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Broken trigger spring on my G34. It was simple to replace. I hadn't heard of this before. Its about 7 yrs old and has a gazillion rounds through it. Its even been cleaned once or twice. Is this a common occurance and I"ve just been fortunate ?

Piney wrote:Broken trigger spring on my G34. It was simple to replace. I hadn't heard of this before. Its about 7 yrs old and has a gazillion rounds through it. Its even been cleaned once or twice. Is this a common occurance and I"ve just been fortunate ?

Too much cleaning I suspect.

BrianSW99 wrote:

Piney wrote:Broken trigger spring on my G34. It was simple to replace. I hadn't heard of this before. Its about 7 yrs old and has a gazillion rounds through it. Its even been cleaned once or twice. Is this a common occurrence and I've just been fortunate ?

Too much cleaning I suspect.

My 1989 Glock 19 has been cleaned twice ... perhaps I should check the spring.

I've had it happen numerous times, once during a range qualification. I had to do some fancy Tap-Rack-Bang work to keep the gun running. I now change out trigger springs once a year.

Be advised that Glock made a modification to the design of the trigger bar to help prevent this problem. The old style had a rather sharp edge where the spring hooked on. The new style is radiused and has a groove to help hold the spring. If yours is the old style, consider replacing it.

New York Trigger Springs are much more reliable but I can't stand how they feel.

Gringop

A Glock Armorer buddy told me that little stock trigger spring is about the ONLY thing that will break in a Glock. He recommended the NY1 "New York" trigger spring with a 3.5 connector. I have this setup in every Glock I own and it works great for me. YMMV, but I like the way it feels and the faster return of the trigger allows me to shoot multiple shots MUCH faster and more accurately than the stock setup.

Just my .02,
LeonCarr