I just purchased my new Shield 9 on Saturday. I finally found one. I shot 57 rounds through it without any issues. Great gun. Looks real nice next to my XDS .45. Anyway I've got a question. What's with the clicking sound on the trigger? Is it a reset sound? When you start to squeeze the trigger the clicking sound comes up and then the gun shoots. Will this eventually go away? Is it by design? Please advise....
Shield trigger click
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robkarrob
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Yours is the second thread with this clicking sound. The first post did not show a video. This "clicking" sound is not happening in the vast majority of guns. Any chance for a video showing how and where, in the trigger pull, that it happens? Please also make sure the sound of the click can be heard. If you can post a video, also show the reset and re-pull of the trigger. Hold the trigger back and rack the slide. Slowly release the trigger until you get the trigger reset click, and then pull the trigger back again to release the striker. Thanks
Bob
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modraker
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Do you hear the clicking sound when your arm is extended to shoot or when you have the unloaded gun next to your ear? The trigger bar disengages the striker block just as it contacts the bottom of the sear and that is the only sound I can hear when I have the gun next to my ear. It is more of a soft creaking sound. The definitive click of the reset is heard when releasing the trigger after the shot.
millisec
US Veteran
If its on trigger pull its what I noticed on mine. Try watching where your finger is on the trigger (unloaded and cocked). If your finger is too high on trigger I think you will get it. Start with finger tip on top 1/2 of trigger. It wont fire. Move your finger to middle and you will get a grinding crunchy catch and pop sound prior to firing. Put finger towards bottom so that lower half is fully engaged first and no problem firing. Never a problem on my Pro because the lower 1/2 of the trigger is longer than the shields. I end up firing the shield with finger at 1st knuckle wrapped around the trigger and upper finger sticking out of and riding the trigger guard and I have pretty small hands and fingers.
Darryle
Member
Here was my solution:
I really didn't want to tear into it. This past Sunday, I started trying to diagnose it, immediately I figured it out. With the slide off it still had the click. I started looking deeper with my 10x finish magnifier and found a burr on the upper portion of the trigger. It was a small plastic burr on the side of the trigger that was hanging up on the locking block. I took a Xacto knife and trimmed it off, no more clicking and still the same great trigger.
I really didn't want to tear into it. This past Sunday, I started trying to diagnose it, immediately I figured it out. With the slide off it still had the click. I started looking deeper with my 10x finish magnifier and found a burr on the upper portion of the trigger. It was a small plastic burr on the side of the trigger that was hanging up on the locking block. I took a Xacto knife and trimmed it off, no more clicking and still the same great trigger.
Thanks for not panicking and taking the time to look into, and solve, the problem yourself. Most new gun issues are a simple fix. I get tires of numerous threads bashing this or that problem when the fix is usually just as simple as yours. Good job.
Clicking sound on trigger
Yes the clicking sound goes away when I lower my finger on the lower half of the trigger and pull. I'll look for the plastic burr on the trigger and try removing it with an Exacto blade. Would this be considered a quality control issue?
Yes the clicking sound goes away when I lower my finger on the lower half of the trigger and pull. I'll look for the plastic burr on the trigger and try removing it with an Exacto blade. Would this be considered a quality control issue?
robkarrob
Member
You are supposed to be pulling from the lower half. The trigger safety is disengaged by pulling from the bottom. If you pull from mostly the upper part of the trigger, the trigger may not move as the safety will not allow it to move. You are likely getting the safety to partially disengage, and when you pull the trigger back, the click is the top of the safety rubbing and snapping past the frame. Pulling on or near the bottom releases the safety and no click.
Bob
Bob
Rastoff
US Veteran
It may seem that way, but it should not be.
A shooter should just be able to put their finger on the trigger and press. They shouldn't have to think about pressing on the bottom or top.
Hmmm, this may be a serious problem.
artie45,
Do you have small fingers?
