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Old 05-15-2018, 09:49 PM
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There comes a time with the SD-family where there is not much more you can do, whereas the M&Ps and Glocks have literally hundreds of options for customizing them. But, for a lot of folks the relatively cheap SD's are where they got started with pistols, and they can experiment and learn stuff.

You can see with the SD how simple striker mechanisms are (and the SD is engineered a lot like the Glock, which S&W famously copied). I think your washers may be tightening up a design that was designed around loose tolerances. Basically, a striker is a spring-loaded pin with a catch that releases it at a certain point in the travel of the trigger bar, and it isn't usually precise. It is robust and just fine for practical shooting but not preferred for classic target shooting (where a light and replicable trigger action is desired).

A purist could argue that the SD's should be used unchanged, just the way they come out of the box, to maintain their utility in relation to their cost, e.g., their value. Yet some things can be done to make them better shooters, principally adding the Apex trigger and maybe new sights. Let us know how the washers work out and maybe add some pics.
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