Waterboy3313
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Long story short. I bought a new Glock 17 knowing that I was not going to be happy with the factory trigger. Before I actually shot it I spent a solid week using my strike man laser set up dry firing the living day lights out of it. I probably dry fired it 2000+ times before my first range trip.
My goal was to break in the factory trigger before my first range trip. Fast forward about two months and about 6 trips out. The factory trigger is still a rough factory trigger. I did my version of the 25 cent trigger polish job. My version took several hours of polishing with some fine polish and micro fiber cloth. No Dremel tool stuff here. I watched several videos and read up on it for a while before deciding to this. Results were a modest gain. The trigger feels better but nothing to brag about.
So today I received my ghost 3.5 pound connector and spring kit. I swapped in the connector and springs. For the striker/firing pin I opted for the 4 pound spring. I dry fired it several times and did not like the trigger reset it felt soggy and the reset felt weirdly unsafe. Not going to use this pistol for carry/self defense and I still wasn't feeling good about it.
I changed the striker spring from 4 lb to 6 lb and it definitely feels better. Trigger take up feels a bit shorter than factory the reset feels better and safe but it has a mushy feel when it breaks over now. I'm thinking tomorrow I will break it down again and try the factory trigger spring again with it's current configuration.
I'm on the fence about ordering a drop in trigger if changing springs around doesn't help. Do I need to just get used to the fact that Glock triggers just suck or do I need to drop another $150-200 on a drop in after market trigger?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
My goal was to break in the factory trigger before my first range trip. Fast forward about two months and about 6 trips out. The factory trigger is still a rough factory trigger. I did my version of the 25 cent trigger polish job. My version took several hours of polishing with some fine polish and micro fiber cloth. No Dremel tool stuff here. I watched several videos and read up on it for a while before deciding to this. Results were a modest gain. The trigger feels better but nothing to brag about.
So today I received my ghost 3.5 pound connector and spring kit. I swapped in the connector and springs. For the striker/firing pin I opted for the 4 pound spring. I dry fired it several times and did not like the trigger reset it felt soggy and the reset felt weirdly unsafe. Not going to use this pistol for carry/self defense and I still wasn't feeling good about it.
I changed the striker spring from 4 lb to 6 lb and it definitely feels better. Trigger take up feels a bit shorter than factory the reset feels better and safe but it has a mushy feel when it breaks over now. I'm thinking tomorrow I will break it down again and try the factory trigger spring again with it's current configuration.
I'm on the fence about ordering a drop in trigger if changing springs around doesn't help. Do I need to just get used to the fact that Glock triggers just suck or do I need to drop another $150-200 on a drop in after market trigger?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.