GLOCK TRIGGER JOBS

[htxred]

IMO, and i mean no offensive tone by saying this, but if you need a trigger block to prevent accidents, then you shouldnt get a glock.

you can chamber a round in a glock, and throw it at the wall all day and nothing will happen.

the glock trigger safety is built pretty well, you have to actually have your finger on there, not just have something to snag the trigger. if you own a glock and it "accidently" goes off, you broke rule numero uno.

[casingpoint]

"Would you put a trigger block on a S&W DA revolver?"

Ordinarily, no. But then a stock revolver has considerably more trigger resistance than a stock Glock. There are times I would like a trigger block on a revolver, however, as well as a semi auto. Like Mexican carry, and inside my house or a vehicle where I may not want a holster to interfere with rapid deployment of the gun, but where a little extra measure of safety might be warranted on account of other, less gun-oriented people who might be around.

[BrassMonkey]

My G17 has as close to a 1911 trigger as you can get :-) I love it, Linda doesn't it. Carlson shot it, I forget what his impressions of it were.

[G.C.Montgomery]

are glock owners generally interested in trigger jobs? or do they jus do what they can with switch out parts? (connectors, springs etc)..

do most look for gunsmith's to do polish work?

i ask because i just started doing polish work and wonder what kind of demand there is. most seem to stick with leaving the gun as is.. very few seek trigger work.

It really depends on the shooter and the demand depends on circles you are running in. Me? Glocks are a purely functional tool. While I can appreciate a Glock trigger than has been well polished and tuned with the right springs, I find the factory trigger perfectly functional. If I'm trying to shave a 0.001 sec here or there in a match, then the trigger starts to make a difference. Otherwise, it's not that big a deal for me.

What does bug me about some Glock trigger work are the guys who basically set the gun up to bypass safeties in an attempt to get the trigger to feel more like that of the 1911. The worst of these hack jobs are using set screws, epoxy or any number of goofy contraptions to basically preload the trigger bar for the purpose of shortening the trigger stroke. The problem is, they are leaving the system in a stressed state with "firing-pin" block deactivated. The only thing holding back a discharge is that last few hundredths of an inch before the trigger bar drops down and out of the way striker. That is a recipe for disaster folks.

[htxred]

yea, i think if you want a 1911 trigger pull, get a 1911. my main goal of a trigger job was to get rid of creep and get a lighter pull.

[HooG19]

are glock owners generally interested in trigger jobs? or do they jus do what they can with switch out parts? (connectors, springs etc)..

do most look for gunsmith's to do polish work?

i ask because i just started doing polish work and wonder what kind of demand there is. most seem to stick with leaving the gun as is.. very few seek trigger work.

I guess I fit in this somewhere...

On my G19 (hence the G19 in my screen name), I was somewhat unhappy with the 5.5 lb trigger as I felt it was affecting how accurate I was with the gun. I only made 1 functional change to the trigger and that was replacing the connector with a Glock factory 3.5 lb piece (making it a 4.5 lb pull). I also changed the trigger itself to the G17 piece as I liked the smooth trigger over the serrated "target" trigger, but this was not really a functional change.

I have not done the so-called $.25 trigger job and probably will not. I like the way my trigger feels now and will more than likely do the same to my new G27.

[BrassMonkey]

All safeties on mine are still functioning as designed.

It was done professionally.

3-4mm take up, smooth :-)
3.2lb break
1mm reset