read some things from other people that did it, and they were happy with it, i am too. I actually didnt take as much off the spring as he recommended as i was kinda paranoid about that, figured i can alwayse take off, cant add. It really made the pull alot nicer, much lighter. Idk what my trigger pull was before but id say its about five or six pounds now… it was heavy as hell before… feels great now. Ill give a range report as soon as i take it to the range next week, wanna install my birth day present first when it gets here, MOE stock and VLTOR reciever extension =)
the worst that can happen is i have to replace the springs and im out six bucks. i didnt shave anything off, just polished it up. and i took off less then recommended… i am still paranoid i might get some light primer strikes but weel see come next week.
Edit: the trigger is still pretty heavy, about five to six lbs… so i tend to think everything will work out well.
I have done it on a few. If I cut the hammer spring leg as short as they say to, it will give light strikes once in a while.
I leave it longer, about a 1/2", just enough to miss the trigger pin. I also use some anti seize, or moly grease, whichever is on hand for the pins and hammer / sear contact points. Brings the basic 8lb trigger down to about half that or so.
It does not make a match trigger, but does make a difference, and its cheap to do, or fix if you don’t like it.
I should also say there was a good lb of difference in pull between hammer springs from different lower parts kits, the DMPS was a good lb+ more worth of pull over a Double star LPK spring, and noticeably stiffer.
Onepoint, man am i glad i left about a half inch as well! i measured it off with a ruler and was thinkin, a quarter inch? seriously? thats almost no spring! so i figured id leave it long, and try it out to see how it feels, and ill be darned, at half an inch it does feel great! def no match trigger, but if all goes well, will hold me over till i can afford one. Im lookin at the alexander arms one.
I just did step 1: polishing and then hit it with the soft felt buffer w/ the dremel being very, very conservative. I was too chicken to cut or bend the springs. The trigger has less grit and breaks cleaner now. Standard RRA single stage. It’s a bit better than my issue M4 and that’s good enough for me…unless/until I get an 18" SPR type upper then I’ll probably upgrade to a match trigger.
guys went to the range last night and my trigger job worked flawlessly! no light primer strikes no failures to fire nothing. just a much better trigger, i put 500 rounds down range of 55gr fiocci. Im so happy with this trigger ill probably stick with this until i build a precision 18in spr ish rifle.
also, yesterday was my birthday, i turned 20 =) i met the girlfriend at the range, shes been wanting to go for a while. shes never fired a gun before in her life, never even held one until last night. In about one hour, after a little instruction from Mr. Goodtimes, she went from holding and firing the gun like a retard to what i would consider very proficient! her best group was an offhand 3in group at 25 yds. shes left handed like i am and at first had a little trouble manipulating the controls (small hands) but eventually got to where she was shooting with excellent posture, changing mags etc very easily. And now she wants one of her own lol. And to make my day even better, for my birthday she bought me a VLTOR modstock kit, i actually installed the stock on my rifle in the parking lot of the range before we went to shoot lol.
na no pics and i coulda kicked my self in the butt at the range for not bringin a camera, im sure yall could too lol… the range masters deff had some nice eye candy to look at that day lol… and not just my gf either, for some reason that range is full of good lookin girls!
No and I never mentioned that there are any. Though if researched, wouldn’t be suprised to find more than several cases.
However, in the current times where people love to sue and prosecutors love to prosecute, a home/do-it-yourself trigger job is something that the previous mentioned love to sue over and prosecute over.
You mean “a home/do-it-yourself trigger job is something that the previous mentioned love to sue over and prosecute over” hypothetically since you don’t have any evidence backing that up.
If Glock can be sued because someone thinks that their factory trigger is a “hair trigger” then I guess one could be sued for intentionally changing theirs. :rolleyes:
Better safe then sorry.
“The .40-caliber, semiautomatic Glock 22, manufactured by Georgia-based Glock Inc., has been named in at least 50 lawsuits in the past eight years, said Josh Horwitz, acting director of the non-profit Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence.”
“However, critics claim the Glock handguns have a hair trigger that leads to accidental discharges and lament its lack of external safeties.”
Lets see, something those of us here may have heard about.
US v. Olofson
Seems that Olofson was convicted of knowingly transferring a machinegun. Seems he loaned someone his semi-auto AR and that individual took it to a range to do some shooting. The AR malfunctioned, fired more than one round with a single pull of the trigger. Long story short, the ATF charged him with illegally transferring a machinegun. They would not accept that this was an accident and not something that Olofson intentionally made and a federal prosecutor charged him, and he was found guilty.
I understand this case is in appeal and hope the conviction gets overturned. However, it doesn’t take too much of a leap for me to make my statement regarding the liability of a do it yourself trigger job with a case like the above or the Glock lawsuits that have been mentioned.
I also realize that by being a gun owner I open myself up to rediculous lawsuits should I use one of my firearms in self defense or sport because of the nature of our society. That is a risk I choose to take.
To each his own. However, my statement is still valid whether everyone agrees with me or not.
Not an expert on that case, but have read about it. The story is a bit odd he is definately not as white as the drive snow, maybe as white as the driven on snow.
IIUC, the trigger cases all resolve around the idea that you actually didn’t mean to shoot, but the hair trigger went off and now you have to say that you wanted to shoot.
i didnt modify the trigger in a way that it could turn into a full auto gun? i didnt file anything down, add any selector switches. i simply lightened the springs and polished the surfaces… the WORST that COULD happen is the gun would fail to fire. However, it does fire, and as for the hair trigger? its not that light… and i think if theres hair trigger lawsuits floating around then people like timney, alexander arms etc. who manufacture light triggers have alot more to worry about then the company that manufactured my lower parts group. besides, im not the kinda retard to accidently discharge my weapon and then blame someone else for it. especially if i modified it.
The point that is trying to be made is that maybe you drop your gun and now because you did the home trigger mod it goes off and someone gets hit.
FYI - I’ve been running this trigger mod (did 1/2" as well on mine) for well over a year. I’ve been through about…1k-1500 rounds in my gun and only ran into one primer that didn’t go bang.
I recorded the incident in my log book for the gun, and moved on.
I’ve had no “bursts” or “slamfires” etc.
I even tested it by pulling the round and powder out of a case and then proceeded to abuse the gun a bit and the hammer didn’t drop at all.
and i coulda kicked my self in the butt at the range for not bringin a camera, im sure yall could too lol… the range masters deff had some nice eye candy to look at that day lol… and not just my gf either, for some reason that range is full of good lookin girls!