Increasing pre-travel on a Glock trigger

[JV_]

It's a very cheap part to experiment on. $10 or so.

It's not that you could break a cheap part, it's that you could be disabling a safety on a carry gun - and not know it.

[GJM]

My gut is that if you find the pre-travel on a stock Glock unacceptable, rather than become a test pilot modifying stuff, there is a better solution called a LEM or DA/SA gun.

[ST911]

Drawing the cruciform rearward, to one extent or another depending on the amount, reduces the shelf area for the drop safety, brings the trigger bar upright to or onto the FP safety, increases tension on the striker, and may start the trigger bar down the connector toward disengagement.

If safely conducted, an interesting experiment. Still, best to use another system if the existing trigger attributes aren't satisfactory.

[JDM]

The dangers involved in decreasing pre-travel are well documented.

Are there any dangers in increasing the pre-travel (what the OP is asking about)?

[ST911]

The dangers involved in decreasing pre-travel are well documented.

Are there any dangers in increasing the pre-travel (what the OP is asking about)?

DOH! Reading is fundamental.

[JBP55]

http://pistol-forum.com/showthread.p...t-trigger-quot

In the opening post of the linked thread above, Nyeti mentioned having his striker-fired guns set up so that their triggers have additional pre-travel, as a safety measure, for use under extreme stress. Could someone tell me which parts in the Glock trigger system would require modification to bring this about, and what mods are done to those parts?

Also, has anyone else done this and if so, what is your experience with it?

You should be able to modify the ramp on the trigger bar where it will engage the firing pin safety later without altering the top portion of the ramp.
You could slowly remove metal and check the engagement as you proceed by looking through the magwell. Do not remove any metal or alter the top of the ramp that depresses the safety.

[Dagga Boy]

Sorry guys, just saw this. Don Ellis (the Glock guy) does all my trigger work exclusively. He uses all stock parts on my guns and keeps stock weights. I "believe" the work he is doing is on the bar itself. Just polishing and angles. My guns have a "little" more take up feel and very short resets. Larry Vickers described it as having almost a miniature short DA revolver feel and then a short crisp reset. Don doesn't charge a fortune for what he does, and my guns have been very reliable and issue free over very high round counts.

[oldtexan]

Sorry guys, just saw this. Don Ellis (the Glock guy) does all my trigger work exclusively. He uses all stock parts on my guns and keeps stock weights. I "believe" the work he is doing is on the bar itself. Just polishing and angles. My guns have a "little" more take up feel and very short resets. Larry Vickers described it as having almost a miniature short DA revolver feel and then a short crisp reset. Don doesn't charge a fortune for what he does, and my guns have been very reliable and issue free over very high round counts.

Nyeti, thanks.

[JBP55]

TR Graham is also a well known Glock guy in Texas.

832-695-7192

P.O. Box 126422
Benbrook, TX 76126

trgraham@theglocksmith.com