vanfunk
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It’s been a journey with my Glock 17 gen 5, I tell ya. 25 years ago, I had a G17, G19, G22, G21 and a G30. I was an enthusiast, but a terrible shot, so I didn’t really care that I couldn’t hit anything with them. Then I got really busy with career and family, sold virtually all of my guns, and left the shooting sports entirely.
After 25 years of a successful but highly stressful career, I decided to step away to have some damn fun for a change. I bought a lot of guns, including gen 5 Glocks - a G17, G20, G21 and a little G42 for pocket carry. With a lot of time and ammo on my hands, I’ve been able to shoot, I don’t know, 5000 rounds a month for a while now and, to my surprise, I’ve actually gotten to be a good shot.
My Glocks, though, have been a struggle. I know they possess great intrinsic accuracy, but for me, their practical accuracy has been severely hindered by that damn trigger. No matter how many rounds and dry fire cycles I’d do, that gravel-mixed-with-lumpy mashed potatoes pull, with a light-year of overtravel, has rendered my practical accuracy with my Glocks to less than half that with just about any other pistol. Nevertheless, I trust them and use my G21 as a nightstand gun and the G42 for pocket carry.
To improve the trigger(s), I polished all the the internals to a high shine, and switched to Ghost connectors. Things improved maybe 10% but not enough. Last week I resolved to try a Timney Alpha trigger in my G17 as it’s purely a range/fun gun and it’s the one I shoot the most by far. It arrived a couple of days ago, so zi hurried to the workshop to install it. Of course, I launched the trigger return spring into low-earth orbit somehow, so I went with the increased power “red” spring (I am glad I did). With everything together, I pulled the trigger. Wow. A crisp, light trigger in a Glock? Yep. 3lbs, 2oz on the gauge. It really feels like a single action trigger with just the barest hint of creep. Overtravel is minimal. Some have criticized the reset but I cannot; the reset on mine is positive, audible and tactile.
I took it to the range today, along with 200 rounds of Browning 124 grain ball. The first rounds were a real joy. MUCH easier to stay on target through the squeeze and follow-through is definitely greatly improved. I know debate rages about these triggers, and perhaps rightly so - some even describe these triggers as patently unsafe. But for me, this is a range gun and I wanted to be able to shoot to its potential. I can finally shoot this damn thing!
Coupla magazines at 100 feet:
After 25 years of a successful but highly stressful career, I decided to step away to have some damn fun for a change. I bought a lot of guns, including gen 5 Glocks - a G17, G20, G21 and a little G42 for pocket carry. With a lot of time and ammo on my hands, I’ve been able to shoot, I don’t know, 5000 rounds a month for a while now and, to my surprise, I’ve actually gotten to be a good shot.
My Glocks, though, have been a struggle. I know they possess great intrinsic accuracy, but for me, their practical accuracy has been severely hindered by that damn trigger. No matter how many rounds and dry fire cycles I’d do, that gravel-mixed-with-lumpy mashed potatoes pull, with a light-year of overtravel, has rendered my practical accuracy with my Glocks to less than half that with just about any other pistol. Nevertheless, I trust them and use my G21 as a nightstand gun and the G42 for pocket carry.
To improve the trigger(s), I polished all the the internals to a high shine, and switched to Ghost connectors. Things improved maybe 10% but not enough. Last week I resolved to try a Timney Alpha trigger in my G17 as it’s purely a range/fun gun and it’s the one I shoot the most by far. It arrived a couple of days ago, so zi hurried to the workshop to install it. Of course, I launched the trigger return spring into low-earth orbit somehow, so I went with the increased power “red” spring (I am glad I did). With everything together, I pulled the trigger. Wow. A crisp, light trigger in a Glock? Yep. 3lbs, 2oz on the gauge. It really feels like a single action trigger with just the barest hint of creep. Overtravel is minimal. Some have criticized the reset but I cannot; the reset on mine is positive, audible and tactile.
I took it to the range today, along with 200 rounds of Browning 124 grain ball. The first rounds were a real joy. MUCH easier to stay on target through the squeeze and follow-through is definitely greatly improved. I know debate rages about these triggers, and perhaps rightly so - some even describe these triggers as patently unsafe. But for me, this is a range gun and I wanted to be able to shoot to its potential. I can finally shoot this damn thing!
Coupla magazines at 100 feet:
