ErikW Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 Will the armorer at a GSSF match install a factory 3.5# connector in my G17 for me? I like ShooterGrrl's G34 trigger better than mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 Maybe. Maybe not... Glock markets that as a $20-some dollar part, so I don't think he/she will do one for one swap with a 5lb connector. Why not just buy one from Glockmeister and do it yourself (other than not wanting to cough up $25 for a $1 part)? I would like to say that the Glock armorers have ALWAYS taken EXCELLENT care of my and my petty gripes and desires at matches. I won't specify anything, so as not to obligate them, but the service was nothing short of tremendous. E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shred Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 GSSF Armorers, as a rule, will not install 3.5lb connectors at a GSSF match, with the possible exception of replacing a broken one from a Glock that originally came from the factory with one, you have both pieces in your hand and maybe not even then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 Erik Warren, Installing a 3.5 connector couldn't be much easier. Get one and I'll walk you thru it step-by-step if need be. Here is the goto source for the part on GlockTalk: http://glocktalk.com/showthread.php?s=&...light=connector Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Custom Glock Racing Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 Eric, if you have any trouble putting one is give me a call and I will walk you through. There is a small trick to the trigger spring. And why pay $25, we have factory connectors for 20 and often on sale at 15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikW Posted September 5, 2002 Author Share Posted September 5, 2002 Yeah well the deal is the GSSF match is this weekend, I'm scheduled to RO Sunday, so I may have to shoot Saturday. No time for a new connector unless the armorer has one and will do it. Got my gun at the last minute, reversed the rear sight, filed down the front, blacked out the front, and practiced keeping shots in the inner two rings of tombstone targets. The trigger sucked but I was dealing with it. Then I tried that G34 and it didn't stack up at the end of travel like my 17. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 Erik, Have you tried putting SlideGlide on the connector & where the trigger bar intersects the striker? It helped mine out a bit. FWIW, there is a lot of feel variation in the connectors. Some 5lb-ers feel much better than others. Maybe the armorer will let you try a few. E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikW Posted September 5, 2002 Author Share Posted September 5, 2002 Yeah I slide-glided (#3) the thing from day one. I put it on everything that looks like it might rub. The trigger pull has improved after a few hundred rounds and dry firing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnfst Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 Hey Eric check out this link.....http://limitedgun1.bei.t-online.de/ There is a link at the tasc website also for a website hosted by matt burkett that has an article by dale rhea on dremeling your glock. I tried all of his mods and the only one that I didn't like was thinning the connector. I ended up sticking with the + connector with all of his trigger mods and ended up with a 2.25lb trigger that broke a little crisper than the 3.5 lb connector which felt a little mushy. Try it out see if you like it. The 3.5 connector with all of the mods broke around 1.8 to 2lb's. The extra .25 pound didn't seem to make a whole lot of difference but it broke cleaner. I can't describe it it just felt better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikW Posted September 9, 2002 Author Share Posted September 9, 2002 Well the GSSF match is over. I find it amusing that they think my shooting skills are so keen they don't want me competing against everybody and they restrict me to two particular divisions so my shooting abilities don't overwhelm everybody. But if I want a different part in my 17, the same part they put in the 34 and 35, I'm just another yahoo who's a danger to society if I have a trigger pull under five pounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted September 9, 2002 Share Posted September 9, 2002 [Cat out of the bag mode ON] I've run my 3.5 lb connector in my G19 since I've started shooting GSSF matches. I've yet to have anyone check or question me about it once. Sssshhhh! Don't tell... E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikW Posted September 9, 2002 Author Share Posted September 9, 2002 There's no problem with installing a factory Glock part, you're still GSSF stock legal. BTW, while ROing I called some guy on using +2 basepads in his Amateur LE gun. Then he had a Bar Sto barrel in his Competition gun. The GSSF guy didn't seem to care much, but he did move him into Unlimited because of the Bar Sto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted September 10, 2002 Share Posted September 10, 2002 Erik - I thought the 3.5 lb connector was verboten in GSSF for the stock divisions. I just hate it when I think I'm gaming it and not getting away with anything. E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Custom Glock Racing Posted September 10, 2002 Share Posted September 10, 2002 Factory 3.5 connectors are legal for all GSSF divisons. Extended basepads that dont add weight are also legal. The barsto is definitly not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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