Glock Trigger Guard

[tal3nt]

I always found the trigger guard on Glocks to be awkward. No one really places their weak hand index on the front of the guard these days.. The corners always get caught on either my pants or holster when reholstering IWB. I considered having it rounded professionally, but it's way too expensive for what it is. To be honest, I was always hesitant to tamper with the frame in any permanent way because of warranty & all that, but I've had my Glock long enough now to realize that nothing's gonna happen to it that can't be fixed for five or ten bucks.

I attempted to round the trigger guard myself last night. I didn't want to round it out completely; just enough to knock off the sharp corners. I still wanted to keep the "Glock look". Here's how it ended up:

It looks subtle, and it is, but it made a world of a difference in terms of reholstering. I like the fact that it's hardly noticeable, yet adds to the overall awesomeness (for me, anyways). Just wanted to share.

[SmallShark]

great work

[HighLander51]

you just develop a dent in your middle finger after 100,000 rounds and don't even notice it anymore.

[tal3nt]

Haha, yes, the dent has actually long since been developed.. I did it because I recently purchased a soft leather holster, and the corners of the guard would catch every now and then.

[Red Devil]

Go ahead and do the thing right. It is easy. Just go slow.

Tips:

- Strip off the slide and put the frame in a zip-lock bag.
- Make a small slot in the bag and pull the trigger guard horn through the slit.
- Tape-off the slit inside the trigger guard to reseal the bag w/ the horn protruding.

Now you can work on the horn w/o getting any debris in the frame.

- Start w/ a rasp or course file to get it close.
- Use 150 grit aluminum oxide paper on a small block to get it to match the rest of the guard.
- Use green scotch-bright pads to buff out any tooling marks and blend it into the rest of the guard.

Took me an hour or so to do mine.

What do ya think...?

[Shenaniguns]

If you snag while holstering than you need a better holster. It's not reinforced at the mouth is it?

[tal3nt]

Go ahead and do the thing right. It is easy. Just go slow.

Tips:

- Strip off the slide and put the frame in a zip-lock bag.
- Make a small slot in the bag and pull the trigger guard horn through the slit.
- Tape-off the slit inside the trigger guard to reseal the bag w/ the horn protruding.

Now you can work on the horn w/o getting any debris in the frame.

- Start w/ a rasp or course file to get it close.
- Use 150 grit aluminum oxide paper on a small block to get it to match the rest of the guard.
- Use green scotch-bright pads to buff out any tooling marks and blend it into the rest of the guard.

Took me an hour or so to do mine.

What do ya think...?

Looks great. My bro was giving me a hard time about how if I rounded out the trigger guard, then it would no longer be a Glock. I told him it would be a Glock with a rounded trigger guard, lol.. He has a point though, if it's working fine the way it is now, why go through the trouble? I don't think the "horn" is necessarily ugly.

[tal3nt]

If you snag while holstering than you need a better holster. It's not reinforced at the mouth is it?

It is indeed reinforced at the mouth. It was holstering a little better once I got it broken in a bit, but I still had to really make sure I was going straight down into the mouth, and not only that, but also at just the perfect angle. Otherwise a corner would slightly catch before pushing its way down. Now that I rounded it out a bit, though, holstering works easily one handed every time. I really don't want my Glock lookin' too fancy.

I'll be honest with you though.. it's a pretty cheap soft leather holster. 100% USA made though. You know, that $20 Glock 19 holster that always pops up on Amazon.

[Red Devil]

Well...

I find the damn trigger guard horn hangs up on everything... like training-wheels.

My G36 still has it and it's the gone the next free hour I have.

[tal3nt]