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Need an honest review and appraisal of the trigger on this handgun.

My gun store peeps are telling me it is a horrible trigger..long and heavy.....and it's so bad they have stopped stocking the CSX.

They are trying to push me towards the Sig 938. I am not sure if my peeps are even familiar with the new e-series and they may be judging by the original CSX model......

Any comments would be greatly appreciated if anyone has one.

Thanks in advance.
 
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Some people just have to hate for some reason. This is my 2nd CSX and I couldn’t be happier. I don’t even think about the trigger as it goes bang every time I pull it. The real pro’s who have super human senses might need a more perfect weapon, but for me, it is more gun than I have skill.
 
I love all these folks that just keep repeating what they have read about the CSX's trigger. Yet when they are finally forced to be honest, they haven't actually ever fired one with live ammo.
CSXs do not have the light squishy let off of most striker fired handguns that seems to be favored by todays "experts" and no it isn't the clean straight back pull of a good 1911. The CSX does not have a 25/50 yard bullseye pistol trigger.
The CSX is meant to be an up close and personal self defense pistol with a trigger that will keep you from popping off an unintended round under stress. Don't think that will ever happen to you, I have seen it multiple times in training classes, with experienced shooters, when put under the stress of a timer or a live fire exercise.
I have 2 CSXs and they both have very manageable triggers when you actually put live ammo on target and learn how to run them.
 
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mckenney99 said:
I love all these folks that just keep repeating what they have read about the CSX's trigger. Yet when they are finally forced to be honest, they haven't actually ever fired one with live ammo.
CSXs do not have the light squishy let off of most striker fired handguns that seems to be favored by todays "experts" and no it isn't the clean straight back pull of a good 1911. The CSX does not have a 25/50 yard bullseye pistol trigger.
The CSX is meant to be an up close and personal self defense pistol with a trigger that will keep you from popping off an unintended round under stress. Don't think that will ever happen to you, I have seen it multiple times in training classes, with experienced shooters, when put under the stress of a timer or a live fire exercise.
I have 2 CSXs and they both have very manageable triggers when you actually put live ammo on target and learn how to run them.
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is either of your 2 the e-series??? and is the e-series trigger better than the original?? I saw a youTube video showing the e-series has a 3 click trigger reset.
 
dben002 said:
Need an honest review and appraisal of the trigger on this handgun.

My gun store peeps are telling me it is a horrible trigger..long and heavy.....and it's so bad they have stopped stocking the CSX.

They are trying to push me towards the Sig 938. I am not sure if my peeps are even familiar with the new e-series and they may be judging by the original CSX model......

Any comments would be greatly appreciated if anyone has one.

Thanks in advance.
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Are they listening to what you ask and actually describing the E model, or do they hear CSX and start ranting.

I've tried the original CSX, and the trigger is OK, but it's no better that the trigger in the best polymer guns these days. Strikes me that too many get sucked into the 'metal gun, must have an excellent trigger' myth.
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Can you tell I've had recent experience of people not listening or being able to read?
 
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justicetyme said:
I picked up the 3.6" model 13957 yesterday afternoon.
On a Lyman digital trigger pull gauge mine runs pretty consistently at 5.5#-5.7# for 10 pull averages.
That's sufficiently light enough for me in a SD gun.
Cheers
James
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How is the reset, that was the beef with the old one. One tester on Youtube claims there are three clicks before the true reset, but he does not show same on camera, I believe.
 
CSX Don't listen to the haters...shoot one yourself

I have the CSX, NOT THE E CSX, and it has become my EDC... after a couple hundred rounds the pistol runs perfectly with any ammo, in any situation. the trigger has never been an issue with me...ever, it's a little different maybe but train with it and it will be great. You will regret the sig 938, so borrow or rent a CSX and shoot it for yourself.

If anyone in that store had shot the CSX and worked with it a little, maybe their opinion would be the same as mine...
 

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3rdgenfriend said:
I have the CSX, NOT THE E CSX, and it has become my EDC... after a couple hundred rounds the pistol runs perfectly with any ammo, in any situation. the trigger has never been an issue with me...ever, it's a little different maybe but train with it and it will be great. You will regret the sig 938, so borrow or rent a CSX and shoot it for yourself.

If anyone in that store had shot the CSX and worked with it a little, maybe their opinion would be the same as mine...
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Well here is the sit chi ation in a nutshell.....the 2 close ranges do not have one to try out..so I am fumbling around in the dark looking for opinions of this handgun...

