1 Glock, 4 Mags, 10 Meters and 1 Target

MikeHammer

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I just put a 3.5lb connector in my Glock 17 and i gotta say that this is an awesome mod! I always shoot my Glock well, but the triger pull of this new setup really works for me. So i went to the range yesterday to try it out.

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40 rounds at ten yards standing at my local range, im not the best shot but i am pretty happy with this. I shot 4 other targets that looked identical to this one. Gotta love Glock:D
 
Nice shooting!

I love the 3.5 pound connector in mine. Everyone I let try it seems to like it better too, even a couple Glock haters have commented positively. :D
 
Tell me, did the mushy trigger, small controls, poor grip angle, size of grip, or polymer frame inhibit your ability? Oh wait, it didn't!!

(just making a point for a few member who can't shoot for sh*t) ;) Nice work.

TDC
 
Not to be a douche at all because the group is solid, but I look at that target and see most shots are low-left.

It might be a trigger finger placement issue, or snatching it saying "NOW" in your head pulling the gun down and left.

Dry fire till your finger is sore with a penny flat on your front sight. It's helped me blow the centre out of targets.

I'm anti 3.5 connector for a couple reasons, but you probably think I'm an ass already so I'll keep it to myself... :D
 
metcalfe said:
Not to be a douche at all because the group is solid, but I look at that target and see most shots are low-left.

It might be a trigger finger placement issue, or snatching it saying "NOW" in your head pulling the gun down and left.

Dry fire till your finger is sore with a penny flat on your front sight. It's helped me blow the centre out of targets.

I'm anti 3.5 connector for a couple reasons, but you probably think I'm an ass already so I'll keep it to myself... :D
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:) I don't think you're an ass. I'll take your advice and dry fire with the pistol, I'm always trying to better my skills.
 
I'll take your advice and dry fire with the pistol, I'm always trying to better my skills.
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Next time you're watching a movie alone, put on your mag pouches/holster/belt and practice. It's worth 100X actual fire time, IMHO.
I tell this to others but almost none of them actually do it.

Nice shooting btw.
 
metcalfe said:
Not to be a douche at all because the group is solid, but I look at that target and see most shots are low-left.

It might be a trigger finger placement issue, or snatching it saying "NOW" in your head pulling the gun down and left.

Dry fire till your finger is sore with a penny flat on your front sight. It's helped me blow the centre out of targets.

I'm anti 3.5 connector for a couple reasons, but you probably think I'm an ass already so I'll keep it to myself... :D
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I'd be interested to hear your reasons to be an anti- 3.5 connector if it the OP dont mind me derailing the thread.
 
Nicely done. I put a 3.5lb connector and NY1 spring in my Gen4 G17 a while back and I like the trigger better.
 
iloveak47 said:
I'd be interested to hear your reasons to be an anti- 3.5 connector if it the OP dont mind me derailing the thread.
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It's a personal choice to use a combat gun as such, and not set it up as a target pistol.

Many people have mastered the ~5.5 lbs stock trigger, and I prefer to train towards that as opposed to cheating myself with a lighter pull. The gun works just fine with a stock trigger, and with more training, just as well with a heavier duty weight of 8-11 lbs. (NY1/2).
Fundamentals are the key to accurate shooting. I like being good at pulling all triggers, not good at pulling light triggers only.

When you use the triggers reset, you've already lightened and shortened the pull anyway, so I only notice a difference of a 3.5 lbs. connector on the first pull.


If I ever have to use it to protect myself or a loved one, I would rather not justify the number of shots taken being intentional/necessary, or as a result of a lightened trigger.

We're not suppose to talk about things like this in Canada, but I think it's important that we do.
 
iloveak47 said:
I'd be interested to hear your reasons to be an anti- 3.5 connector if it the OP dont mind me derailing the thread.
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I'm a long time GLOCK shooter. I went through 3.5 connectors as a "phase" and then switched my GLOCKs all back to stock. The thing I found with the 3.5 connector is that it greatly reduces the tension on the re-set aspect of the trigger. I felt (in my mind at least, which is what pistol shooting all boils down to) that I was almost "pulling" the trigger back out to the re-set, rather than it "springing" into place - as with the stock trigger.

All of this is very, very subtle, btw, but that is pistol shooting for you. Subtle changes in trigger affect how you shoot. Most people eventually seem to come to this same conclusion, so they combine the 3.5 connector with a heavier spring - trying to get the best of both worlds: a lighter trigger break, but also a nice crisp "snap back" reset.

The revelation for me came, after years of experimenting with mods, was when I bought my OD green GLOCK 19, and was shooting it bone-stock (except for the sights, I can't use stock GLOCK plastic sights) and it felt awesome, better than the GLOCKs I had tried to #### with, and I was shooting it more accurately as well. I eventually went and stripped everything out of my black GLOCK 19 (the one that I had been moding) and returned it all to stock. Haven't looked back since.

The thing with handguns... everyone is different... some things work great for some people and terrible for others.... there is no right answer... trigger weight is not the only factor to consider.... even just in terms of accuracy, not even talking about speed of re-set, reliability, etc.
 
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