DIY Alternative Overtravel stop

[Edd Harbin]

After doing my own trigger job the only issue with trigger was the amount of overtravel . I decided to try something I've used on other polymer pistols . I took some Marine metal putty and made a physical overtravel for my
shield .
I started by roughing up the existing overtravel nub in the trigger guard . I then cleaned with alcohol . I took the Marine metal putty and formed a larger stop and put it in the trigger guard . While still soft I gently formed it to the existing nub . As it hardened I slowly rough shaped it to the right size . Once it got hard enough to file I started the final shaping . I filed it so it brakes just before contact with new overtravel stop . It's about a sheet of thin paper before it brakes .
Now there is no overtravel , just trigger reset . This has drasticaly improved trigger pull . There is almost no wobble at all now when trigger is pulled . This is easy , quick and anyone can do it . I will fire it before I color with a sharpie

 

[Spectraman]

Very nice! You did an outstanding job shaping that.

 

[Edd Harbin]

Thanks Spectraman , it's real easy . Right after you place the putty , it is still mallable . I smooth it out and then pull trigger back until contact . I then use that as a template for the face of the travel stop . Then it's just small jewelers files and a little at a time .

 

[M&P Freak]

Brilliant!

 

[D Rock]

Looks like a good, non-invasive solution.

There was a pretty clever guy at the M&P Boards a couple of years ago who put a set screw on the trigger bar in front of the mag well where the bar bends.

I don't visit that board anymore but if you're a member search for posts by mp9werks. There are probably still pics.

Dave