My son has transitioned into our local two gun matches now and he is using my M&P Pro that I had been using in competition. I have an Apex Forward Set Sear and Trigger kit on the M&P and it has a sweet light, short take-up and crisp pull.

So now Dad needs another competition pistol. In looking through the safe, I think I've decided on my Glock 17 Gen 3. I have plenty of holsters and mags for this already. I just need a better trigger.

What I want is the shortest take-up and lightest trigger for the Glock. I'd like to get it as close to the trigger that I have on my M&P Pro.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Chris

I met the owner through IDPA matches. He's worked with some of the top shooters in the country and they offer many options. One will surely work for you.

I have his duty trigger in my carry gun. GlockTriggers.Com

Apex makes a kit that I have in a G19 and is a solid package, flat faced trigger, connector, and plunger as a kit.

Others have had good luck with overwatch precision.

The majority of my Glocks have a Ghost Tactical connector and smooth face factory trigger with the 25cent trigger job.

Vanek or Johnny Glocks

Salient.

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Originally posted by AZnine:
Vanek or Johnny Glocks

Johnny Glocks, DK, Vanek.

Be careful about what you put in your gun, a lot of these after market trigger bars are not as safe. I can’t find the link but there is a video of a cut away Glock with some after market triggers and it shows how they sacrifice some safety for a better trigger pull. I’d stick with a trigger bar that’s an oem that’s been ptfe or np3’d or pre polished. And a Glock minus connector and a trigger shoe that you like. I did that and was pretty happy with it, not perfect but much better and definitely safe.

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Originally posted by limblessbiff:
Be careful about what you put in your gun, a lot of these after market trigger bars are not as safe. I can’t find the link but there is a video of a cut away Glock with some after market triggers and it shows how they sacrifice some safety for a better trigger pull. I’d stick with a trigger bar that’s an oem that’s been ptfe or np3’d or pre polished. And a Glock minus connector and a trigger shoe that you like. I did that and was pretty happy with it, not perfect but much better and definitely safe.

If you do not know what you are doing with triggers do not do it.

What he is saying is that some amazing Glock triggers basically eliminate the drop safety and the firing pin safety functions in their effort to minimize pretravel.

The video in question was done by Robar. Without enough pretravel the striker safety is already over ridden in some designs.

Glock has 3 safeties. Over riding one or two might not be the best idea. The video in questions pushes the Robar affiliated trigger, Glockkraft now Overwatch Precision. Yes they are inclined to be prejudicial but they demonstrate their point pretty effectively.

I use Overwatch triggers. They are having a sale on discontinued colors for cheap I picked up a couple.

I've bought and tried several different ones; ZEV is still my favorite. Apex and Overwatch are a close second and third.

I like Suarez and Tangodown-Vickers in my Glocks. Ive found flat triggers work well for me, YMMV. Both models listed are drop safe atleast as installed in mine. Check to make sure all the safeties are working and you should be just fine.

I have had a few and liked them all. I have had both the flat face and curved face trigger and after having both, I kind of like the curved trigger more. I have a ZEV in one,sold one with a Sanchez flat trigger and have a Kineti-Tec in another. The Kineti-Tec is cheaper and you can buy just the trigger itself or one with the trigger placed on a factory Glock trigger bar. To me, by just replacing the stock trigger, the trigger pull seems lighter without changing anything else(connector,springs,etc.). You keep the stock trigger weight but jsut seems lighter due to the ability of having a better purchase on the wider face of the trigger.

I had a Suarez flat trigger in my G17.

I took a new pistol shooter out one day, USMC veteran (his MOS was some sort of aviation support: he got rifle time, but was never issued a pistol). Several times as he was shooting, the trigger would not reset. I shot the gun, it never happened when I was shooting the same gun.

But, that failure bugged me because it could be fatal, and that was my carry gun.

So I took it out again and shot it, under a few different circumstances. When I shot it left-handed only, the trigger reset issue cropped up again, consistently. The slide would return to battery, and chamber a live round, but the trigger would stay in the depressed condition. No acceptable. I pulled the trigger and replaced it with a Zev, shot the same set of drills, no issue.

That Saurez trigger is still sitting in a bag, not sure what to do with it.

Sure, you could say it's "limp wristing" and you'd be technically correct. But a carry pistol must perform under sub-optimal conditions and it's not inconceivable that one would have to defend oneself with just the non-dominant hand. I'm not saying Saurez triggers are bad, but in my Gen4 G17, the one I got did not work. The Zev trigger works in my gun where the Saurez trigger did not (also, the stock trigger worked too, just not as nice as the Zev).

Overwatch Falx or Tac triggers. Maintains existing safeties and excellent quality.

Thanks guys! Great answers so far. I see a majority of you like the Overwatch trigger. I took a look at their website and it seems to be in the direction of what I'm looking for.

Have any of you combined various spring kits to lighten the pull with the Overwatch trigger?

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Originally posted by soggy_spinout:
I've bought and tried several different ones; ZEV is still my favorite. Apex and Overwatch are a close second and third.

Have you tried Johnny Glocks, DK, Vanek triggers?

I use Suarez triggers. They work good and cost usually 50% less than most.

I've got the Overwatch Falx in my G42, G43 and G26.

I have the same Falx trigger in my G43.

I like the overwatch triggers for several reasons, one being that they use a stock Glock OEM trigger bar (but coat it in NP3). Glock parts work; they use Glock parts. I've been to Precision Overwatch's office spoken with the guys that designed it, went through their stuff; goodfolks, good equipment, and the owner will actually sit down with a visitor and talk.

The one thing I didn't care for with the Precision Overwatch aluminum trigger is that I've had them get quite hot when shooting a string or stage, especially in the summer when they're already preheated and don't cool as easily. They get hot enough that it's taken my focus off the sight and target and I start thinking about that hot trigger.

One thing I really like about the Precision Overwatch triggers is that they have options, and the trigger safety tab folds into the trigger in a way that it's not sticking out of the trigger when shooting. For a pistol like the G43, it gives a smooth, nicely rounded trigger without the tab sticking my my finger; more comfortable to shoot, and less likely to find myself putting pressure on one side of the tab or the other and unconsciously skewing my shots.

I like them.