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Has anyone tried the "25 cent trigger job" vs a drop in trigger I'm just wanting a little lighter and smoother trigger pull is the 200 dollar drop in really worth the extra money
 
I just bought a G17 . I have a Ghost connector and springs .
Couldn't be happier.
Just one of the in-between options you have.
I use it just for target shooting I might add.

You will get a lot of opinions on that topic.
 
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I have been doing a form of the "25 cent trigger job" on my Glocks and friends' Glocks for approximately 20 years. For a carry gun I don't mind the 5-ish pound pull as long as it is butter smooth with a crisp break and reset, and that is what I end up when I am done.

My brother-in-law shot IDPA and now shoots IPSC with a Glock 19 and/or Glock 17 with my version of the 25 cent trigger jobs and loves it.

The 25 cent trigger job does not stop you or interfere at all with the installation of the various kits or parts out there if you want to get down into that 3 pound pull range for a target gun. You can try just replacing individual parts like the connector, or go with a kit that contains connector, firing pin spring and trigger spring. The 25 cent trigger job combined with the right kits can yield fantastic results.
 
The basic polish job with Q tips is ok, but if you watch people who know what they are doing, they use some kind of buffing wheel or felt bob and get the surface flat with sandpaper, file, etc as needed first. My Glock was a bit rough to just use a Q tip, so I need to open it up again.

Parts are changed either to change geometry, spring force, or as a way of dropping in a polish job. Know why you are changing parts!
 
Years ago, I installed a Ghost connector in my G17 and couldn't feel any difference. I was expecting it to turn it into a 1911 type trigger. This is what the Glock Armorer told me when I purchased it at a gun show. I fitted it exactly the way the Armorer described. It felt like wasted money to me. Others like it - perhaps I was lead to believe it was going to be something it is not.
 
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Has anyone tried the "25 cent trigger job" vs a drop in trigger I'm just wanting a little lighter and smoother trigger pull is the 200 dollar drop in really worth the extra money
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How many rounds through it do you have now? How many dry fires?

The .25ozCu trigger job is doing nothing but accelerating the smoothing of the internal parts that comes with use.

And, shoot it a lot, and your fingers will get used to the trigger.
 
I have never fired one with performance parts, but I can say that the extra smoothness of a polish job makes a visible difference when done right.
 
I have done polishing to all my glocks.

One thing often overlooked is to polish the back of the cross on the trigger bar where it engages the striker. This helps tremendously. Just make sure to not alter that angle.
 
If you want to see if polishing the parts will make a difference, without actually doing it, first put a little lube on all the contact parts and see if there's an improvement.
That should give an indication.
 
Be aware that replacing the connector with a "reduced weight version" will eliminate the crisp, SA-style break at the end of the trigger pull, and replace it with a (slightly lighter) mushy break. Some people like that, but some of us definitely do not. I tried it and immediately went back to the stock connector.

My personal approach is to do a light polish and add a competition trigger spring and a lighter firing pin safety spring. Some people go further and replace the striker spring with a lighter one, but I don't like the implied consequences for ignition reliability, so I don't replace the striker spring.

The polish and swap of two springs will retain the crisp, SA-style break of the stock connector, but will noticeably lighten the first stage of the pull. The change is more incremental than revolutionary, but it shifts the style of pull slightly in the direction of a "SA trigger with a long take-up" and away from "DA trigger." I have a strong preference for this setup.
 
A (-) trigger bar and a heavier power trigger return spring will retain the crisp break, and the positive reset, while reducing the overall trigger travel and the length of the reset.

That, plus a bit of time polishing and/or a few thousand rounds, and the Glock has one of the nicer triggers out there.

Or, just buy a PPQ.
 
Thanks for all the help guys because I carry this pistol and it's not a compitetion gun I'll just try a polish job first
 
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