Glock trigger question

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Shooting my Glock 34, Gen 4 yesterday. I am not a big Glock fan, my favourite 9mm was my Sig P226. Anyhow, I found that after a few shots each clip the trigger pull seems to become much heavier to the point I though I might have shot the piece dry. After shot broke next shot's trigger pull went back to "Glock normal". I assume this is a technique issue not a pistol issue. I find the trigger stings also. What's up with that? I'm going to keep the Glock, accuracy wise it works great. So don't waste time Glock bashing, I knew what I was getting when I bought it;)

Thanks for any in sight into this issue.
 
I feel for you on the sting thing. I had shingle in my right hand so the nerves are overly sensitive. Aside from wearing a glove on your shooting hand I don't think there is much you can do about the trigger sting you are feeling. Someone might know of a after market trigger that would give you some relief.

Take Care

Bob
 
Glock 34 should have the factory minus connector, and is my personal favorite trigger I've used on all my Glocks.
I've never come across an issue where the trigger seems to reset and feel heavier. I wonder if it has a NY trigger.

Have you pulled out the trigger to see what you have? I'd highly recommend that.

As for the sting, it's likely caused by the trigger resetting. The trigger shoe safety has a tendency to cause a bit of bite if you have a heavy resetting gun because it protrudes outside the trigger shoe. The guys at black box showed me a trick years ago. Carefully file that piece down so it's smooth with the trigger shoe and it eliminates any bite you may feel.
 
FoxAlpha if you file that part down will it not reduce the safety feature for the part or not? For IDPA competitors that would remove you from both SSP and ESP Divisions by rule.

Take Care

Bob
 
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Here's an idea of what I'm talking about.

Left side is an all factory stock Glock 21sf modifications. You can see the trigger shoe safety is a straight line and when fully depressed leaves a bit of material protruding. This is what causes that "sting".

Right side is my Glock 17. All factory stock, but it has the minus connector swapped into it, plus the trigger shoe safety modification.
You can see it has a crude radius and when depressed, matches the radius of the trigger shoe itself.
I've put between 4-5k rounds through the gun with this and never once have I have an issue with the trigger shoe safety not depressing fully and causing the trigger to lock up.
I do this because it gives me a "flatter" faced trigger and I find gives me a much nicer pull, without the 200 dollar expense of an agency Arms trigger shoe or something else similar.
I like to keep my Glocks as stock as possible, with as little modifications as possible. I'll only do something I deem necessary, that improves function without limiting reliability.


Canuck44 said:
FoxAlpha if you file that part down will it not reduce the safety feature for the part or not? For IDPA competitors that would remove you from both SSP and ESP Divisions by rule.

Take Care

Bob
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Would it remove the safety feature? No, if you removed too much material it would not depress the safety enough and wouldn't allow the trigger to be pulled. In essence, if you bubba the job you're going to lock your gun up and need to buy a new trigger.
As for competitiors in IDPA, etc, I can't comment as I'm not one of them. I'm sure someone with experience in that field can chime in.

If you're weary, or have the fine motor skills of a walrus, I'd recommend an aftermarket trigger then. Zev makes some really nice ones.
 
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Pony up and buy an Agency Arms trigger! I was always a Sig guy, and still am. BUT I have Agency triggers in a few of the Glocks that I own and absolutely love to shoot them now.
 
Trigger safety modification really helps. Did that after first 200 rounds with Glock and very happy about mod. Funny but gen 5 still have flat safety surface. I hope gen 15 will have it fixed.
 
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