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Looking for advice and suggestions on triggers for my M&P9. New to the world trigger replacement and not really sure what all I would need to do to do a complete overhaul of the trigger mechanism. From what I have all read and looked at the last few days has led me to believe I should be good with the Forward Set Sear pack from CTCS.

http://ctcsupplies.ca/collections/triggers/products/apex-forward-set-sear-trigger-kit

What say ye?

Also looking for sights. Recommendations?
 
I did the full Apex kit on my M&P including the AEK aluminum trigger. Thought the upgrades were well worth it. As for sights, I have Trijicon night sights on mine. Big bright orange front dot is great.
 
I put the Apex DCAEK and TruGlo TFO's into my M&P and never looked back...very nice after all said and done.
 
Be really careful if you decide to change the rear sight. There is a little disc and spring retained by the sight. (firing pin locking plunger). You want to keep these parts trapped. You do not want to try to replace them after losing control. There needs to be something holding them in place all the time - either a little dovetailed tool, or a sight.
 
tiriaq said:
Be really careful if you decide to change the rear sight. There is a little disc and spring retained by the sight. (firing pin locking plunger). You want to keep these parts trapped. You do not want to try to replace them after losing control. There needs to be something holding them in place all the time - either a little dovetailed tool, or a sight.
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I seen that in youtube vid last night, bit thanks for the heads up all the same. I think I will just get the sights installed at RDSC when I cross those roads.
 
If you like fiber optic sights, you owe it to your self to check out the VTAC M&P sights. I put a set on my M&P Pro and they are by far the best sights I have used. Like most conbat style sights, they are better suited to quick combat style shooting rather than precision bulls eye work, but if you are shooting an M&P then I assume that is what you are after anyway.


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They have both fiber optic and tritium (manufactured by Trijicon for VTAC) but are not as busy as they sound. In moderate to bright light, the fiber optics pop and you honestly do not even see the tiny tritium vials. They pretty much vanish in the sight picture. In dim to low light the fiber optics all but disappear and the tritium lights up. Really quite an ingenuous design. It is kind of hard to picture until you see it in person, but believe me, they work as advertised.

As for triggers, I am seriously eyeballing Apex's new flat-faced forward set trigger. It looks very intriguing!

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onetwentyish said:
I seen that in youtube vid last night, bit thanks for the heads up all the same. I think I will just get the sights installed at RDSC when I cross those roads.
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Amateur tip: if you try to drift the rear sight out on your own, place the pistol and your hands inside of a bag so that if things go flying, at least they'll be caught in the bag. I wouldn't be afraid of trying it yourself. Homesmithing can be a fun hobby.
 
krausb said:
If you like fiber optic sights, you owe it to your self to check out the VTAC M&P sights. I put a set on my M&P Pro and they are by far the best sights I have used. Like most conbat style sights, they are better suited to quick combat style shooting rather than precision bulls eye work, but if you are shooting an M&P then I assume that is what you are after anyway.


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They have both fiber optic and tritium (manufactured by Trijicon for VTAC) but are not as busy as they sound. In moderate to bright light, the fiber optics pop and you honestly do not even see the tiny tritium vials. They pretty much vanish in the sight picture. In dim to low light the fiber optics all but disappear and the tritium lights up. Really quite an ingenuous design. It is kind of hard to picture until you see it in person, but believe me, they work as advertised.
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I go cross-eyed when I try to look through those sights. Glad to see some people don't mind them.
 
yohann160 said:
I go cross-eyed when I try to look through those sights. Glad to see some people don't mind them.
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Im not sure what you mean by cross eyed; ut I will say that in use they are very different than looking through them at the fun counter.

By the way, how did you end up with a MA trigger? I didn't think any made their way to Canada. That must have been a disappointment the first time you took it to the range!
 
krausb said:
If you like fiber optic sights, you owe it to your self to check out the VTAC M&P sights. I put a set on my M&P Pro and they are by far the best sights I have used. Like most conbat style sights, they are better suited to quick combat style shooting rather than precision bulls eye work, but if you are shooting an M&P then I assume that is what you are after anyway.


