Want to smooth out your Glock trigger in the comfort of your own home?
The Glock 25 cent trigger job is using polishing compound and polishing a couple of internal surfaces to get a smoother trigger.
I’ve done this on two separate guns, one after 500 rounds and one after 2000 rounds.
I could feel the difference in the 500 round gun but it felt pretty much the same in the 2000 round gun.
Disclaimer since you could mess up your gun.
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Why?
The purpose is just to polish and not take actual metal off.
You can use a Q-Tip, a rag, your fingers, or the fastest option is to go with the Dremel. Just a little bit will make the surfaces look like chrome and move more smoothly over each other.
The jury is still out on whether or not this is needed if you shoot the gun a lot.
In theory, the more you shoot the more the parts will naturally rub against each other and do the same thing.
Essential Tools
- Fine polishing compound such as Flitz or Car Polishing Compound
- I prefer the polishing compound since if it’s good enough for a clear coat, I’d have to really mess up to take off metal on my gun parts.
- Q-Tips or a rag
- Dremel 4000 Kit with the polishing attachment. Or just hand-polish.
Where to Polish
Safety Plunger
Shiny surface in the middle and while some of the coating has already flaked off, it is smooth as butter. A good test is to run a Q-Tip across and see if any fibers get stuck.
Connector
My 3.5 pound connector for a lower trigger pull.
Firing Pin
Trigger Bar
Here’s a great video to see how shiny the parts really get. My camera does not do the polish justice!
Check out a video that goes through an example of hand-polishing and how the parts interact together.
Conclusion
Did you try out the Glock 25 cent trigger job? Let us know how it went.
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I polished everything, still no bueno. Not heavy just rough like 2 files rubbing together. Even bought new Glock trigger, ghost connector. Gave up.
Wonderfully written, explained and amazing photos. Well done!
A big draw, for me, to buying Police Trade in Glocks is often how worn in parts may be, and the notably smoother triggers they often have, due to the phenomena of parts wear, as you stated.
I still like to manually polish the parts, partly because I'm psychotic and enjoy disassembling and reassembling my Glocks, and partly because it gives me the false preception of control.
Awesome break down and, as always, well written and produced.
Excellent, going to do this on my Son and daughters 19 as well as my 21 and 43x
Thank you
Great video, thanks for taking the time to share.
I was planning on buying an aftermarket trigger connector for my brand new, unfired, glock. I just followed the directions here and ended up with a 56 oz (3.5 pound) trigger with just polishing my factory connector and the other trigger parts listed above. I used my pull scale before I started. It only goes to 4.5 pounds and bottomed out and kept pulling.... It made a huge difference. I won't be buying a connector now as I don't need it much lighter.
Ok, most of the forums say “practice your technique” and stop worrying about your trigger….WRONG! At least for my P80 19 build, these tips turned my kit trigger from a car door handle to a safe and functional weapon. Thanks Eric!!!
Thank you for the post! Did this on my G44 and wow! What a difference, crispier trigger and smoother pull
Man what a difference this makes, especially on a pretty new Glock. It runs noticeably another and makes good trigger control a little easier.
Polishing contacting surfaces makes a pretty big difference. I've been doing this on my guns for decades. Trigger pull is noticeably better. The "Glock Gritty trigger" is gone. Once polished, the parts will last longer too, since they're not abrading each other. Another good trick is, once polished, apply a THIN wiping with a cotton swab barely dampened with moly grease, removing any extra.
I was rather unhappy with the trigger on my Glock 23 Gen 4, it was just brutal compared to the Glock 23 Gen 2 it replaced (that I had since new). It shoot worse than all my other guns from FN, Browning, S&W, Ruger, and Sig.
I did the 25 cent trigger job with Mother's Mag Polish and my DeWalt drill/driver, which kept it from being too aggresive. And, I installed the Glock 3.5# connector (about a 4.5-5# trigger), and it was like a new gun! Never shot it better, it was like getting a new gun! I'm going to take it to IDPA this week.
Cheers
Great to hear a success story!
Or just shoot the crap outta it
Agreed. In my experience, doing this yields about the same results as shooting 1000 rounds. But this only takes a few minutes, so why not?
*laughing at this comment in November 2020*
Does this work for the FHK C1G2
Hi George, sorry not familiar with that one. But the essence of polishing metal parts that touch each other will apply.