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05-15-2014, 02:26 AM
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New Shield 9mm with Seven Pound Trigger
I bought a brand spanking new 9mm Shield, took it home, cleaned it and began to play with it. Seems good except for the trigger. Now that trigger weight of 7#.is not so much of a problem, but the over-travel after the break results in the front sight jumping to the right. If I use my trigger finger joint instead of the first pad of my finger, the effect is reduced. I have glocks that I have polished the trigger mechanism contact points with Flitz and now have 5.5 to 6 pound triggers that are nice and result in no front sight movement at all.
Anyone else experience this and able to correct the issue?
I won't be selling my J-frame and am looking forward to shooting them side by side.
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05-15-2014, 05:31 AM
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Shoot it, then get back to us.
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05-15-2014, 05:45 AM
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trigger with get smoother after 100-200 rds
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05-15-2014, 06:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Mountain Walker
I bought a brand spanking new 9mm Shield, took it home, cleaned it and began to play with it. Seems good except for the trigger. Now that trigger weight of 7#.is not so much of a problem, but the over-travel after the break results in the front sight jumping to the right. If I use my trigger finger joint instead of the first pad of my finger, the effect is reduced. I have glocks that I have polished the trigger mechanism contact points with Flitz and now have 5.5 to 6 pound triggers that are nice and result in no front sight movement at all.
Anyone else experience this and able to correct the issue?
I won't be selling my J-frame and am looking forward to shooting them side by side.
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Why don't you "polish" the Shield like you do your Glocks...
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05-15-2014, 07:21 AM
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Why don't you "polish" the Shield like you do your Glocks...
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That's what I was thinkin too
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05-15-2014, 07:54 AM
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I'm a little confused, you said it moves AFTER the break? I don't understand why that is an issue, shouldn't you be worried of what it does BEFORE the break?
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05-15-2014, 08:33 AM
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I'm a little confused, you said it moves AFTER the break? I don't understand why that is an issue, shouldn't you be worried of what it does BEFORE the break?
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It is an issue because the sudden release and post travel of the trigger disturbs the sight alignment, before the bullet leaves the barrel.
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05-15-2014, 08:51 AM
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Really? 7 pounds? I took my trigger out and it was just under an ounce, I don't think my whole gun is 7 pounds........I'M KIDDING. You meant trigger pull.... I know.
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05-15-2014, 09:19 AM
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OP, as a long time GLOCK shooter and also a Shield owner, I noticed the same "sight jump" as my Shield's trigger releases.
I've found this jump doesn't affect accuracy (much) during live fire. It seems to have smoothed out a bit now that it has been shot a few times (500ish live fire and about the same number of dry fires).
In the single stack 9mm category, the Shield's trigger is the most "GLOCK-like" I could find. That is looking at pull weight, length of travel, and reset distance. However, it still isn't quite the same.
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after the break results in the front sight jumping to the right. If I use my trigger finger joint instead of the first pad of my finger, the effect is reduced.
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That is because you are not pressing the trigger straight back, but are putting sideways pressure on the trigger. Suggest dry fire practice until you can press the trigger straight back. The problem is more visible with light guns and heavy triggers, but heavy guns and light triggers only mask the trigger control problem.
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05-15-2014, 09:55 AM
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That is because you are not pressing the trigger straight back, but are putting sideways pressure on the trigger. Suggest dry fire practice until you can press the trigger straight back. The problem is more visible with light guns and heavy triggers, but heavy guns and light triggers only mask the trigger control problem.
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That's possible. I was doing the same at first. Was also pulling to high on the trigger giving that "jump" feeling
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That's what I was thinkin too
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There's a video out there on how to do it on the Shield. I followed and drastically improved my MA compliant 10.5lb trigger. I also changed out the trigger spring with that of a regular shield and I'm pretty sure it's down to the stock 6.5-7lb range although I haven't gotten it tested yet.
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My Apex sear alone reduced my 7# trigger pull to 5-3/4# and a very nice clean break. Low cost and a breeze to install.
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•The pull will be greatly reduced with a spring kit. Look at Apex Tactical's website.
•The errors in shooting fundamentals will not. Face it, the shooter is the most fallible component in a weapon system.
•Searching the forum might prove useful in the future. Smart people that know what they are doing inside and outside of the pistol are not always available to repeat themselves for every "new" problem. Other people have already found an answer to most issues with these guns. If it just came out maybe not, but you may end up learning something else helpful in your search.
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05-15-2014, 08:45 PM
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Thanks to those who responded, I see some really good ideas and will soon take the puppy out to the range to see what happens with live fire.
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