Apex striker spring

[1sailor]

Been thinking about installing the Apex AEK trigger and their Competition spring kit. Not sure though if I want to install the striker spring. I'm guessing that it is a lightened spring and I'm concerned about light strikes. This is mostly a range gun but I prefer that all of my guns should fire when the trigger is pulled. any difficulty with it in any members installs?

 

[basswit]

Apex Stricker

I recently put the APEX compition kit in my M&P 9m. For a range gun I liked the factory trigger but have begun shooting IDPA and wanted better feel and reset. I like the results but have began having failure to fires. Dented primers but round did not go off. I reload using CCI primers. 1000's of round with few issues until I did the trigger kit. I am considering going back to the factory stricker spring. Any thoughts?

 

[Jhp147]

On my .45, I had light strikes with the competition kit. Went to the duty kit rather than all the way back to factory and got back to 100% with a 5.25 pound trigger..just have to make sure my primers are seated fully in reloads.

 

[basswit]

Went back to factory stricker spring and things have improved. Did not fully fix the problem so I am thinking it may be in the primers. Factory Federal Premium rounds are 100 percent but reloads running about 99 percent. I will shoot a few more boxes of reloads this weekend to see if I see any further improvement.

 

[NTH]

I've heard CCI primers are the hardest primers, I use winchester primers with the competition Apex trigger kit with the lightest springs installed, it measures just under 3# and I've had 0 FTF. I just bought 1000 CCIs just to try and see how they work. Try some different primers and see if that helps you.

 

[Bkreutz]

The trigger spring has no effect on the striker hitting the primer, the striker spring certainly does. I have over 25,000 rounds through my 9L in the last 6 months with the original striker spring. I mainly use CCI 500 primers but with the fluctuating supply of primers I've used Winchester, Remington, and S&B. I have had no problems with any of them.