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austinrealtor wrote:

barres wrote:IIRC, the standard Glock setup is for about a 5.5lb trigger. The "-" connector drops the trigger pull by about a pound or so. The NY1 spring raises the trigger pull to about 8lbs (so +3lbs-ish). I have always heard that combining the two would leave the pull about the same or a little heavier, but that it would break much more crisply. I am passing on what (I think) I have read elsewhere, because I was/am not interested in increasing the trigger weight on my firearms.

Thanks Barres. So your configuration is the 3.5-pound connector with the standard spring and this drops you from 5.5 pound standard pull to about 4 or 4.5 pounds? Then if you want to go lighter - for competition but not carry - you use the 3.5 connector AND the lighter spring?

In the scenario I mentioned, which part supposedly causes the "crisper" break? The 3.5 connector or the NY1 spring?

edited to add: I think I found the answer to some of my questions here ...

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And elsewhere read that the NY1 trigger spring is what gives the "crisper" break - it's a completely different spring design. But I'm with you Barres, I don't want to add to the pull weight of my trigger or make it feel "more like a revolver". I like the Glock trigger feel, but dropping a pound of pressure on the final break point would be nice ... thus the 3.5 connector.

There is no lighter spring. Glock developed the "-" connector for use in their competition models (17L, 34, & 35). Using only factory parts, you can't get lighter than a "-" connector with the standard spring. Some will argue that a lighter trigger will get you more scrutiny if you ever have to use your pistol in self-defense, but, in Texas, that won't matter, as long as you were justified to use deadly force. I am much less likely to jerk the trigger and miss my intended target with the lighter trigger, so that is how mine is set up. I don't want to unintentionally hit an innocent bystander, after all!

austinrealtor wrote:

KFP wrote:I'm a fan of keeping stock Glock parts in mine - so if it were me, I'd stay away from anything other than a Glock recoil spring assembly. I have the lighter ("-", 3.5) connector in mine with the NY1 trigger spring and like it for carry. It's a heavier pull, which I like for a little extra insurance, but the main reason is that I see (completely unsubstantiated) the NY1 as less likely to fail.

It's hard to improve on perfection.

All of the above is based on the 23 being used for carry, if it's a range gun, it doesn't matter IMO.

KFP, does that combo of "-" 3.5 connector and NY1 spring make the pull heavier or lighter than the stock Glock trigger. It was my understanding this would make the overall pull lighter, crisper, and with quicker "reset" for properly executed double-taps and follow up shots. But your description above confuses me a bit. What is the standard out-of-the-box Glock trigger pull? I was thinking it was maybe 7 pounds and the - connector plus NY1 spring lowers that to 5 pounds?

Please correct any of this info you know to be incorrect. Thanks.

IIRC, the standard Glock setup is for about a 5.5lb trigger. The "-" connector drops the trigger pull by about a pound or so. The NY1 spring raises the trigger pull to about 8lbs (so +3lbs-ish). I have always heard that combining the two would leave the pull about the same or a little heavier, but that it would break much more crisply. I am passing on what (I think) I have read elsewhere, because I was/am not interested in increasing the trigger weight on my firearms.

I am a fan of Glock's "-" connector. They don't call it a 3.5lb connector anymore, because it doesn't really get the trigger pull down to 3.5lbs, more like 4 - 4.5. I put a steel recoil rod in mine, but that is purely cosmetic, IMHO. And I like the extended slide catch.

I don't like the finger bumps on 3rd Gen Glocks, so I filed them off of mine. Some people have stippled the grip on their Glocks using soldering irons, but I am not that brave.