I understand.
I hate both conflict and change. The barrel issue was especially frustrating for me, since I'd had such great luck with my two earlier Larue .308's, an OBR (sold when I got the second P'tOBR) and a PredatAR (Will never sell!!!). I wanted two more rifles with the same Lothar Walther barrels. Trigger? Even though I changed out the Geissele SSA's in both older Larue rifles for the Geissele NM versions, I wanted two spare SSA's, because I'm just used to them now.
But, the new Larue barrels show great promise, I'm happy to say. I've shot slightly better groups with my new 18" P'tOBR with its beater so-called "Field Grade" barrel than I did with the L-W barrel in my old OBR. The one Match Grade barrel equipped P'tOBR shot better yet. So, this issue is coming to a close.
The AR Gold trigger has truly devoted fans. It should, since it's a good trigger. Just not what I'm accustomed to using. I had no problem finding someone who would swap me two new SSA-E's for them. So, this problem is solved for me, as well.
My two rifle's current (NOT final) configurations:
This 16" .308 barrel will eventually be replaced with a 24" Krieger 6.5CM barrel. The Nightforce F1 will move to the 18", below. A NF ATACR is on order for this rifle.
My older P'tAR:
This rifle is getting a new NF 2.5-1x42 NXS.