Glock Dry Fire to Smooth Trigger?

[jkchan83]

I have resolved the fact that dry firing my Glock is good practice without a high probability of damaging the firearm. Furthermore, many people (both here and at GlockTalk) recommend firing around 1,000 rounds to truly smooth out the trigger on a Glock. (And to smooth out the shooter.)

Considering the price and rarity of ammunition these days, I was wondering if dry-firing would have a similar effect on the trigger (as I believe it will on the shooter). So, does dry-firing "break in" the Glock just as well as live firing?

[Bobshouse]

Not really. Glock is a whole nother animal...not your typical handgun with all the little parts to smoothout dry firing it a couple of thousand times.

[C_1]

I dry fire my Glock with snap caps a few minutes a day, and it helps me with my trigger pull (watching the front sight), and I guess it does/could smooth out the trigger a lil bit. Or maybe its just my finger getting better and smoother at pulling trigger?

[bohoki]

put a bit of gooey grease on your striker tail

[Black Majik]

$0.25 trigger job would be much more effective and less tiring with better results than dryfiring 1000 times. Though you'd probably gain more as a shooter with the 1K dryfires than polishing the small parts.

Pick up a 3# connector while your at it and it makes the biggest difference. All three (polish small parts, 3# connector and dryfiring) would most likely significantly improve your groups.

[rips31]

or, you can be really cheap and stick an empty casing in the chamber...instant poor-man's snap cap.

[jkchan83]

put a bit of gooey grease on your striker tail

I'm not sure what you mean by "gooey grease." What effect would that have on the trigger pull?

$0.25 trigger job would be much more effective and less tiring with better results than dryfiring 1000 times. Though you'd probably gain more as a shooter with the 1K dryfires than polishing the small parts.

Pick up a 3# connector while your at it and it makes the biggest difference. All three (polish small parts, 3# connector and dryfiring) would most likely significantly improve your groups.

I will probably end up doing the $0.25 trigger job, but I've read that waiting until there is some wear on the parts helps you to see how much to polish. I don't want to install a lighter connector as this is used as a bedside gun. Should I need to use it for self defense, I don't want to give an over-eager DA or civil attorney any ammunition. (Sorry, couldn't help it.)

[bohoki]

I'm not sure what you mean by "gooey grease." What effect would that have on the trigger pull?

sorry "gooey grease" is my slang term for stalube "super white"

it is a very odd concoction it stays put and stays slippery even when dirty

[sammy]

I second Richard's response with a .25c trigger job but would go with a 4.5lb. Glock disconnector if you are going to use the gun for self defense. I have had a defective 3.5lb. aftermarket disconnector that stopped working after 300 rounds. I just installed the Glock 4.5 disconnector and did the .25c trigger job on my new G19 and all I can say is WOW. It cut the trigger pull by 1/3 and made it much smoother than stock. I only spent 30 seconds working each part against an old rag untill it shined taking no materal off any of the parts. Good luck, Sammy

Oh, and dry fire away. If you look at the Glock striker you will see just how stout the thing is. I have only seen one broken Glock striker which broke off the very tip that makes contact with the primer. I have no idea how many rounds were through the gun but it was the most worn Glock I have ever seen.

[roc]

or, you can be really cheap and stick an empty casing in the chamber...instant poor-man's snap cap.

this is not as easy to do as it sounds. i have a hard time loading an empty casing into the chamber cus the extractor claw cant really get a grip on the casing when its not loaded from a magazine. and i really dont want to jam the edge of a brass without a bullet into my feed ramp. how do you load your empty brass?

I also do a lot of dry fire practice with my XD and my 1911 using snap caps. it is much easier to troubleshoot to see if you are pushing or pulling the gun when there is no recoil after the shot. I am sure it does help to smooth out the trigger and striker assemblies but without the slide racking back, it wouldn't be the same as breaking in using live ammo.

[stix213]

It helped me

I recently purchased a GLOCK 26 as my first handgun, when I fired it a few hundred times I was hitting nowhere near where I meant to. I'm not too bad with a rifle, but I was hitting mostly low and left with the GLOCK.

Problems with my trigger finger placement and how I was pulling the trigger was moving the aim of my handgun seemed the most likely cause. So on someone else's suggestion I tried dry firing it to see what the aim does without any recoil... Sure enough, the gun would jerk low and left when I pulled the trigger. To work on that I went on to dry fire my GLOCK probably 200 times, and yes including a couple times in the mirror with my new toy, thinking it was ok since it is in the manual to do so when properly unloading the weapon... Yes the manual actually tells you that when you unload your GLOCK you need to dry fire it. I didn't use snap caps or anything like that.

I didn't notice it slowly happening at first, but to my surprise when I was done I noticed that the trigger was SIGNIFICANTLY loosened up. Way easier to pull - so much so that I actually was worried I broke something. Fortunately the next day I went on to put another 150 rounds through it without any issue, and also were much closer to where I meant to put them

So I don't know if I would say that I recommend it, but dry firing my GLOCK definitely smoothed out and loosened up my trigger a lot.

[Slim]

Can someone give me the details of the .25 trigger job?

[Futurecollector]

Can someone give me the details of the .25 trigger job?

+.25

[MasterYong]

What's everyone's obsession with snap caps?

I've had countless "experts" tell me they're worthless. A solution looking for a problem, if you will. I've read a lot of articles that say they're worthless too.

I say, dry fire away. I've dry fired my XD probably 10,000+ times with no problems. No excess wear on any parts that I can tell. I don't see how a firing pin can break from dry firing. I've heard the arguments but this is a pin that strikes metal (that then creates a small explosion) on a regular basis... over extending it seems like it should be OK.

[gibbygoo]

Can someone give me the details of the .25 trigger job?

http://www.google.com/search?q=.25+trigger+job