Topic: The Best Glock Triggers of 2022 (Read 30 times)
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Why It Made the Cut
The Apex Action Enhancement Kit is a solid upgrade that is easy to install with noticeable performance improvements without a radical modification to the overall trigger system.
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This is probably the best value in triggers you can get for your Glock. The Apex replaces the trigger connector, trigger bar, and trigger shoe. The result is a smoother trigger pull with less creep, a nice reset, and about a 1.25 pounds overall trigger pull weight reduction. The nice thing about this system is it’s easy to install. If you’ve co*pletely taken your frame apart, you can install this trigger. I was able to shoot this trigger for a portion of the class at Gunsite. Did it make me a high-speed, low-drag pistolero? Of course not. But the trigger pull weight was noticeably reduced, and I did find it easier to be more accurate during our courses of fire. It also was a lot more co*fortable than the factory trigger that I shot for the first two days of the five-day class. One thing I like about this trigger is it’s a subtle upgrade while still maintaining the best features of the stock Glock trigger. This is the one I would probably use in my carry gun if I decide to use an aftermarket trigger. The trigger shoe is machined aluminum, and it is much more co*fortable than the stock trigger. I got the black version but now wish I had ordered the red.
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The Zev Technologies Zev Pro Ultimate Kit is one of the most co*prehensive upgrade trigger systems available with some of the most noticeable results while keeping the original Glock trigger design.
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If you feel like you need to replace the entire Glock fire control system, including the firing pin, this kit is for you. The trigger system itself is a drop-in upgrade that replaces everything, the trigger shoe, trigger bar, trigger connector, and trigger mechanism housing. The kit also includes a skeletonized firing pin, firing pin safety, striker spring, and firing pin safety spring. It’s a co*prehensive upgrade kit, and it’s quite co*fortable and attractive as well.
Overall, this is a pretty amazing upgrade that will improve the trigger performance and feel. Once installed, the trigger pull was noticeably lighter, had a shorter reset, less creep, and a clean break. The inner trigger safety is also extremely co*fortable and will be unlikely to cause any hot spots on the tip of your trigger finger during extended range sessions. Obviously, this replacement trigger was functioning as designed. If you want a significantly lighter trigger pull without altering the overall design of the trigger, this is probably the one you’re looking for.
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The Timney Alpha Series was developed with Team Glock shooter Shane Coley and is an innovative upgrade that retains most of the factor Glock parts yet delivers a significant performance improvement for the co*petitive shooter.
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Timney took a very different approach to their Glock trigger upgrade. Rather than making parts under the existing design with slightly different geometry for improved performance, they just changed the design. The Alpha co*petition series co*es with a machined aluminum trigger shoe, trigger bar, trigger return spring, and a self-contained sear module that drops into the factory trigger mechanism housing. It’s a clever design that works with the rest of the stock co*ponents, including the trigger connector, firing pin, and springs, etc. Once installed the difference was significant. The Timney delivers a trigger pull that is about half the weight of the factory trigger. The reset is shorter and positive. Take-up is short, and creep is minimal. The trigger break feels clean. Timney claims to have shot 10,000 rounds through the Alpha co*petition trigger for an independent test with no cleaning, no oiling, and no malfunctions.
Overall, this is a pretty amazing upgrade that will improve the trigger performance and feel while also reducing the lock time. If you want the formula one race car modification this is probably what you’re looking for. Read shooting editor, John B. Snow’s full review for more on the Timney Glock Trigger.
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Why It Made the Cut
It made the cut because it co*es with the gun and it works well. It’s a good trigger, functions as designed, obviously will not void warranties, and can be slightly improved with not too much effort.
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There are many ways to upgrade Glock triggers. One is to modify the existing trigger. This always co*es up because as a red-blooded American, of course we all think we can make something better with a Dremel tool or some percussive modification. However, the best way to improve the factory trigger? Shoot it. Shoot it a lot. You’ll be getting in good range time while smoothing out the trigger. I recently took a new Glock 19MOS to Gunsite for their 250 pistol class. While I didn’t measure the trigger pull weight before the class, after a couple thousand rounds between practice sessions and Gunsite it now does feel lighter and smoother. It’s never going to be a match trigger, but the parts will in fact wear in a bit.
Yes, by all means please do so. It will not hurt the pistol in the least and is great for practice. You can also use the best dry fire training systems to make dry fire even better.
Approximately 5.5 pounds give or take a few ounces.
Yes. The factory trigger will wear in slightly after shooting it for a few hundred rounds as well as dry firing. While it will never be a match trigger, it will smooth out a little and feel lighter.
Glock triggers can range in price from free, by just wearing in the stock trigger, to over $250 for a full-blown all parts upgrade.
Yes. There are three different safeties built into the design of the Glock handgun and the aftermarket triggers work with designed geometry of the safeties. Although following the basic tenants of gun safety and storing your firearms in one of the best guns safes should be your primary safeties.
Fortuitously I was able to take the Glock Armorers class while working with these triggers, so it made the installation a very familiar process. I simply removed and installed triggers, dry fired each at least 100 times to get a feel because well, you immediately want to feel the difference over a stock trigger right? Then I shot 100 rounds through each trigger including some dot torture drills, to get a feel for the triggers and see if it made a difference in my overall shooting performance. Pull weight was measured by bracing the pistol against a solid bench, placing the Lyman trigger scale pull bar about in the middle of the trigger, the pulling perpendicular to the line of the bore. It would have been great to shoot more and over time that will happen, but for now, this is how the results have stacked up. The results are noted in the table.
While the factory trigger does in fact work quite well, trying one of these aftermarket triggers will spoil you. Even the shoe-only upgrade felt better than the factory trigger. If you opt for one of the more noticeably improved trigger upgrades, it may be tough to go back to shooting the factory trigger. Whether you opt to install an aftermarket trigger in your carry gun is a personal decision. If you’re just looking to upgrade a Glock for co*petition or fun, putting in one of these triggers will improve your overall experience with your pistol.
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