Bkreutz
US Veteran
I purposely tried pulling on the upper part of the trigger without touching the bottom and I can induce what would be called a "click" but I've shot this particular pistol well over 1000 rounds (it's my EDC so I don't shoot it as much as my match pistols) and have never noticed any trigger hangup. Getting the pistol trigger to do this required a very unnatural finger motion, not one that could be construed as "normal". If you're feeling this with just naturally pulling the trigger I have to agree that this is a problem.
That is how it should be. That is how the trigger safety is designed.
robkarrob
Member
By putting your finger on the trigger, the trigger safety should be released as you pull. Look at the safety, which is a small flat piece of plastic (see photos), at the top rear of the trigger. Watch it as you press the trigger, it should move up and allow the trigger to move rearward. If it is working, as designed, then all is good, except for how you are placing your finger on the trigger and or pulling.
I agree that it should be a natural placing your finger on the trigger and pulling back. This sounds like possibly the use of an improper grip, or starting the pull from the top of the trigger. The pull should feel as though you are pulling straight back, not down and back. A straight back pull should feel more comfortable and also make for less pulling pressure to move the trigger (lower pull gives more leverage to the pull). You are likely placing your finger, or too much of your finger, on the top right portion of the trigger, to begin the pull. The proper placement of the finger should be near the center of the pad of the finger to the center or slightly below center of the trigger face. I have large hands and on a small gun, I have to place my finger low on the trigger.
These guns are designed for a straight back pull, and this allows the trigger safety to be easily released. The bottom of the trigger only moves about 1/8 inch and the safety is released. Then the rest of the pull will move both the lower and upper trigger together. The shape of the trigger and safety should naturally place your finger in the proper position, for the trigger pull. You just have to be aware that as your finger wraps around the trigger, you may be pulling from the top right portion of the trigger.
The photos show that the bottom of my Shield's trigger has a slightly different shape. I have molded in extra material to create an over-travel stop. This along with an Apex sear and striker block gives me 1/8 inch of lower trigger movement (trigger safety), then 1/4 inch take-up, 1/16 inch pull to break, and a 1/16 inch reset, with no over-travel.
Link to 1 minute video of my trigger pull: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T60sTwJ_FNE
Bob
Bob
I agree that it should be a natural placing your finger on the trigger and pulling back. This sounds like possibly the use of an improper grip, or starting the pull from the top of the trigger. The pull should feel as though you are pulling straight back, not down and back. A straight back pull should feel more comfortable and also make for less pulling pressure to move the trigger (lower pull gives more leverage to the pull). You are likely placing your finger, or too much of your finger, on the top right portion of the trigger, to begin the pull. The proper placement of the finger should be near the center of the pad of the finger to the center or slightly below center of the trigger face. I have large hands and on a small gun, I have to place my finger low on the trigger.
These guns are designed for a straight back pull, and this allows the trigger safety to be easily released. The bottom of the trigger only moves about 1/8 inch and the safety is released. Then the rest of the pull will move both the lower and upper trigger together. The shape of the trigger and safety should naturally place your finger in the proper position, for the trigger pull. You just have to be aware that as your finger wraps around the trigger, you may be pulling from the top right portion of the trigger.
The photos show that the bottom of my Shield's trigger has a slightly different shape. I have molded in extra material to create an over-travel stop. This along with an Apex sear and striker block gives me 1/8 inch of lower trigger movement (trigger safety), then 1/4 inch take-up, 1/16 inch pull to break, and a 1/16 inch reset, with no over-travel.
Link to 1 minute video of my trigger pull: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T60sTwJ_FNE
Bob
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millisec
US Veteran
Just to reiterate and illustrate what I said before... I can recreate the popping but I don't have an issue with it (well maybe the first few times I played with the trigger I noticed it). The pic shows the trigger pull that comes naturally in my hand which gives me a straight back pull that properly engages the lower half of the trigger first (without having to think about it). Versus Pro and fullsize this is just a different trigger with a shorter lower half that may trip up some.
