What Have I Done to My Glock?

[Redcoat3340]

So after shooting since the early 1960s I got my first Glock!
Holy Milestone, a used 3rd Gen model 19.
It seemed OK. My fingers didn't fall off, paralysis didn't freeze my hand, and so far, pre-range test, it's basically just another plastic gun.

But I decided I'd soup it up.

Nothing drastic, just a bunch of low-intensity upgrades: extended takedown levers, new firing pin safety, new stainles recoil assembly, lighter striker spring, 6 lb. trigger spring, 3.5 lb connector, some new dry fire "bullets" (my old ones were wearing out). Also a very thorough cleaning and most of a 50 gal barrel of slide glide and gun oil.

And I seem to have taken it from a gun with a 5 - 6 lb. trigger I'd consider carrying (my regular carry guns are a 6906, Px4 compact, 638 J, 4513, and compact SW99 in .40) to something registering (on my brand new electronic trigger guage) 2.1 "I-won't-be-carrying-that" pounds.

It was a very modest investment for a whole lot of trigger weight reduction. And rather than having something one might find with me out of the house, I've got a new range gun.

I suspect this will be my one and only Glock. I'm still hunting for an affordable-to-me 4013TSW to add to the carry guns in the safe.

I doubt I'll be retiring my S&W cap for one reading "Glock Perfection," but at least I now I can say I've got me one.

 

[raljr1]

I respect your Glock resistance. I had not fired a Glock until about a year ago, and then only because my associate from Spain had never fired a handgun, and the shop I took him to rented Glocks. I shot a couple of magazines full. A perfectly acceptable tool. End of my Glock association. I am happy with steel and wood.

Don't know what you did to get a 2 pound trigger, but you are wise to leave that as a range toy. I would not wish to learn that you shot yourself in the foot while holstering said arm.

 

[MP-5]

“But I decided I'd soup it up.”

 

[stansdds]

A 2 pound trigger on a striker fired pistol? No thanks. As to owning a Glock, I still don't, but am tempted as I see Glocks everywhere.

 

[chief38]

IMHO a 5-6 pound trigger is about perfect for a striker fired EDC CCW. Anything lighter than that is asking for trouble. Most Glocks, Sigs and other semi auto pistols designed for CCW are also in that range. I'd even be OK with 6.5 pounds as long as it was a smooth, creep free trigger pull on a carry gun. NYC had gone to 12.5 pound Glocks not because they were inherently unsafe at the regular trigger pull weights, but their firearms & shooting training and recruits were IMO substandard making it all but impossible for many to qualify with such a heavy trigger. The purpose of making the triggers so heavy was so that incompetent Cops would be less likely to shoot themselves. They should have put the time, effort and money into better training instead!! I used to live within 50 miles of NYC and did go in on occasion - believe me some of the newly hired Cops were not fit to be sanitation workers (mentally or physically). I have met a few who spoke such poor English I could not understand them - not kidding! That is completely unsafe, stupid and dangerous to honest law abiding citizens who try to communicate with LEO's !! Just imagine that situation under stress.

For designated target shooting and competition pistols, down to 2 - 2.5 pounds is fine as they are only meant for precision shooting at paper targets.

 

[LVSteve]

IMHO a 5-6 pound trigger is about perfect for a striker fired EDC CCW. Anything lighter than that is asking for trouble. Most Glocks, Sigs and other semi auto pistols designed for CCW are also in that range. I'd even be OK with 6.5 pounds as long as it was a smooth, creep free trigger pull on a carry gun.

In before all those who claim you cannot shoot accurately with anything heavier than a 3.5 lb trigger.