chevyoneton Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 I had read about you Yankees having trouble with your PRP triggers in the cold. I blew it off as I live in Florida and have never had any trouble, until last Wednesday. I pull my 5.25 XDm .40 out of my truck at the TFG3G match in Blakley GA and rack the slide for a little dry fire and, nothing. I quickly change to my 4.5 XDm (that I do not shoot as well) for the first stage before going back to work on the 5.25. I get it warmed up and somewhat working but not 100%. I woke up and realized the frames were the same and swapped barrels/slides and finished the match with my 9mm/.40 gun but without my sweet trigger (that was not sweet at all right then). Guess I will do the freezer thing and take a little more off the tail on my PRP trigger after all. It might get cold down here in Florida or I might head North (to Georgia) to shoot again some day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankenhole Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Good luck! Hopefully it won't be too hateful and it will be pretty quick. Mine failed the freezer test first time around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlincoln Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Even a freezer tested one won't work at -3 below! I upgraded to the "front porch" test this past Jan. Took a bit more off. JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gondo Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 So to fix this you take a little bit off the trigger stop on the back of the actual trigger itself right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowenbuilt Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Yep, that's the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHAVEGAS Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 The same thing happened to a friend, he made it through the match by putting those hand warmer thingies on the gun between stages. Both of my XD's failed the freezer test at first. I'm kind of suprised that prp doesn't say something about cold weather proofing on their vids or written instructions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlincoln Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 The same thing happened to a friend, he made it through the match by putting those hand warmer thingies on the gun between stages. Both of my XD's failed the freezer test at first. I'm kind of suprised that prp doesn't say something about cold weather proofing on their vids or written instructions. I agree, there's been so many posts on this on different forums that PRP should put a note about it in the installation instructions and on their videos. Would save people from embarrasment and confusion. It's such a simple fix. JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacman59 Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Never heard of that. I run my XDm and PRP trigger in the Michigan winters and haven't had an issue. Lucky I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LikesToShoot Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Your gun is already "tuned" for cold weather it appears. There's no need to break the gun down as PRP shows. Just protect the frame with tape, card or whatever and reduce material off the over travel pad on the backside of the trigger. More (over) travel is better than not enough if it'll kill your gun when temps change. JMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarMike Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 huh.. First I've heard of this problem. Going to have to research it now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHAVEGAS Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 huh.. First I've heard of this problem. Going to have to research it now If you search for coefficient of thermal expansion, it looks like the plastic part of the gun should contract 2-10 times more than the metal (not sure about which plastic is the right one to pick on the tables, 2 is roughly best case and 10 is roughly worst case). Don't know if this is the thing about the thing, but it seems like a reasonable theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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