Glock Trigger Upgrades (Read 7018 times)

cdomingo117

Glock Trigger Upgrades
« on: April 10, 2013, 02:33:22 PM »
Been looking around for an after market adjustable triggers online for my G34 GEN 4 and came pass the Fulcrum Trigger Drop-in Kit. Anyone have any inputs on this kit?  :shaka::wacko: :wacko: :shaka:
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cdomingo117

Re: Glock Trigger Upgrades
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2013, 07:43:03 PM »
Correction *G23* not 34..
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Funtimes

Re: Glock Trigger Upgrades
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2013, 08:02:33 PM »
Been looking around for an after market adjustable triggers online for my G34 GEN 4 and came pass the Fulcrum Trigger Drop-in Kit. Anyone have any inputs on this kit?  :shaka::wacko: :wacko: :shaka:

I have the Haley Strategic Projets, Skimmer Trigger... works nice and basically removes the slack out of the trigger pull. The Glock functions more like a 1911 style trigger at that point.  It doesn't reduce the trigger press, but I didn't want that for a 'carry' type gun.
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cdomingo117

Re: Glock Trigger Upgrades
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2013, 08:16:27 PM »
Chris is that the one you brought out for the handgun safety class? I Remember the trigger felt pretty good. I referred one of my co-worker to your class and I think he's going to the one this Sunday with his wife. Last name Gonsalves. Still trying to find a day my wife can go and take your course.
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digital808

Re: Glock Trigger Upgrades
« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2013, 09:17:37 PM »
Wouldn't tinker too much with trigger!  If gun is new.....keep shooting it, after awhile it will smooth out

Funtimes

Re: Glock Trigger Upgrades
« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2013, 09:33:21 PM »
Chris is that the one you brought out for the handgun safety class? I Remember the trigger felt pretty good. I referred one of my co-worker to your class and I think he's going to the one this Sunday with his wife. Last name Gonsalves. Still trying to find a day my wife can go and take your course.

Well I have two glocks, each has a trigger mod.  The Glock 22 (.40 caliber), which was the black glock, has a #3.5 trigger upgrade to it, and the Tan glock 19 has the skimmer trigger in it.  I like the way it feels, but if you want options for glock triggers... glocktriggers.com is the way to go.
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cdomingo117

Re: Glock Trigger Upgrades
« Reply #6 on: April 11, 2013, 08:19:14 AM »
Thanks everyone for the info  :shaka:
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pj_benn

Re: Glock Trigger Upgrades
« Reply #7 on: April 11, 2013, 08:31:15 AM »
When I took my handgun safety from ogc awhile back eugenes glocks trigger was awesome. Been meaning to find out what he's running

sliver

Re: Glock Trigger Upgrades
« Reply #8 on: April 14, 2013, 03:14:53 AM »
You don't need to spend all the money for a fulcrum trigger although it is the easiest way to get a fairly good trigger.  200-250 bucks+shipping is a bit stiff for me and I'd rather just buy another gun at that point.

For me, I'd spend 20 bucks and you can have a glock with a true 3-3.5lb trigger pull, very little pre-travel and no over travel (spring kit+connector+melt the stock firing pin safety).  You can take out all the pre-travel out of the trigger but your gonna end up disabling the drop safety, if you do this though the trigger weight will drop by about half a lb.  Spend about 10 bucks to adjust where the trigger pivot point is and you'll end up with a ~2lb trigger pull on stock internals, sub 2lbs when you do the mods mentioned.  You won't be able to use this mod on official matches like idpa but its a fairly easy and nice mod to have.  It's what the fulcrum does some what.  If you do go with this route, you can use a heavier connector to get a more crisp trigger break although its never gonna be a custom 1911.  question is how light of a trigger, how much money do you want to spend, and what type of trigger break can you live with?

Reset can be modified by play with the nose of the trigger bar.  get it right though or you might make wear an issue.

