New SR9C Trigger

[marb4]

Just picked up my SR9C and hour or so ago and gave it a good detail cleaning (including striker and striker channel). One of the reasons I chose this pistol was because of all the great things I've heard about the smooth trigger. The trigger on mine definately has some creep with a little grittyness. Not as smooth as I've heard described. Will this smooth out over time or should I make a call to Ruger? Granted, I haven't fired the gun yet, just some dry firing (which the manual says is ok).

 

[Vicious-Peanut]

I have a SR9, not C and the trigger had grittiness also. I decided to skip sending it to Ruger and make it better. I ordered the drop in trigger bar from Ghost Maker and WOW did it make a difference. It now has an amazing trigger, it got lighter and smoother. If this is your CCW I would be hesitant about changing the trigger bar, but I don't know the legality on that. However, it sure does make a world of difference. I will warn you, installing it is difficult, I kind of lucked into mine. haha

 

[marb4]

What happens is I get about 1/8 inch of pretravel before the trigger breaks. I squeeze back 1/8 inch and can feel the trigger stop. Apply a little more pressure from this point and it breaks. During this 1/8 inch I can see the striker moving back. In some sense the trigger almost feels staged. Is some pre travel normal with the SR9C? I ask because I have read some reviews where people claim no pretravel at all.

 

[MikePaiN]

I like my SR9c very much, but after the first time in action I thought the trigger was very "hitchy" almost like you describe marb4 and was sometimes slow on the reset. I decided to remove the mag safety to see if it made a difference...... It has, a big difference the trigger is crisp, light and quick, I love shooting it.

 

[ugaarguy]

The only trigger take up on my 9c is when I depress the thin part into the rest of the trigger. After that it moves consistently to a pretty clean break. It also resets positively at a pretty short distance. It's not a 1911 trigger (but what is other than a 1911?), but it's plenty good to keep a 1911 addict shooting it.

 

[exavid]

I did the same as Mr. Peanut. I installed the Ghost Rocket instead of the drop in version so I could tune it the way I wanted. That was sure worth the $30. It made a major improvement of the trigger. I'll probably do the same for my SR40c pretty soon.

 

[rbernie]

Your observations are accurate for the stock trigger. Don't worry about it - you won't notice it during actual firing and you'll find the short stacking (for a striker fired gun) and crisp break to be the most noticeable features. I suggest that you shoot it for a while before deciding that it needs any work.

It has to have some pretravel because it has to complete the tensioning of the striker before it can let it go...

 

[exavid]

True, the trigger as is is fully functional for a SD purpose but I do a fair bit of target work at my gun club and know that a better trigger will tighten up the accuracy. Especially since I know how much the Rocket improved my SR9.