Glock Sub 2.5 lb Trigger Upgrades - What worked for you and for what model/Gen

[starbuck]

Looking for advice on dialing in my Glock 34 Gen 3 trigger to get it reliably under 2.5 lbs. I’m currently running the Timney Alpha Glock trigger, and while I like the overall feel, I’ve been experiencing some light primer strikes and not quite hitting the sub-2.5 lb mark I’m aiming for.

Curious to hear from others who’ve built out their Glocks for competition—what setups have actually worked for you, especially when it comes to balancing performance with reliability? Would love to hear your experiences and what combinations helped you get that light, crisp pull without sacrificing function.

 

[Buck Liggett]

Ghost is/was having a 25% off sale so I just ordered some different springs, heavier and lighter to play with.
I used "the unit" Ghost bar and polished everything in my 35.3 it's at 3.4-3.7 and love it.

I recently picked a 17.2 and of course changing the whole trigger assembly. I'm going to go more for competition type speed. I also have a .22 upper for it so I can do mag dumps without going broke. I bought the "Ultimate 3.5" bar 6# trigger return spring, 4 & 4.5# striker springs, reduced power safety spring and will polish everything. I also ordered a trigger shoe with pre-travel adjustment, adjustable overtravel housing and a gen 5 extractor. Doubt it will be sub 2.5 but should be interesting.
I will reply back when I get it done.

I wanted to build my own, because I'm not paying $200 for a trigger to use at the range. Besides it's more fun building and experimenting.

 

[Fishnbeer]

The best mod I have done to my glock is put 7,000 rounds down the pipe. Practice trumps everything, and polishes internals up nicely in the process...

 

[Buck Liggett]

The best mod I have done to my glock is put 7,000 rounds down the pipe. Practice trumps everything, and polishes internals up nicely in the process...

This won't drop trigger pull to sub-2.5#

 

[han_solo]

This won't drop trigger pull to sub-2.

The best mod I have done to my glock is put 7,000 rounds down the pipe. Practice trumps everything, and polishes internals up nicely in the process...

Hope you have a new barrel .. rip

 

[22plinker]

Contact Charley Vanek at Vanek Customs <glockpro@outlook.com> and he can dial you in.

I had him do a special complete kit for my Gen 4 17 and it's like no other Glock trigger pull I've ever felt. He called it a "rolling break" or surprise break because there is no wall, the trigger just lightly pulls back and then fires. I don't have an exact wight on it but I do have a measured 4lb trigger and it sure feels like twice or more lighter than that.

I've tried most all of the aftermarket parts, kits and mods over the years and they all change the factory pull but nothing anywhere close to what the Vanek Custom Kit does.

Good luck and have fun!

Matt

 

[Deleted member 16735]

The Glock trigger has an inherent design flaw if you are looking for a light short travel trigger, so if you want something "good" you have to use a timney/Glock performance trigger that completely change the way the sear releases the firing pin. The way those work is that they fully covk the trigger rather than have it at half , the takeup you are working against at half to full is the firing pin spring and that's why one of the main upgrades to the classic Glock trigger is putting a lighter firing pin and/or shooting it for 10k rounds until it's worn out and lighter. Both of those will decrease reliability, however in a timney you can run a full strength spring and still have a light trigger. So basically your easy solution is to put a new 5.5 or even 6lb firing pin spring. Any other trigger you put in you are going to hate because it's going to be based on the classic Glock half mechanism and will be less reliable due to lighter springs. sub 2.5 lbs isn't really an option on a Glock, if you are t hitting it on a timney you aren't getting it anywhere as the timney has already taken out that half resistance.

 

[22plinker]

The Glock trigger has an inherent design flaw if you are looking for a light short travel trigger, so if you want something "good" you have to use a timney/Glock performance trigger that completely change the way the sear releases the firing pin. The way those work is that they fully covk the trigger rather than have it at half , the takeup you are working against at half to full is the firing pin spring and that's why one of the main upgrades to the classic Glock trigger is putting a lighter firing pin and/or shooting it for 10k rounds until it's worn out and lighter. Both of those will decrease reliability, however in a timney you can run a full strength spring and still have a light trigger. So basically your easy solution is to put a new 5.5 or even 6lb firing pin spring. Any other trigger you put in you are going to hate because it's going to be based on the classic Glock half mechanism and will be less reliable due to lighter springs. sub 2.5 lbs isn't really an option on a Glock, if you are t hitting it on a timney you aren't getting it anywhere as the timney has already taken out that half resistance.

Have you ever shot with a truly custom Vanek kit?

If so, please let me know the differences between the Timney kit and his.

