Re: Glock aftermarket Trigger question...
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: turbo54</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I hate all of the aftermarket trigger items I've tried in Glocks.
There are only a couple ways to lighten a Glock trigger:
1. Lighter firing pin spring
2. Heaier trigger return spring
3. Lighter firin pin safety spring
4. Reducing friction (polishing components)
5. Changing geometry of connector, to give the trigger (and therefore the "sear" more mechanical advantage over the engagement lug of the striker.
You can play with the spring rates, and by the time it's all tuned up, while retaining the OEM connector, you'll have a crisp 5lb trigger.
Simple physics dictates that if you give the trigger/sear more leverage over the striker (decreasing pull weight), you INCREASE the amount of travel/motion the trigger must move through to acheive release of the striker. More motion = creep = mushy = crap.
My favorite glock trigger is:
Wolf heavy trigger spring
Work lightweight firing pin safety spring
2-3 coils clipped off striker spring
carefully performed $0.25 triggerjob
Just my opinion...</div></div>
I have owned eight Glocks and used them all for competition. These are competition modifications only!
I agree with everything except the striker spring. I buy the Wolff reduced striker spring. That is plenty. You should have extra of all of these, especially the extra power trigger spring since it is the most likely to break.
Regarding modifications to a G-20 or G-21 -
Make these changes at your peril. The larger framed guns do not like these mods over done. You will start getting light strikes. I have done all of this to my G-21 and lightened the striker. I also always use Federal Primers. They are softer.
With all of these, it is very important to keep the striker channel free of dirt and lubrication. Nothing will stop a Glock faster than lube in the striker channel. Brownell's sell long shaft wooden swabs that are perfect.
When the channel is clean, you should be able to take a Glock that is UNLOADED and not cocked, shaking it rear to front, back and forth, you should hear the striker moving to the front of the striker channel from the rear with a bright "tink" sound. If the sound is muddy, dull, muffled, etc., clean the striker channel.
My best trigger broke at just under 3 lbs the last time I checked it. They all get better with age.
If you get light strikes, you have gone to far for your ammo.