Remember to polish everything up with a dremel and that will smooth out the trigger for you.  Don't use q-tips or you'll end up with shiny rough edges on all your mating surfaces which won't help a damn thing.  Also remember no matter how shiny the aftermarket connectors are, they can always be improved with some polishing.  For me, I don't even bother with the dremel to honest, I go straight to my bigger wheels to get a true mirror polish on all the mating surfaces.

Best thing about all these mods are that they can all be taken off and the gun be put back to stock in just a few mins and their cheap as hell!  I bought my glock just to see how far I could mod it and found out a glock can have a fairly decent trigger on the cheap.   

These are the basic mods everyone can do, there are more advanced mods like cutting the firing pin nose and bending the trigger spring bar, shaving the firing pin, or tig welding more metal on to various parts of the trigger bar and firing pin to get even shorter resets or lighter pulls and more crisp breaks but you probably don't need to go that far in modding your glock.  Remember to use a real trigger scale and not a stupid fishing scale to check your mods.   



Have fun.
« Last Edit: April 14, 2013, 03:48:02 AM by sliver »

sliver

Re: Glock Trigger Upgrades
« Reply #9 on: April 14, 2013, 03:18:24 AM »
Wouldn't tinker too much with trigger!  If gun is new.....keep shooting it, after awhile it will smooth out


why not?  its cheap and easy to tinker with a glock.  Polishing it up the internals will save you the trouble of having to shoot 500-3000 rounds thru the gun and its cleaner.  ammo is not cheap anymore!  why wear out your recoil spring and barrel if you don't need to?

true you may not want to do extensive mods which remove safeties from the gun for carry use but how many here actually are carrying their glocks as ccws?  if your a LEO you can't mod your gun anyways so that's a moot point.  for a range only toy, why not mod it with at least the basics?  It's not like he is gonna go as far as modding the sear and risk full auto fun...
« Last Edit: April 14, 2013, 03:49:18 AM by sliver »

cdomingo117

Re: Glock Trigger Upgrades
« Reply #10 on: April 14, 2013, 01:12:41 PM »
Thanks Silver for the info. I got a ghost connector in and about to do the polish job on it. I think the main thing I wanted was a smoother trigger and shorter pre-travel.
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sliver

Re: Glock Trigger Upgrades
« Reply #11 on: April 15, 2013, 01:19:25 PM »
Thanks Silver for the info. I got a ghost connector in and about to do the polish job on it. I think the main thing I wanted was a smoother trigger and shorter pre-travel.

You can get a shorter pretravel by putting in a setscrew into the front of the ejector housing.  Don't make it too long though or you will disable the drop safety.  the hardest part about it is finding a 2-52 setscrew as well as a drill and tap set for it (no local stores will stock it and you'll have a hell of a time even on line finding it.  best bet is to go to an online hobby store for radio-controlled toys and they might stock something that small).  you can also put a dab of jb weld in to that area and slowly file it away until you get the pre-travel you like (this one back out on you like a setscrew can).  Putting a setscrew in to the trigger itself doesn't really work so well with the stock trigger as it is plastic and will eventually strip out or move on you.  You can also put a set screw in to the front of the trigger guard area to stop the trigger bar from coming forward.  Another mod to take out the pretravel is to bend the trigger spring bar but make sure you heat it up to a dull red before you attempt to bend it or your gonna break it off.  doing this may disable the trigger safety but you can always shave that down with a small file later to make it work again.

have fun!

dirsh

Re: Glock Trigger Upgrades
« Reply #12 on: April 15, 2013, 01:40:43 PM »
Are you guys dropping triggers in your HD guns, or is it just for the range?
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cdomingo117

Re: Glock Trigger Upgrades
« Reply #13 on: April 15, 2013, 03:21:59 PM »
Are you guys dropping triggers in your HD guns, or is it just for the range?

I just wanted to shorten the pre-travel for the range. I wanted to put a drop in trigger kit like the Fulcrum so I can adjust the feel of the trigger. Just getting inputs from everyone before I actually spend the money or not :shaka:.
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