Trigger kit for Glock 21?

moonwilson

moonwilson

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Can anyone here recommend a good, drop-in trigger kit for a Glock 21? The trigger on mine SUCKS- and it's driving me nuts. The sights suck too, but that's easy to fix.

Is swapping out a trigger something a regular guy can do without destroying his gun or going insane in the process?

I have no problem with the trigger on my 19, but the trigger on this 21 is an abomination. Long, hard, gritty, creepy, stacking, nasty-ass trigger. I can't shoot worth a hoot with this thing.

Thanks!
 
Wow, I know a lot of folks don't like Glock triggers but I figure that is mostly due to how different they are compared to traditional ones. Was your pistol new or used when you got it?

(sorry don't know diddly about your questions although Lone Wolf and TopGlock are both great internet providers of anything Glockish)

What is creep and stacking? I never knew what the terms meant.
 
zenheretic said:
Wow, I know a lot of folks don't like Glock triggers but I figure that is mostly due to how different they are compared to traditional ones. Was your pistol new or used when you got it?

What is creep and stacking? I never knew what the terms meant.
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The gun is new, I've only taken it out a couple of times so far, and the trigger is awful. "Creep" is just the distance a trigger has to be pulled before the sear disconnects. A "creepy" is one with a too-long pull distance. "Stacking" is when you can feel the trigger "hitch"- and get progressively heavier before the sear disconnects.

Glocks have weird triggers in that they have 2 stages. The first is a light pull, about 1/2 of the total pull distance- which is the trigger safety disengaging. The second half of the pull is a regular striker-fired DA pull. The first stage the pull on my new gun is rough- the transition to the second stage is mushy-and the final stage of the pull is awful. It's gritty, and super heavy. It's gotta be 12 pounds at least- and I can't tell exactly when it's gonna break. I have shaky hands, so I need a good trigger so I can pop the sear the instant I get good sight alignment.

When you buy a Glock, you don't expect a perfect trigger like you get with a Sig. I'm willing to put up with a "less than perfect" trigger on a Glock, because everything else about the gun is so great. But this trigger is worse than most.
 
Thanks.

That does sound bad.

Funny you mentioned Sig triggers, both of mine are quite creepy, but I got them used so who knows what happened to them.
 
Weird. The trigger on my P220 is the nicest trigger on any autopistol I've ever shot. It's perfect- as nice as a Colt Python, IMO- at least single action- which is the only way I ever shoot it. I love the Sig, but it's just as big and heavy as the Glock (actually, it seems heavier) and it only holds 8+1 rounds. And I can't bring myself to beat a Sig around the way I can with a Glock. Sigs are like Swiss watches- pretty and expensive. Glocks are like a hammer that you toss into the bed of your truck.

The trigger on my Glock is a little bit better now, I dry fired it a bunch last night and cleaned it up real good. It's just sooooo heavy. I may drive over to Smyrna and see if somebody there can help. Glock's North American HQ is only about 20 minutes away.
 
if its a 12 lb pull then someone has messed with the trigger imho, i have never seen a factory glock like that.

i have several glocks and 3 SIG's and i'll take the glock trigger every last time.
 
moonwilson said:
Weird. The trigger on my P220 is the nicest trigger on any autopistol I've ever shot. It's perfect- as nice as a Colt Python, IMO- at least single action- which is the only way I ever shoot it. I love the Sig, but it's just as big and heavy as the Glock (actually, it seems heavier) and it only holds 8+1 rounds. And I can't bring myself to beat a Sig around the way I can with a Glock. Sigs are like Swiss watches- pretty and expensive. Glocks are like a hammer that you toss into the bed of your truck.
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Barely related, but the above reminded me of one of the first times I shot a glock.

At the time I was shooting a Sig 220 that I had and everything was grand. My buddy, a leo, was shooting his baby Glock in 40 cal. Naturally we had to do the old trade and shoot of each other's pistols. I don't know what sort of nasty +P+ ammo he was shooting but it wasn't fun. I was so glad to get my nice big heavy .45 back to shoot. :D

Crazy thing about that guy and his Glocks. He used to always be a .40 cal fan. (Has been in at least two shootings in Vegas) He was very serious about practicing and he said the .40 couldn't handle it and broke down often. He finally went 9mm. :eek: I currently have a baby Glock in .40 and a Kahr PM40 and neither is bad with "premium defense" rounds, so I figure whatever hyper velocity stuff he was using tore up his guns. :confused:
 
I have a Glock 19, 20, 21, 23, & 27...the standard ubiquitous NY Trigger is the way to go imo. Roughly 5lb pull with immediate tension from onset of pull. The exact same pull every single time. Very smooth and a clean break.

Yes...Im a Glock lover.
 
Also...regarding sights. For my 23/27 I use Ashley Express V rear with an outsize front tritium in orange. Very nice defensive setup. Quick aquisition in low light and coupled with proper fundamentals allows excellent speed on target.

For the others I use standard tritium Meprolite's. YMMV.
 
Glock triggers are very easy to work on. If you want to change out the connector and spring, it can be done easily in 15 minutes... The only take down tool you need is something to push out the pins with. I use the Glock tool but a punch or something similar will work.
Whatever you do, DON'T force anything
If you do a search for Glock trigger jobs, there use to be quite a few decent videos, and the parts are cheap. However, polishing up the contact points in the trigger assembly usually makes a substantial difference.

Out of all them I have done, for some reason my 36 came out the best.
It still has the factory connector and spring, but I went a little crazy and spent probably an hour polishing, and deburring everything including the trigger and the trigger pin itself.
 
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