New Timney Glock trigger

[Snoopy47]

I realize I wasn't asked the question, but in terms of "condition", the trigger still has to be pulled to depress the firing pin safety plunger. Even if the striker releases unless that plunger is depressed the striker isn't going past it.

In regard to reset, I watched Johnny Glock's video on the install before I did mine. So I greased it up and grease or oil was applied to relevant contact parts.

I shot mine today at the range, and I had no problems at all. I really enjoyed the trigger for all it had to offer.

[k1dude]

Mine arrived from Midway today and I was a little bummed. The box had been previously opened and mangled. The literature envelope was ripped and the literature had been opened, smudged, and crinkled. The trigger bar had greasy fingerprints on it.

I'll still install it, but wasn't happy with the condition of the product I received.

[awiner]

[coals]

Hi all, new guy here. I've been following the Timney Alpha trigger and you guys seem to be the most active on it.

Has anyone tried to make the break heavier for carry? I saw on an IG post Johnny Glock commented a 8# connector and a 5.5 firing pin spring would do the trick. Wondering what you guys thought about that and if anyone with a Lyman could give that a try and see how the pull is. Thanks.

[NATEWA]

[Snoopy47]

What mount is that? Any issues with it holding zero? I’ve thought about one for my g20.

That's a negative on the G20. It only fits on the 9mm/40SW frames.

Caver Customs:

https://www.carvercustom.com/

There are three variants of the mount.
1) The Competition height that requires removal of the iron sights
2) The Hunter height that allows retention of the iron sights
3) The version I have below allows for an Angle Mounted C-More, but is only an upgrade of the competition height version.

HOLDING ZERO is going to be more dependent on your sight choice. But, as a FRAME mounted the optic is going to be under a lot less battering than were it on the slide itself.

Carver Customs also provides a Californian Compliant Compensator weld service, but you have to buy the barrel and compensator from them along with sending your slide to them. It is only $100 for the work, and it came back to me inside of two weeks and was re cerekoted black after the welding.

This is probably the best frame mount system out there that DOES NOT require any modification to the frame.

[Snoopy47]

Hi all, new guy here. I've been following the Timney Alpha trigger and you guys seem to be the most active on it.

Has anyone tried to make the break heavier for carry? I saw on an IG post Johnny Glock commented a 8# connector and a 5.5 firing pin spring would do the trick. Wondering what you guys thought about that and if anyone with a Lyman could give that a try and see how the pull is. Thanks.

I don't think it's going to work that way. I did try with an OEM connector, and the trigger was still hovering around 3lb. Plus, to boot, I used a SIX POUND striker spring.

I don't see why anyone would want to go with this trigger for the sake of carrying if only to have the objective of the same pull weight. Why not just leave it alone?

[97F1504RAD]

Hi all, new guy here. I've been following the Timney Alpha trigger and you guys seem to be the most active on it.

Has anyone tried to make the break heavier for carry? I saw on an IG post Johnny Glock commented a 8# connector and a 5.5 firing pin spring would do the trick. Wondering what you guys thought about that and if anyone with a Lyman could give that a try and see how the pull is. Thanks.

This is not a trigger design or meant to be used on a CCW pistol and my personal advice (not that it means anything) would be to not use on a carry gun.

[heidad01]

Hi all, new guy here. I've been following the Timney Alpha trigger and you guys seem to be the most active on it.

Has anyone tried to make the break heavier for carry? I saw on an IG post Johnny Glock commented a 8# connector and a 5.5 firing pin spring would do the trick. Wondering what you guys thought about that and if anyone with a Lyman could give that a try and see how the pull is. Thanks.

No need to get anything special for a heavy trigger. Glocks come with a heavy trigger.

If you really want a heavier trigger than stock glock trigger, look into New York trigger.
It was designed for NYPD officers who shot up the Times square with mag dumps and completly missed the perp(s).

[coals]

You guys don't feel the trigger pull and reset on the Timney Alpha is an improvement over stock?

The NY trigger sounds terrible haha.

[97F1504RAD]

You guys don't feel the trigger pull and reset on the Timney Alpha is an improvement over stock?

The NY trigger sounds terrible haha.

[coals]

My question would be - the Timney trigger with an 8lb connector should be a better feeling trigger than stock and still carry safe?

[Dooder]

What is trying to be said is that the Timney is not a carry trigger. The name of it is "Alpha Competition". Cooley helped design the trigger and guess what, he's a competitor. Look at the type of triggers Timney makes...competition and hunting triggers. Maybe later on there will be an Alpha Defense or an Alpha Combat. But using a "competition" trigger for defense sounds like a bad idea to me. Also the trigger is made to reduce the effort needed to use it.

The very design of the Timney trigger isolates the pull and reset and makes the firing pin spring weight irrelevant and makes the connector weight close to non influential. The Timney is designed to work with a stock 5.5# connector and will give 3lb trigger. The use of a 3# connector gets a 2.5#. But that also depends on how one tunes the connector as well. But my point is that increasing connector weight will have little effect on the system.

Can't use the NY spring with the Timney system. The Timney replaces the Glock trigger spring and it has it's own trigger bar as the cruciform is a different shape.

[97F1504RAD]

My question would be - the Timney trigger with an 8lb connector should be a better feeling trigger than stock and still carry safe?

I would not even consider using this trigger in a carry gun it’s just that simple. For a carry gun about the only thing I would do is put a minus connector in it.

But Dooder said it better than me.

[bigboss91]

So I've done some connector and striker spring testing, unfortunately I don't have a trigger pull gauge... The Glock connectors are polished by me and I'm using a Johnny Glock polished striker and firing pin safety.

1. Lone Wolf Johnny Glock connector with 4.5lb striker spring. Very light pull with no discernible wall. I didn't care for that trigger pull, very much a rolling break.
2. Glock Dot connector with 4.5 and 5lb striker. Much better wall and semi predictable, slightly heavier trigger pull. I estimate .5mm of creep.
3. Standard no mark Glock connector with 5lb striker. Pronounced and predictable wall. Break is clean, with similar creep as the dot connector. When shooting I probably will not ever notice. This is the setup I'm going with.