Posted: 6/11/2015 1:03:49 PM EDT
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Yeah it really is ridiculously high priced for a little piece of stamped steel. Hope it's worth it, I have doubts.
I'll give my impressions, and try to get some valid measurements before and after, but unless I can scrounge a scale or proof weights I won't be able to give a pull weight. Also I haven't tried any others so I won't be able to say it is better than anything else in any way. Haven't received a shipping notice, my guess is it'll be in sometime late next week. |
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My question is how will it feel changing nothing else but the connector vs changing springs with the connector.
I know the - connector feels like crap without the heavy reset spring. This also requires minor fitting so that is a bonus for getting a good trigger. |
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I have a Ghost Pro installed on a G35 Gen 4 that I use for USPSA. I installed it recently, haven't used it in a match yet and have only shot it at the range I think twice, so these are just my initial impressions.
If you like a trigger with a rolling break you're going to love this trigger; however, if you prefer a trigger with a hard wall and crisp break the Pro is not for you. The Pro basically turns the trigger into what feels like a single stage trigger where you're pulling through the take up and then it suddenly goes off, definitely a surprise break type of feel. Normally on a Glock you have lighter take up and then hit a wall and the pull weight increases. The Pro pretty much eliminates that 2nd stage of the trigger so it's just one smooth pull until it break. A lot of other aftermarket triggers eliminate take up and might be described as feeling like a single stage trigger, but I guess the best way I can describe the Pro is it also feels like a single stage trigger, but just the other stage. It feels like just the take up without the heavier break (instead of just the break without the take up like those other aftermarket triggers). With the "trigger control tab" there is absolutely zero over travel on my G35. I never really noticed the over travel on Glocks like I do on some other guns, but once you try the Pro with zero over travel then you notice it on standard Glock triggers. When I ordered the Pro it was only offered in a package along with a spring kit. I tried both the heavier trigger spring and lighter striker springs (separately) and both of them caused issues with the trigger not always resetting. So I kept the stock trigger and striker springs in. I did put the reduced power firing pin safety spring in my G35. With just the reduced power firing pin safety spring and Pro connector the pull weight is around 4.75# with my trigger pull scale, but I think it feels lighter than that. My trigger pull scale always slips around on the face of a Glock trigger so I have trouble getting good pull weights on Glocks. I also measure the pull weight from the center of a Glock trigger (where you actually put your finger) and don't cheat like Glock and measure from the tip of the trigger. Fitting the Pro was easy. I used the face of a dremel cutoff wheel to cut down the TCT doing a bit at a time until I got the right fit. They definitely need to be fitted to your specific Glock. After fitting it to my G35 I tried dropping it in another Glock and the trigger wouldn't break, would've needed to file more off the TCT for that one. The connector changes the way it feels to rack the slide. It takes a bit more force in the first 1/4" to get the slide going and if I slowly ride the slide forward it sort of hangs up a bit in that last 1/4" of travel, but always does fully close. I think that's normal though for this connector and there are no issues so far when shooting it. |
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I have a Ghost Pro installed on a G35 Gen 4 that I use for USPSA. I installed it recently, haven't used it in a match yet and have only shot it at the range I think twice, so these are just my initial impressions. If you like a trigger with a rolling break you're going to love this trigger; however, if you prefer a trigger with a hard wall and crisp break the Pro is not for you. The Pro basically turns the trigger into what feels like a single stage trigger where you're pulling through the take up and then it suddenly goes off, definitely a surprise break type of feel. Normally on a Glock you have lighter take up and then hit a wall and the pull weight increases. The Pro pretty much eliminates that 2nd stage of the trigger so it's just one smooth pull until it break. A lot of other aftermarket triggers eliminate take up and might be described as feeling like a single stage trigger, but I guess the best way I can describe the Pro is it also feels like a single stage trigger, but just the other stage. It feels like just the take up without the heavier break (instead of just the break without the take up like those other aftermarket triggers). With the "trigger control tab" there is absolutely zero over travel on my G35. I never really noticed the over travel on Glocks like I do on some other guns, but once you try the Pro with zero over travel then you notice it on standard Glock triggers. When I ordered the Pro it was only offered in a package along with a spring kit. I tried both the heavier trigger spring and lighter striker springs (separately) and both of them caused issues with the trigger not always resetting. So I kept the stock trigger and striker springs in. I did put the reduced power firing pin safety spring in my G35. With just the reduced power firing pin safety spring and Pro connector the pull weight is around 4.75# with my trigger pull scale, but I think it feels lighter than that. My trigger pull scale always slips around on the face of a Glock trigger so I have trouble getting good pull weights on Glocks. I also measure the pull weight from the center of a Glock trigger (where you actually put your finger) and don't cheat like Glock and measure from the tip of the trigger. Fitting the Pro was easy. I used the face of a dremel cutoff wheel to cut down the TCT doing a bit at a time until I got the right fit. They definitely need to be fitted to your specific Glock. After fitting it to my G35 I tried dropping it in another Glock and the trigger wouldn't break, would've needed to file more off the TCT for that one. The connector changes the way it feels to rack the slide. It takes a bit more force in the first 1/4" to get the slide going and if I slowly ride the slide forward it sort of hangs up a bit in that last 1/4" of travel, but always does fully close. I think that's normal though for this connector and there are no issues so far when shooting it. I use the sticky tack playdoh like stuff to keep my reader on my trigger. 
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I have a Ghost Pro installed on a G35 Gen 4 that I use for USPSA. ... Thanks, from the description you give, if it behaves the same in a Gen 3 I think I will be happy with my purchase. I prefer single stage triggers, I don't care for "staging" triggers on guns that aren't actually traditional DA. Kit should be here Monday, won't get to shoot it for a while though 
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Got it in, install was a bit obnoxious, trim the TCT, assemble, take apart, trim, assemble, after a half dozen or so attempts it worked, then I changed the trigger spring and it went to intermittently not releasing the striker, so I trimmed a few more times, put the gun back together with the factory slide plate and again it went intermitent, trimmed some more. Not sure why those changes affected release. Anyway it now has zero overtravel, and releases the striker everytime. The TCT is little more than a nub, unless the gen 4 is very different it seems Ghost went a little crazy with extra material, I'm sure there's some variance across models but over a sixteenth?
I polished all the OEM parts while I had it apart, several thousand rounds had left nice witness marks, but many mating surfaces were still quite rough, no amount of shooting would've fixed the rough sheared edge of the sear, it had worn a significant groove into the striker, so I carefully dressed those surfaces with a stone. The Pro's pull is not unlike a less spongy XD trigger, with a far superior reset. With factory springs it felt heavier, I don't think it is, but it feels that way as your pulling against higher resistance nearly from the get go, but it never changes just one consistant pull once the slack comes out of the shoe anyway. The six pound trigger spring makes it quite light, no reset issues in a bunch of dry fires, just a little softer and quieter, with the overtravel that I never knew existed gone reset is very short. Combine the six pound trigger spring with the four pound striker and it gets very light, but still clean with a positive tactile and audible reset, if it reliably lights my handloads I'll run this combo for sure. No live fire for a couple weeks yet, but right now I think it's a pretty good trigger. Would I buy another? I'm not so sure, I'd probably try some more economical options first. |
