward Set Sear and Trigger products. Covered by U.S. patent number 8,863,425, the Apex Forward Set Sear and Trigger is designed to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[3436,1919,3546,688,59],"class_list":["post-34224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-from-the-industry","tag-apex-tactical-specialties","tag-mp","tag-patent","tag-randy-lee","tag-smith-wesson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34224\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}