Thanks

Matt

 

[Deleted member 16735]

I have not shot a Vanek but I just looked online and it just looks like a polished trigger bar connector with light firing pin springs. It's just like a Johnny Glock. You can take out some of the takeup with the oem system by changing the trigger shoe however it still is sitting at half so it will still be working against the firing pin spring and will still require a light spring to be a light trigger pull so will come with the potential light primer strikes that comes with a light firing pin spring. Some people will throw in a lightweight firing pin so that you get more velocity with the reduced weight spring, and that should work in theory, but I have not tried the light firing pin. The Glock Performance trigger works just like the timney except you can't adjust it, so it has more takeup than the Timney but it also doesn't have screws to fall out and make your gun go off when you don't want it to. The GPT, Timney, M&P, PDP, pretty much every striker fired mechanism except for the glock work the same way and therefore can be lighter without compromising reliability as far as primer strikes. I actually have a gen 3 glock 26 with a Glock Performance trigger, as far as I can tell the only real difference between gen 3 and gen 4 is that the trigger housing has little feet to cut off to fit it into a gen 3, and the slide plate has a different hole in it. It seems to work fine in a gen 3 and was cheaper than literally ever other aftermarket glock trigger there is.

Have you ever shot with a truly custom Vanek kit?

If so, please let me know the differences between the Timney kit and his.

Thanks

Matt

 

[G421W]

Looking for advice on dialing in my Glock 34 Gen 3 trigger to get it reliably under 2.5 lbs. I’m currently running the Timney Alpha Glock trigger, and while I like the overall feel, I’ve been experiencing some light primer strikes and not quite hitting the sub-2.5 lb mark I’m aiming for.

Curious to hear from others who’ve built out their Glocks for competition—what setups have actually worked for you, especially when it comes to balancing performance with reliability? Would love to hear your experiences and what combinations helped you get that light, crisp pull without sacrificing function.

The best Glock trigger i ever had on one of my Glocks was a Timney with a JG Vex trigger shoe.
Link here----> https://johnnyglocks.com/products/copy-of-timney-combat-conversion-kit

I don't think it was quite 2.5 lb, but it was close and it was fast. It was on a G34 with a Holosun 507comp and a functioning light. Also had a Taylor Freelance seattle slug in it----> https://taylorfreelancestore.com/seattle-snail-for-gen-2-3-glock-17-brass-black/

I ran a full strength striker spring, never a failure of ignition.

I suggest you be happy with 3 or 3.5 lbs and the fast reset with little take up you get with the above rig.

Of course this is my opinion
YMMV,
Keith

PS the best shooting I have done with a Glock was way back when my vision was 20/15 Some day let me tell you about the first GSSF match put on in Nocal

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[Nick Memphis]

Looking for advice on dialing in my Glock 34 Gen 3 trigger to get it reliably under 2.5 lbs. I’m currently running the Timney Alpha Glock trigger, and while I like the overall feel, I’ve been experiencing some light primer strikes and not quite hitting the sub-2.5 lb mark I’m aiming for.

Curious to hear from others who’ve built out their Glocks for competition—what setups have actually worked for you, especially when it comes to balancing performance with reliability? Would love to hear your experiences and what combinations helped you get that light, crisp pull without sacrificing function.

isn't a great feeling trigger a better choice than setting a very low pull weight goal, especially for a mediocre trigger gun like most Glocks start out as?
FWIW, I've owned a few guns with 2.x triggers, but they weren't the best feeling, cleanest break, most controllable, best reset, of the guns I've owned...

 

[ZChaosFactor]

Hope you have a new barrel .. rip

Huh? What are you on about? Glock barrels last 100k.

 

[AR15barrels]

Hope you have a new barrel .. rip

Straight-wall cartridge handgun barrels typically last 100,000 rounds or more.
It's high-pressure shouldered rifle cartridges that wear out barrels in 700-5000 rounds.

 

[2muchsoysauce4allthisrice]

Ghost is/was having a 25% off sale so I just ordered some different springs, heavier and lighter to play with.
I used "the unit" Ghost bar and polished everything in my 35.3 it's at 3.4-3.7 and love it.

I recently picked a 17.2 and of course changing the whole trigger assembly. I'm going to go more for competition type speed. I also have a .22 upper for it so I can do mag dumps without going broke. I bought the "Ultimate 3.5" bar 6# trigger return spring, 4 & 4.5# striker springs, reduced power safety spring and will polish everything. I also ordered a trigger shoe with pre-travel adjustment, adjustable overtravel housing and a gen 5 extractor. Doubt it will be sub 2.5 but should be interesting.
I will reply back when I get it done.

I wanted to build my own, because I'm not paying $200 for a trigger to use at the range. Besides it's more fun building and experimenting.

Many years ago, I bought the basic ghost connector, and one of the kits I forgot which one it was. The connector needed a little custom fitting by bending so it doesn’t kink up against the inside of the slide. Dropped the pull weight to 2lbs on the g27; whooooooooo. Hornady critical defense ran fine.

 

[Brandon Breeze]

Glock Performance Trigger along with Ghost Unit Performance Connector, 0.25 Trigger job & a spring kit will definitely get you there.

I have all of the above in one of my 19's other than the spring kit and it breaks under 3lb consistently. Add in some springs and that would get you there! I've also heard that adding a Vex Shoe I think it was will help reduce pull weight, but haven't tried it myself.

Has more of a rolling break compared to the Timney, which I have as well. With Timney, Glock Minus Connector, 0.25 Trigger Job it also comes in under 3lbs. No light strikes so far, but it is definitely not dropping the striker as forcefully as the GPT setup mentioned above.