Walther PPQ Gritty Trigger

[Heero]

Hi all. I recently picked up a Walther PPQ and love the ergonomics and gun overall. The first day I picked it up, I shot it at the range and just loved how smooth the trigger was. However, after taking it home and giving it some cleaning and lubing, the trigger suddenly became gritty once I put everything back together. I've searched a lot of threads about this problem and found all the lubing methods, trigger bar bending, etc. However, I personally think that I just need to put a couple hundred more rounds into this baby and the trigger will smooth itself out. So my question to the PPQ owners is; have you had this problem and eventually the trigger smoothed itself out after daily shooting? I'm already aware of all the lubing and polishing techniques of the FPB, etc., so I'm only looking for owners who smoothed out the trigger simply by just shooting. Thanks!

[stormvet]

Never heard of a PPQ trigger all the sudden getting gritty after the first shoot and clean. I have just about 600 rounds fired with my PPQ M2 .40 and the trigger has remained pretty much the same from new in box till now. Never any grit, but I would just keep shooting no need to brake out the dremal. All triggers improve with use.

[Heero]

Yeah, which was odd for me. However, I stumbled upon another owner who had the same issue here:

http://www.waltherforums.com/forum/ppq/24817-gritty-trigger-after-cleaning-new-gun.html

The funny thing is, he used the same cleaner that I did... ML 7 Pro. I'm curious if that cleaner stripped away whatever was necessary to keep the trigger smooth. But in my mind, I'm still assuming the trigger will improve after use.

[stormvet]

I am out of it now, but that is what I used to clean my PPQ, the first couple times. It's a darn good cleaner, being the old school trained gun cleaner that I am. I tend to leave my handguns more on the wet side when I oil after a cleaning. I don't know your oiling habits but maybe a good soaking will help.
Anyway hope it smooths out sooner then later, good luck.
On another note have you replaced the stock plastic sights yet. I went with the 10-8 plane U rear and brass bead front, so much better.

[Heero]

Yah, it's a great cleaner indeed. Sounds like it's probably not the cleaner since you had no problems with it. I'm going to try using grease on a few contact points to see if it'll smooth it up. If not, I'll just bank on shooting it until it is smooth.

I haven't replaced the stock sights yet, but I'll definitely look into the one you suggested. Thanks!

I am out of it now, but that is what I used to clean my PPQ, the first couple times. It's a darn good cleaner, being the old school trained gun cleaner that I am. I tend to leave my handguns more on the wet side when I oil after a cleaning. I don't know your oiling habits but maybe a good soaking will help.
Anyway hope it smooths out sooner then later, good luck.
On another note have you replaced the stock plastic sights yet. I went with the 10-8 plane U rear and brass bead front, so much better.

[PandaBear]

I'd detail strip the slide and remove the factory lube under the FPB.

[DCF]

What's wrong with hand polishing the trigger bar and the FPB? I polished the contact point of the trigger bar and FPB and a thin coat of oil after, the trigger feels smoother without shooting whole bunch of rounds.

[Heero]

I ended up yesterday taking out the entire FPB and cleaned off the factory lube and applied brand new oil to the inside and also the entire FPB. Once I put everything back together, I added another drop of oil and cycled it about 15 times. It has now gotten rid of most of the grittiness, and the rest will most likely smooth out as I continue shooting it. If anyone else has this problem, I suggest removing the entire FPB and giving it a full cleaning. It improved my trigger by a lot.

[Heero]

I guess I'm afraid to do anything that may void the warranty of the gun. I've heard of people who tried to do some custom work to fix the trigger grittiness and ended up getting a bill from Walther when they sent it in for work.

What's wrong with hand polishing the trigger bar and the FPB? I polished the contact point of the trigger bar and FPB and a thin coat of oil after, the trigger feels smoother without shooting whole bunch of rounds.

[DCF]

I guess I'm afraid to do anything that may void the warranty of the gun. I've heard of people who tried to do some custom work to fix the trigger grittiness and ended up getting a bill from Walther when they sent it in for work.

This is why I just hand polish the trigger bar and the FPB. Part of the finish on those parts already wear off just by shooting. By polishing those contact points, you are giving yourself a smoother trigger take up without shooting hundreds or thousands of rounds. That is essentially the Glock 25 cents trigger job on the PPQ.

[Heero]

I see. Was it as simple as just using sandpaper and sanding the contact with the trigger bar and FPB? If so, what grit sandpaper did you use? Thanks.

This is why I just hand polish the trigger bar and the FPB. Part of the finish on those parts already wear off just by shooting. By polishing those contact points, you are giving yourself a smoother trigger take up without shooting hundreds or thousands of rounds. That is essentially the Glock 25 cents trigger job on the PPQ.

[digdug74]

It can happen with any gun. You start getting cleaners and / or lubricants into the internal workings of any gun's trigger mechanism and it will mix with the fouling that's already in there. If you're not going to detail strip the gun you really have no good way of getting that stuff out and it can change the way the trigger feels, often causing it to seem grittier than usual. The simple fix is just to do a detail strip and thoroughly clean / lube of all the internals. If that's too much of a task, then just keep shooting it -- the gun will "dry out" eventually and the trigger will go back to normal.

[DCF]

I see. Was it as simple as just using sandpaper and sanding the contact with the trigger bar and FPB? If so, what grit sandpaper did you use? Thanks.

No sandpaper is needed. I use Brasso metal polish cream or compound and dry cloth like my old T shirt. I think Flitz polish might work even better. Just pour a little metal polish compound on a small piece of cloth and polish all the contact surface.

Actually follow this guide and it really does improve the trigger. http://www.waltherforums.com/forum/p...ge-images.html