Posted: 10/8/2012 5:28:32 PM EDT
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Just picked up a 2nd gen G19 last week, it's from early 93 from what I can tell. Condition on it is great however the trigger seems quite 'mushy' and the return is a bit slower than my newer 3rd gen G23.
The trigger gets a bit mushier with a full magazine in the gun, even more so with a 15+2 magazine as well. |
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Well, that's a new one for me. I don't know what the magazines would have to do with anything, really.
A replacement trigger spring may be in order. What trigger spring does it have in it? The standard coil spring (aka "s-spring")? A olive drab New York1 ("NY1") trigger spring? A orange New York 2 ("NY2") trigger spring? As I recall, the earliest NY1 and NY2 had something of a tendency to break... or maybe somebody did a little home gunsmithing. See here for pics of the different springs: http://glockparts.com/Products.aspx?CAT=749 |
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Looks like a stock spring to me. Do you know if the springs were ever replaced prior to you purchasing the gun? If not, buy a new set(they are cheap) and swap the springs. Hopefully it will help. If not, at least you have new springs just in case. Also, do you know if any other mods were done to the gun before you bought it? |
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I would spend the $3 plus shipping for a new trigger spring. Maybe the old one get stretched or otherwise jacked-up when somebody detail stripped the pistol. While you're at it, spend another $8 for a new recoil spring assembly (I automatically replace the recoil spring assembly on all used Glocks just as a matter of course). The connector and trigger-with-trigger-bar assembly also interface with each other and affect trigger feel and are something to look at. Reduced-weight connectors give a trigger pull that seems mushy to me. When you detail strip your pistol (you'll need to to replace the trigger spring anyway), see if the connector is skeletonized (some of the aftermarket connectors are skeletonized), is marked with a "-" (minus, the marking on Glock's reduced-weight connector) or a "S" (the mark for Scherer's reduced-weight connector).
I wonder if somehow the upper tang on the trigger-with-trigger-bar assembly is somehow bent inward (to the left as you hold the pistol to fire it) and is rubbing against the ammunition? Otherwise I'm at a bit of a loss as to how to explain how whether a magazine is loaded and magazine capacity might alter the mushiness. |
