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Thanks. Does anyone know of a video anywhere that shows how the Timney trigger works? Also, I normally run a lighter, 13 lb recoil spring in my glocks, do you think that could end up being a problem with a stock (5.5 lb) striker spring? Will you have to worry about the slide going into battery?

That one looks interesting, but might be too easy to move. I’ve been using the Armanov click adjustable dial for a while now and like it.

In the last couple of years I’ve switched to Apex Action Enhancement kits in a couple of Glocks and like them a lot. I recently picked up a new Gen5 to setup as a primary/backup competition Gun and was considering trying the Timney, but I’ve never tried one, and quite frankly, am getting deterred by the number of people having issues and needing to tweak theirs to get them working. Can someone who has or had both compare them for me and explain how they are the same or different? Does the trigger pull feel the same? Thanks.

If anyone doesn’t want to wait around for this tester, you can send them to me and I’ll test each one individually and report back my results.

For about $8 you can drop in a Wolff competition spring pack and call it good. Maybe spend another $20 on a 13-15 lb recoil spring. And, if you should encounter some light strikes you can spend another $8 on a striker spring kit and try the 4.5 lb striker spring, or the 5.0 lb one. For me, normally the 4.0 lb spring that comes in the competition pack works fine. For very little money you can be very competitive. Oh, wait, I forgot sights. Glock sights suck. Go with a set of Sevigney, Dawson, any of the others out there, or forget about sights and put a red dot on it.

There’s a lot of info in a few lively discussions regarding 2 pass loading on the 1050/1100. I’m using the FW Arms popper decapper, and added the Dillon sizing die with decapper as a backup, just in case.

glad to hear it. I may have to give that a try with mine. The last batch of primers I recently scored are from 2004. The production dates are going backwards instead of forward.

How old are the primers?

Thanks. I shipped my P365 slide off to Maple Leaf this morning. I went with a 407k cut all the way back. I figure the tiny wings on the back of the sight along with the factory front sight should be adequate for short range in the event the dot dies. I also sent my G43 slide off to Battle Werx to mill the same optic in front of the sights.

Whoa, I didn’t know there was a maintenance video. I just brush the plate off with an old toothbrush and run a couple pipe cleaners through it every 10,000 primers or so. The Pal Filler is just plain AWESOME.

I have to agree with Sarge here. I’m using primers from circa 2015, and when filling tubes, I’ll have one get stuck like you mentioned every 4-500 primers. Basically happens 2 or 3 times per box of 1,000. I’m pretty certain it has to be the primers. It’s one Pal Filler vs 1,000 individual primers. It’s much more likely that one or two of those primers are just a little bit off.

I’m a lefty and shoot Gen3 and Gen5 Glocks. I install extended mag releases on all of them and use my trigger finger to drop mag. Never had a problem.

I haven’t shot any yet, but I much prefer the smoother look of the V2 design. I bet the V1 was a non-expanding hollow point anyway so performance should be about the same. Looks to me like an improvement in versatility for competition loading.

I went from a 550 to an 1100. I briefly looked at the Apex, but in the end, I couldn’t justify the extra cost, especially when Dillon had been so good to me for over 25 years. I stayed with Dillon and don’t regret it at all. It was a very big difference going from the 550 to the 1100.

If its for a Glock, there's the Toni System weight:

I’m looking to get my Sig P365 slide milled for a Holosun HS407k optic. Has anyone used Jagerwerks or Maple Leaf Fireams for slide milling in the last 6 months or so? I found a lot of old info but I’d like to hear about more recent experiences. Im also considering milling the optic all the way back and eliminating the rear sight. This is a carry gun, but I’m hoping the small wings on the back of the 407k will act as a backup rear sight along with the factory front sight in an emergency. Does anyone have any experience with this? Hoping to take advantage of current Black Friday sales so time is short to make a decision. Thanks.

That’s a bummer. I had held off buying one, and now they are gone. I wonder what happened?

Is the trigger return mushy? Or is it crisp?

Can you explain what is it about the trigger that makes it better. Now I’m starting to think I need one.

This seems like a lot of work. Are the Timney triggers really worth the cost and effort? I’ve never tried one so I don’t know. Thanks.

Not sure why I don’t like the Gen4. It’s like the bastard child of my Glocks. At first I wasn’t too crazy about the Gen5 either, but then that ambi-slide stop sucked me in. I’m a lefty. I don’t normally go to slide lock unless something went wrong because if the extra time it took. Now it barely slows me down at all. Im also really digging the front slide serrations. With an optic mounted I don’t use the rear serrations anymore.

Just got an email from them offering up to 10% off for Black Friday. Gotta spend $300 but that isn’t too hard these days.

vluc, Sounds like you're in the same boat as me. I shot a gen3-34 in Production for the past 15 years and am just now switching to optics. I put a Brownells milled G34 slide on my frame and that worked ok. Then got a Gen4-17 which I didn't care for, then got a Gen5-34 which I "think" I like a little better than the Gen3, but I've sheared the MOS screws and am not a fan of MOS design. So, now I'm hoping to acquire a Gen 5-17 that is not MOS which I will have milled for RMR and will try that. Since it's strictly for range/competition, I'll probably have it milled all the way back to keep the SRO optic a little further away from the ejection port to keep it a bit cleaner. I may just look for a Gen5 slide and put it on my G34 frame.

Not sure if the PF will drop off below or too close to 125 with the 4" barrel and my load. My current load already spans 126-133 depending on the firearm used. Besides, I've been shooting a 34 for so many years, the 17 slide already looks like it's oddly too short. I don't want to go any shorter than that. I also thought the 45 had a slightly different lower than the standard Gen5 17/34 but don't know for sure.

I'm wondering what the rest of you prefer as a Carry Optics gun. Since it's going to have a red dot, sight radius isn't an issue. Whenever I try to compare, I find myself leaning towards preferring the 34 over the 17, but I think that's because my 34s are Gen3 and Gen5 and the 17 is a Gen4, which I don't really like. So I don't know if I prefer the 34 simply because I like the Gen3 and Gen5 more than the Gen4. I know I'll probably end up with a Gen5 17 eventually. So, do you prefer the "feel" of the longer slide on the 34 or the shorter, and possibly faster pointing 17?