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G43 and serrated trigger...ouch!

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#1 ·
I finally got some range time with my G43 this week.It is definitely "snappy" with NATO spec 9mm, enough so that after 50 rounds I needed to take a break. It is what I hoped it would be..accurate and reliable. What I did not expect was a good deal of trigger finger irritation from the serrated trigger. Enough so that it made me wish I had shooting gloves after 50 rounds. Why Glock did not use a smooth trigger is anyones guess as it have been a lot more comfortable to shoot.

Am I the only one who hates the feel of the stock trigger?
 
#2 ·
Nope, you're not the only one. There was someone on these threads that modded his (43) with a G17/34 one; pretty good job.

My other carry (Gen 3) G26 has a G17/34 smooth trigger.
 
#3 ·
The stock trigger doesn't bother me, especially not enough to change out the triggers. Some day, perhaps.

I shot a couple hundred rounds yesterday and for the second time had the trigger safety pin walk out on me. It didn't fall out and didn't interfere with function, but it did work out of place.
 
#6 ·
Changing the trigger is cheap on most Glocks. My wife's G42, with virtually no recoil, has a very annoying serrated trigger. Last time I checked a while ago there was no smooth available yet. It will be changed out, just like all my other Glocks.
 
#8 ·
Full sized guns have smooth faced triggers. Compacts and subcompacts have the serrated - it's needed so they can be imported. The G42 is made in the U.S. so it comes with a smooth faced trigger.
G21 trigger drops right in to the G30. G17/22/31 trigger drops right in to all the subcompact and compact .40/357/9mm guns - probably the 45 GAPs as well.
 
#11 ·
You can blame your idiotic Federal Govt and their import laws. The serrated trigger is regarded as a target trigger and adds "points" on the ATFs point based importation system.

Unless it has 75 points worth of features it cannot be imported. The Glock 25 (picture a G19 in .380 auto) never scored enough points to be imported.

Dumb as hell but it's the Govt.
 
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#12 ·
I am lucky that the serrated trigger has never bothered me enough to worry about it.
 
#18 ·
My Glock 30 gen 3 still has the stock serrated trigger. Never had a problem with shooting it and irritating my trigger finger. I guess I'm just used to it.
 
#19 ·
My Glock 30 gen 3 still has the stock serrated trigger. Never had a problem with shooting it and irritating my trigger finger. I guess I'm just used to it.
 
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I finally got some range time with my G43 this week.It is definitely "snappy" with NATO spec 9mm, enough so that after 50 rounds I needed to take a break. It is what I hoped it would be..accurate and reliable. What I did not expect was a good deal of trigger finger irritation from the serrated trigger. Enough so that it made me wish I had shooting gloves after 50 rounds. Why Glock did not use a smooth trigger is anyones guess as it have been a lot more comfortable to shoot.

Am I the only one who hates the feel of the stock trigger?
Afternoon Redleg155,

I don't hate serrated triggers just hate Glock serrated triggers. The Glock design just irritates the he!! out of my finger after a hundred shoots or so.

The G43 doesn't have a smooth-trigger trigger bar available but with some work you can swap on a smooth Glock trigger-only to your existing G43 trigger bar.

OR-- what I usually do is just use an Xacto knife & scrape the side serrations on the trigger to smooth them out, lower them slightly & make them a non-issue.

Just sit down with the gun & an Xacto knife & keep scraping (not cutting but scraping) the trigger serrations until the trigger feels comfortable. If you do it right you won't be able to tell the serrated trigger from a smooth trigger when shooting the gun.
 
#22 ·
I don't like the serrated trigger, period, so I changed all of mine. Replacement smooth-faced triggers are inexpensive and easy to install. Part of the Glock advantage is parts changeability.
 
#24 ·
I found a thread about the G43 serrated trigger and took a tip from a member.
I took a felt wheel on my Dremel on low speed and run it across the serrations. It just takes the sharp edges off the trigger shoe and the safety lever.
Made a world of difference in the feel without changing the look.

Dave N
 
#28 ·
I checked it today and the main culprit seems to be the safety lever followed by the trigger. I'm going to try the Dremmel and soft felt wheel trick before looking for a smooth trigger.
 
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