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I put a Glock OEM trigger/trigger bar back in it. That's when I noticed the issue. Previously it had an Apex trigger/Glock trigger bar in it with no issues. Although I believe the trigger return spring in both housings are the factory weight (that's all I have in my parts box) a spring change did happen with the trigger housing change as both housings had springs already in them. Could be that the springs made a difference instead of the housing. Gun is working properly right now though. Glock OEM innards in the gun all the way through. Funny thing is, I had myself convinced that I HAD to have an Apex trigger on my Glocks to shoot them reasonably well. Then, Saturday, I shot a box stock 17.4 in a match. I did well. Hmmm.... OEM Glock trigger seems to work for me. What the????

Okay, thanks! I wondered how everyone was getting away with lighter springs in so many Glocks for so long. I swapped out the trigger housing in mine and it seemed to help. I believe the original problem was the trigger housing as again, I was getting no other symptoms. Thanks again.

I noticed today that the trigger on my 17.4 wasn't fully resetting. I had to give it a little nudge forward to get the trigger safety lever to engage. I replaced the striker spring with an OEM 5 lb spring and all is well. The gun was experiencing no other issues such as light strikes. Now I'm curious. Does a 4 or 4.5 lb spring reliably reset the trigger safety? (Obviously I've never run one.) TIA!!

It's not .gov's business if someone DQ's. Those clubs who are sharing this info should be boycotted. I still have a hard time believing this is actually true.

Since my loads are fairly mild, 4.1 W231, 124 grain coated, I have some leeway I believe.

Since I only practice and shoot local outlaw matches, mixed range brass works great. In fact, I think they would work great at Nationals, because they just run!!! No one that I know of runs 9 major at my little club though. So I don't worry about that.

I reload 9's because: 1) I had the equipment on hand. All I needed were dies and a shell holder. 2) I can dial up the loads I like. 124 grain HiTek bullets for the most part. 3) I like to reload. Gives me something to do on cold winter days too. Us retired bums need activities like this. 4) It gives me a great deal of satisfaction to see my product work well. 5) Otherwise, we would be walking on a sea of 9mm brass in our bays if I didn't pick up the stuff. Does it make economic sense? Barely. It's just a fun hobby for me.

Oops! I got that backwards. Yep, it's the strong hand "flip off."

Stoeger recently released a YT video where he talked about "flipping off" your strong hand middle finger in an effort to relax your strong hand. At least, that's the way I took it. I know I have a terrible tendency to crush with both hands "when I really want to shoot good." The technique of "flipping off" is working for me anyway.

I love my Mitutoyo calipers. So well made. I've had it for years now.

I've loaded a bunch of coated 200 SWC's over Ramshot Competition in 45. It works well as does WST. But then so does W231. The 45 ACP is such a flexible round to load. The biggest problem I've ever encountered loading 45 SWCs is getting the OAL just right. I finally learned that all you need is just sliver of the projectile shoulder projecting from the case mouth, like a thumb nail's worth. OAL will vary with the bullet design.

S&W M&P Gen1 5" Pro in CO. S&W M&P Gen2 compact for carry.

My M&P's treat me wonderfully. Apex drop in barrels and triggers make them very accurate and shootable. (and legal in CO) They just run.

It was a success IMHO. I needed both plates as I described above to get it mounted. The FTP doesn't appear to create any ejection issues and the mount appears to be solid.

Motor mica is a good dry neck lube.