Painful trigger slap-Glock 17

[Patriot Man]

This is my first thread. My G 17 9mm has a painful trigger, I guess that is called trigger slap. Can't find any info on this for a Glock as everyone relates this problem to AK's. I have shot other Glocks and never noticed this problem. I do not want the light trigger as this is not safe too me and don't compete at this point so would never want to risk a ND- would rather deal with the trigger slap. Thanks for any advice.

[Patriot Man]

Wow, this thread got down the list fast. Anyone have advise on this?

[Outta Control]

I own a Glock 17 and I've thrown out over 1500+ rounds, fully disassembled/assembled it a lot of times and I have never heard of a trigger slap on a Glock. You must be doing it wrong.

[morfeeis]

could you give a bit more info on what trigger slap is for us noobs?

[SixPointEight]

Advice one, wait more than 8 minutes.

Advice two, describe what is painful better. It's painful to pull? It's painful to reset? It's got sharp edges? None of those things are trigger slap, but could be your problem.

[Turo]

If your finger is pushing on the very bottom of the trigger where it (and the safety) comes to a point, it could be somewhat painful. In that case you need to adjust your grip so that your finger rides higher on the trigger.

Other than that, GLOCKS have the least trigger slap of any striker fired double action pistol I've fired so it's probably not trigger slap you are experiencing.

[Patriot Man]

I think maybe I could have one of the indoor RO's at Firing Line look at it and try it out. I never realized til I took a recent NRA class that I was using the wrong part of my finger to pull the trigger, but that wouldn't explain why this guns hurts with the trigger and others do not. My friends CZ and several other hand guns don't feel that way.

[Patriot Man]

It is painful right after I pull the trigger fully before it fires as if it is rebounding into my finger. I will try moving my finger higher and post again after as soon as I go back to the range. Sharp edges it does not have. What than is trigger slap?

[Turo]

It is painful right after I pull the trigger fully before it fires as if it is rebounding into my finger. I will try moving my finger higher and post again after as soon as I go back to the range. Sharp edges it does not have. What than is trigger slap?

What you explained is what trigger slap is. I was just making sure that I understood the first post correctly. Basically trigger slap is the recoil of the action somehow pushing the trigger forward as it resets the sear for the next shot. The way GLOCKs are designed all but eliminates it, and there shouldn't really be any slap felt when firing one.

Definitely let someone else try it and see if they notice anything out of the ordinary. If could be that you are just not used to it and you may just have to deal with it, but before you give up make sure someone else doesn't feel anything.

[Falstaff]

try holding that trigger tight after discharge, wait a moment, a second or so, and then slightly let off to let the trigger reset. Get used to that feeling for several shots. Then on the next magazine, try to manage that trigger a little closer, go a bit faster and see if the "slap" goes away. I've never heard the term "trigger slap " before, but it might be something you're doing different thats causing this "slap" condition. What grip are you using? weaver? isoceles?

[cineski]

Do you have the smooth trigger on your 17 or the ribbed target trigger?

[Patriot Man]

To Falstaff: I will try that advise-holding th trigger for a few seconds after discharge. And I mostly shoot with isoceles formation, but I do both. I don't know the name of the type of grip I have when I hold the gun. Right handed shooter, and the top of my right thumb sits over the left thumb on the left side of the gun.
Cineski: it is a smooth trigger. My G21 SF does not feel this way, but I may be holding the grip differently?

[mstlaurent]

How old is your Glock? I have a first generation Glock, and one of the things I don't like about it is the trigger slap. I was just shooting it on Saturday and my finger is still sore. I wonder if this is something they worked out in the later models?

[Swift Justice]

I have a gen 1 G17 that I have owned new since 1986 with more rounds through it than I can remember and that does not have trigger slap - never heard of it in a Glock until this thread.

If you want to know what real trigger slap is, shoot a Cobray M11 and you'll know. There is a reason they sell them with that little neoprene tube over the trigger...

[tuna quesadilla]

Like the previous posters in this thread, I have thousands of rounds through various Glocks and I have never experienced trigger slap. The problem may lie in your technique.

To Falstaff: I will try that advise-holding th trigger for a few seconds after discharge. And I mostly shoot with isoceles formation, but I do both. I don't know the name of the type of grip I have when I hold the gun. Right handed shooter, and the top of my right thumb sits over the left thumb on the left side of the gun.
Cineski: it is a smooth trigger. My G21 SF does not feel this way, but I may be holding the grip differently?

Bingo. Part of a good trigger pull with a Glock (with any handgun, really) is a proper follow-through. Even after the trigger breaks, you must keep pressure on it. It's like throwing a football: even after the ball has left your hand you still follow through with your arm.

Also important to note that with a Glock you don't need to fully let off the trigger to reset it for the next shot. Glocks have the best trigger reset out of any off-the-shelf service pistol. So try doing it like this:

1. Smoothly squeeze the trigger
-trigger breaks-
2. Keep pressure on the trigger
3. Without taking your finger off the trigger, slowly let the trigger move forward until you hear/feel a solid "click"
4. Fire your next shot from that position, and repeat.