Glock 22 Gen 4 advice / questions

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I purchased a glock 22 Gen 4 not that long ago from a forum dealer. It was sold as used but in excellent shape and it was spotless.

It is shooting way low and left, my google fu said it was probably me but I don't shoot any of my other handguns this bad. So i've been adjusting my grip and trying different loads and ammo brands, and it's getting better, but still not what I would call acceptable. On the weekend we had friends over and he has had a number of different Glocks over the years (no Gen4 though) and he thought the trigger was very heavy compared to his.

So now to the question part, does the Gen 4 or the G22 generally have a much heavy trigger then say a Gen 3 or a G17? Does anyone have suggestions on trigger springs and where to get them (or just go to Brownells)?
 
I don't find my G22Gen4 any heavier than other Glocks.

Have you done a detail strip and clean on it. Maybe it has an excess of grit in places that grit doesn't belong. While you're at it, you could try a 25 cent trigger job to smooth things out.
 
New York trigger spring, i'd suggest # 1, and you're set. Are you familiar with the trigger on the GLOCK's and their resets? Have you tried your friends GLOCKS to see if it's you, or perhaps a problem with the sights?
 
Is it your first Glock? The trigger pull and reset takes some time to get used to for some people. Especially since you said it was getting better as you were adjusting your grip. I would keep shooting it and doing some dry fire practice with it for a little while longer before replacing any parts and see if it improves at all.
 
You might also want to take a close look at the rear sight. I bought my M22 Gen4 new, and had Trijicon sights installed by the dealer. On the first trip to the range, I noticed the gun shoots to the left & slightly low. I'm what you'd call a very (perhaps "extremely") experienced Glock 22 user, so the problem is not "the loose nut behind the trigger". On close inspection of the gun, I noted that the rear sight is off center in its dovetail by about .5 mm. It's easily fixable, although a punch is not a good idea with sights containing glass ampoules, so I need to track down a Glock sight tool nearby.

Does it have original (plastic, I believe) sights, or do they appear to have been changed? If so, a simple adjustment might be the answer.
 
It has night sights and I carefully :)rolleyes:) tapped them over. While it has helped it's not 100% better. A very experienced Glock shooter thought that it was a heavy trigger pull and suggested a New York spring as some of you have suggested as well. Soo how hard is it to swap the most trigger spring on a Gen 4?
 
Engineer said:
It has night sights and I carefully :)rolleyes:) tapped them over. While it has helped it's not 100% better. A very experienced Glock shooter thought that it was a heavy trigger pull and suggested a New York spring as some of you have suggested as well. Soo how hard is it to swap the most trigger spring on a Gen 4?
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If it feels heavier than a normal Glock trigger it could already have a NY1 or NY2 spring installed. They are heavier than the stock trigger springs. This is what they look like, the coil is the stock spring.

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Engineer said:
It has night sights and I carefully :)rolleyes:) tapped them over. While it has helped it's not 100% better. A very experienced Glock shooter thought that it was a heavy trigger pull and suggested a New York spring as some of you have suggested as well. Soo how hard is it to swap the most trigger spring on a Gen 4?
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Trigger spring on the Glock is a 5min job.

 
In a pretty durn small sample size (four), I found a pretty large variation in trigger pull weights on bone stock gen4 glocks. I didn't measure them, but they sure did feel different. Moreover, I'd bet a good deal of cash that none were close to the 5.5lb pull claimed by Glock.

You put the NY1 trigger spring in to increase the trigger return force. If you don't change the connector as well, the trigger pull weight will increase, quite a bit. The NY1 trigger spring is usually paired with a 3.5lb connector to yield a pull weight close to stock but with much more pronounced reset. Take yours apart to see which of the springs from themikea's post you have.
 
Engineer said:
The green NY1 plastic piece is Definitely installed, so that explains it I guess. So I guess I need to find a stock factory spring to replace it with, now.
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Or pair it with a 3.5lb connector. Also a very easy job.

I messed about with my Glock trigger quite a bit. I wound up going back to the bone stock configuration because that's what felt best for me.

You should also verify that the previous owner did the 25 cent trigger job. Single best improvement I've ever seen on a Glock.
 
Engineer said:
The green NY1 plastic piece is Definitely installed, so that explains it I guess. So I guess I need to find a stock factory spring to replace it with, now.
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That explains why your experienced Glock shooting friend felt the trigger pull was heavy, yes. You can either replace it with a stock trigger spring, or add a 3.5lb connector, but either way you will have to get used to the trigger.
 
themikea said:
That explains why your experienced Glock shooting friend felt the trigger pull was heavy, yes. You can either replace it with a stock trigger spring, or add a 3.5lb connector, but either way you will have to get used to the trigger.
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I don't think i'll have any problem getting used to the trigger but you never know, time will tell if I'm a glock guy or not? Either way orderd a spring kit as well as a factory trigger spring from Brownells today, so we'll see.

Thanks for everyone's input.
 
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