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They have both fiber optic and tritium (manufactured by Trijicon for VTAC) but are not as busy as they sound. In moderate to bright light, the fiber optics pop and you honestly do not even see the tiny tritium vials. They pretty much vanish in the sight picture. In dim to low light the fiber optics all but disappear and the tritium lights up. Really quite an ingenuous design. It is kind of hard to picture until you see it in person, but believe me, they work as advertised.

As for triggers, I am seriously eyeballing Apex's new flat-faced forward set trigger. It looks very intriguing!

Apex-FFT-1-w-logo-300x200.jpg
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Those sights sound like exactly what I am looking for!

Now where to find them?
 
krausb said:
Im not sure what you mean by cross eyed; ut I will say that in use they are very different than looking through them at the fun counter.

By the way, how did you end up with a MA trigger? I didn't think any made their way to Canada. That must have been a disappointment the first time you took it to the range!
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Too cluttered and makes my astigmatism act up. Oh I knew it the was the Massachusetts trigger but at 420$ on sale at IRG I couldn't go wrong.
 
Doesn't really need anything - I put an Apex sear in mine, but basically just polished the rest of the parts, I tried the spring kits etc. and always went back to the factory stuff. My eyesight is bad enough now that a plain rear/fiber front might help, so I'm looking at that as an option, but the gun shoots just fine. I can still hit a 3x5 card with relative ease out to 15 yards, my inability to see gets in the way beyond that. I've found that without sacrificing reliability, you can run 10,000 rounds on a recoil spring, 25,000+ on the old strikers (probably more on the new ones), and that the mags that came with the gun had issues with the springs after 5 years of hard use, so if you're running them hard, or betting your life on them, I'd do the mag springs and followers every other year. Beyond that - buy ammo, start reloading and get training - nothing you put on a gun will make you a better shooter.
 
enefgee said:
Doesn't really need anything - I put an Apex sear in mine, but basically just polished the rest of the parts, I tried the spring kits etc. and always went back to the factory stuff. My eyesight is bad enough now that a plain rear/fiber front might help, so I'm looking at that as an option, but the gun shoots just fine. I can still hit a 3x5 card with relative ease out to 15 yards, my inability to see gets in the way beyond that. I've found that without sacrificing reliability, you can run 10,000 rounds on a recoil spring, 25,000+ on the old strikers (probably more on the new ones), and that the mags that came with the gun had issues with the springs after 5 years of hard use, so if you're running them hard, or betting your life on them, I'd do the mag springs and followers every other year. Beyond that - buy ammo, start reloading and get training - nothing you put on a gun will make you a better shooter.
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Still doing a hell of alot better then me thus far! I don't like to take the time to go to a certified range, so very seldom do I get to shoot my pistols. I try to make up for it by doing loaads of dryfire practice, but I should seek out some classes and get to a range more frequently, and with that in mind I am wanting to tune this up a bit so I can have a more enjoyable end user experience.
 
enefgee said:
Doesn't really need anything - I put an Apex sear in mine, but basically just polished the rest of the parts, I tried the spring kits etc. and always went back to the factory stuff. My eyesight is bad enough now that a plain rear/fiber front might help, so I'm looking at that as an option, but the gun shoots just fine. I can still hit a 3x5 card with relative ease out to 15 yards, my inability to see gets in the way beyond that. I've found that without sacrificing reliability, you can run 10,000 rounds on a recoil spring, 25,000+ on the old strikers (probably more on the new ones), and that the mags that came with the gun had issues with the springs after 5 years of hard use, so if you're running them hard, or betting your life on them, I'd do the mag springs and followers every other year. Beyond that - buy ammo, start reloading and get training - nothing you put on a gun will make you a better shooter.
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This right here needs to be a sticky...
 
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