Knowledgable about Glocks, Ruger, Springfield all of which I have owned but have all gone away due to one reason or another....Am left with my Shield Plus carry comp and my regular 3.1 shield plus and they meet my needs for a everyday cc....But I do like the CSX e series but really don't have enough info to make a informed decision about it....that's why I am asking for comments ...good or bad ... I have watched all the vids showing the 3 click trigger reset but not feeling one do not know if it is anykind of a problem at all......

I appreciate your commet and take owners opinion to heart above all others.......
 
LVSteve said:
How is the reset, that was the beef with the old one. One tester on Youtube claims there are three clicks before the true reset, but he does not show same on camera, I believe.
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There are a couple of vids showing the 3 click reset..with click one and 2 resulting in a dead trigger and having to go to third click to refire...What I don't know is.....is this really a problem or just a observation complaint ?????? Local ranges don't have one to try out so just seeking owners assessments which I take stock in
 
If you do an internet search, you will find an unbiased review from an E-series buyer on another S&W fan site.

The shooter owned an original CSX which he had shot fairly extensively. He thought that the same issues which some complained about with the original CSX trigger, were still present in the E-Series, and in some way aggravated. He did a fairly extensive disassembly of the E-Series pistol and made some comparisons and conclusions.
 
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dben002 said:
is either of your 2 the e-series??? and is the e-series trigger better than the original?? I saw a youTube video showing the e-series has a 3 click trigger reset.
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dben002,
Neither of my CSXs are e-series guns. Both of mine are later versions of the original and both were purchased in the 2nd half of last year. The only thing I have done to my daily carry CSX is upgrade to XS Big Dot sights and then put around 750 rounds thru it. My spare CSX is factory stock and has about 500 rounds thru it. Thru both guns I have had exactly 1 failure to fully feed failure and that was within the first 10 rounds of the first magazine fired of the first gun I got to fire.
Neither gun exhibits the much complained about false reset but both have the later white stepped plastic firing pin safety plunger. I also do not manipulate the trigger to just clear reset as again I have seen people get flustered under stress and short stroke their trigger when shooting to reset only. I did learn to move my trigger finger into the first joint, on the trigger face, to avoid pushing my shots to the left. I also learned that in order to tighten up my groups on target, I really have to grip the snot out of this little pistol.
I have been toying with the idea of sending my spare CSX out to be cut for a micro red dot (Holosun 507K Green) and the new e-series would negate the need to send a gun out. I am now tormented with the idea of getting a new CSX e-series just to try a pistol with a micro dot sight for my 66 year old eyes.
 
finally hands on....maybe.......

Gun store 10 miles away sent me an email that he should have one in stock tomorrow so I will run up there after lunch and see if he still has it and confirm first hand if the trigger really is a problem or just a conceived problem by some.....Yes they do have a 3 click reset but is that bad enough to not consider the weapon at all.......hopefully tomorrow will answer that question if he has not sold it by the time I get there
 
I will post this to the other CSXe series posts that are here simply to throw in my 1.5 cents.


Went to my LGS yesterday to look at the new e series CSX. I have one of the early originals that I modified to rid it of the false reset. I could not have been more disappointed.


The first thing I did was test the trigger and counted three clicks before reset. The first one was very subtle, but I was looking for it and found it quickly. The second and third were pronounced. When I showed the LGS owner, he too was very surprised and said, "I thought they were supposed to fix that ****."


I did take my original CSX down to parts and polished everything. It is notably better than the e series gun I looked at. That saved me a good $500 or more bucks on the spot.


As I said in previous posts, manufactures are falling all over themselves to get out a small high capacity gun to keep up with the Jones' and S&W did a nice job with the CSX, but left out one of the most important parts that turn people away. That is a superb trigger.
 
I saw one of the "Three resets" videos. The first two clicks were barely audible on the video, and I doubt you would hear them with ear protection. The third click was MUCH louder. What I don't recall the reviewer saying was whether the first clicks could be felt through the trigger.

The reviewer linked in Post#11 is usually bang on with his reviews.
 
LVSteve said:
I saw one of the "Three resets" videos. The first two clicks were barely audible on the video, and I doubt you would hear them with ear protection. The third click was MUCH louder. What I don't recall the reviewer saying was whether the first clicks could be felt through the trigger.

The reviewer linked in Post#11 is usually bang on with his reviews.
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They Can be felt, especially the last two.
 
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