MP 2.0 Compact 5.5lb trigger pull vs 5.0 big difference

[marathonrunner]

Guys I have two MP Compact 2.0 and both are bone stock. However my well broken in MP 2.0 trigger pull weight is 5lbs and my other newer one is 5.5lbs. The 5.5lb trigger for some reason I cannot shoot this gun as accurately as my 5.0 lb trigger pull gun.

I never really thought a half a pound could be that much a difference but it is night and day, My 5lb trigger pull I can get excellent groups where the other that is only a half ppoound more I cannot .your thougths

 

[dsk]

Have you shot each one from a rest to see if one is intrinsically more accurate than the other?

 

[marathonrunner]

Have you shot each one from a rest to see if one is intrinsically more accurate than the other?

no have not but can definitely see the red dot move with each trigger pull. The 5lb is amazing and can hit anywhere I want. Not so with the other one.

 

[Eric300]

Swap barrels and see what you get?

 

[Dave Lively]

Aside from pull weight do the triggers feel different?

Some striker fired guns like my Glock 43 have a trigger with some take up, then a distinct wall with almost no movement until the trigger breaks.

My P365 has some takeup but instead of hitting a wall has a short section where it feels a little like a DA revolver, smooth with more resistance than the takeup but no wall before the shot goes off.

My 2.0 compact has some light takeup and hits a wall but that wall feels like I am bending a piece of plastic until it breaks.

The pull weight on all three guns is similar but they feel different and I like the trigger on the 2.0 compact less than the other two. All three are very shootable but I shoot the small guns just as well as the larger one and the trigger is one reason. I also practice much more often with the smaller guns since I carry them.

Any sort of grit in the trigger can make a difference too but will not show up on a trigger pull gauge. Before I bought my P365 I rented one and liked how smooth the trigger was. But the trigger on the one was gritty at first and I didn't shoot it as well as the one I rented. It smoothed out after about 500 rounds and I started shooting the gun better.

The better you are at shooting the less the trigger matters. I have seen people that are really good shoot very small groups with guns I struggle with due to the trigger.

 

[stansdds]

To the average shooter, 1/2 pound difference in trigger pulls will not make that much of a difference, if any. What will make a difference is the quality of the trigger pull. A 6 pound, very crisp, clean pull will feel a lot better and allow the shooter to shoot more accurately than a 5 pound, gritty, stagey, inconsistent, etc. pull. A well used firearm is likely to have a lot of the gritty, inconsistency worked out of it by the natural polishing that occurs at the metal parts move across each other.

 

[marathonrunner]

To the average shooter, 1/2 pound difference in trigger pulls will not make that much of a difference, if any. What will make a difference is the quality of the trigger pull. A 6 pound, very crisp, clean pull will feel a lot better and allow the shooter to shoot more accurately than a 5 pound, gritty, stagey, inconsistent, etc. pull. A well used firearm is likely to have a lot of the gritty, inconsistency worked out of it by the natural polishing that occurs at the metal parts move across each other.

I do think the 5.5lb does make a difference. The harder the pull the more slap you can get and sight picture movement

 

[hardluk1]

Some of use are more sinsitive to trigger pull deferences that others But more than likely your new grittier trigger is the problem not so much the 1/2lb pull diffeence . Some of use stone and polish the connector where it engages the striker blocker . Some don't have as good a finish in the hole were the striker block rest . Get those two items looked at and you might find a 5lb pulls in there or a fuzz lower even . Don't for get to see how the connector releases the sear too . Might be some fine detail work can help there on both .

I've always liked to tune on a pistol if it helps to smooth the trigger funtion but after 2 surgeies on my strong hand I no longer have the smoothness of funtion with my idex finger or strength in my middle finger so I carry tuned up 3.5lb range 1911's or m&p's with curved FST kits that I have adjusted to the pull weight to about 3.5lb or a couple ounces lighter . Both M7p
s older 40sw and new compact 9mm have thumb safety's . I have also used a trigger sweeping style for defensive shooting and match shooting waaaay back when I was told about this trigger pull style ! No follow the restset trigger pull unless you only shootm single actions . The sweeping style is used by at least a few Pro shotters and differs from a less controled slapping style . Rob Leatham , still winning with the sweep the trigger style , Todd jarrett and Yong Lee use it also . Standard pull style for many defensive snubby shooters too and shotgun shooterts that bird hunt . Try not to think so much about the weight difference , just try to get the pull smooth .