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If you have a problem with the way a GLOCK trigger feels, the Apex is worthy of your consideration. In the original data set, my average point total was 18.43 with a standard deviation of 1.6. But there’s no denying the data that in a worst case scenario, this trigger made me less accurate. My raw point totals across all fourteen runs averaged 17.43, a full point worse than the stock gun (18.43). Sowohl die GLOCK 43X als auch die GLOCK 48 kommen mit einem schmalen Griffstück und dem markanten, silberfarbenen Schlitten daher. As low as $129.95. Should I ever want to go back, I’d be up a creek. An extra $100 Adjustable Fulcrum Trigger; Curved Face Pro Trigger; Flat Face Pro Trigger ; Trigger Accessory; Caliber. ©COPYRIGHT 2021, THETRUTHABOUTGUNS.COM ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Parts Included: Replacement Trigger with Trigger Bar or Standalone Trigger. Rating: 0%. It appears another difference is the longer reach, larger handed folk would appreciate that. I’ve never enjoyed the feel of GLOCK’s factory trigger on my finger. While the Glock Enhancement Trigger isn’t quite as precise as some of the high-dollar match grade triggers, it’s a great upgrade for $100. SUBSCRIBE. After a full day of shooting both guns side by side, I stepped back to seven yards, did my best to control my breathing, trigger squeeze, and sight alignment, and produced three, five shot groups for each pistol. Thanks Tyler, lemme know! Narrow By . Because physics and laws of inertia, you also need to consider the duration of time that force is applied to the trigger and indirectly, the frame of your gun. View as Grid List. I wasn’t able to feel/taste/smell too much of a difference, and the results of my range testing indicate that they’re very clearly similar. Right up there with booger hook, bang switch and blaster. by jsmushko Apr 24, 2020. I should just start this off by saying – I’m a GLOCK guy. OA Length: 1.25″ Weight: 1.1 oz Made in the USA. First, the market is heavily saturated with companies making triggers for Gaston’s wundergun. With the camera in the same place, and the gun roughly in the same place as well, here is a vide of the Apex’d GLOCK. But I didn’t until after the apex went to crap and THEN I found information in multiple places about the Glock minus connector and how all the aftermarket brands are inferior to it. Glock hater here – at least when you buy a $1000 1911, you aren’t spending about 20% of the price of the gun to upgrade the trigger! Dear Apex, This was within a few hundredths of the stock pistol which had splits of .25, .27, and .28 respectively. Though I have a Gen3 GLOCK 19, I elected to utilize the trigger with trigger bar, as removing the factory trigger bar from my gun would effectively destroy the factory trigger. Too bad they did not ask you to improve the trigger on the CCP, that is a singularly crappy trigger. If spending twice as much makes a person feel like they have a better weapon well, to each their own, but I’d beard pressed to trust any 1911 over a Glock in a combat environment without a lot of love and care put into the pistol. Glock 43X (5th Gen) Glock 45 (5th Gen) Glock 48 (5th Gen) See More See Less . Oh for chrissakes, leave the damned Glock alone. This is a big upgrade in my mind, and immediately made the gun a bit more pleasant to shoot. Set Descending Direction. I love GLOCKs. I was looking to have the trigger guard undercut to possibly help alleviate the trigger bite and also have some stippling done to the grip. More. BTW not a Glock hater just don’t see it as the be all end all. The kit is available in three color options. I filed the MFer down flush with the rest of the trigger in about 10 minutes. Gone were the hot spots on my finger which elevated my enjoyment of shooting this gun tenfold. Installation of the GLOCK Apex Trigger is actually much easier than the install on the S&W pistols as you just need to remove the trigger assembly and replace it with Apex’s kit. Regardless of what percentage of the cost of the gun the upgrade was, I’d rather keep $200. Similarly, the change to standard deviation was negligible with the exception of my draw time which dropped from 1.59 to 1.45 on average with the standard deviation dropping from .17 to .10. The first bench based test was for trigger pull. Your email address will not be published. Man there’s a lot of pessimism here for a trigger upgrade. Bar and Connector Kit; Drop In Kit; Trigger Accessory; Ultimate Kit; Triggers. I’ll probably buy a Glock eventually due to the lack of high capacity 10mm handguns from other manufacturers, but you can bet your shiny metal ass that I’ll be replacing the trigger immediately. This would be a much more scientific process if I had Jeremy’s fancy DVORAK TriggerScan, but alas I’m a poor boy from the country with a set of analog calipers. Show. Currently available colors include Black, Red and a Thin Blue Line version featuring a black trigger body with a blue safety. “Sure, you can make them better, but they already start life crisp and clean enough with one of the best tactile and audible resets out there.”. PEORIA, Ariz. – Apex Tactical Specialties has begun shipping their new Action Enhancement Kit for the Glock 43, 43X and 48 model pistols. After ten pulls on the stock trigger, I managed to record an average weight of 6.36 lbs with a standard deviation of .16. I find the trigger to be good enough.for self defense. Your email address will not be published. Standard deviation remained roughly the same across all of these as well. I’ve replaced the triggers on two of my glocks with apex. I can’t say enough nice things about the shape of this trigger and what it does to the overall profile of the trigger pull. The new Polymer safety shoe safety is wider, more responsive and will last longer than the previous thin blade of aluminum version. When properly installed, this drop-in trigger will: Reduces trigger over-travel and reset distance But, should you modify your handgun's trigger system? What it will do is reduce the weight of your trigger pull as well as shortening the engagement and reset distances by roughly a tenth of an inch. musta played too much call of duty. Well, might as well just get this out at the get-go. In the case of the stock Gen 4 GLOCK, this yielded a travel of .244 inches. Install Complexity: Slightly more involved than field stripping. If you go with a below average gun like a Glock you’re going to need to put some money into it. I’ve managed to put an Apex Trigger in every Smith & Wesson striker-fired gun that’s come into my hands, including Shields, Sigmas, and M&Ps. The final shake out was on the hit factor score. Your incoming data was garbage because you didn’t have a “control” example. The whole enhancement took less than thirty minutes, and required no fine tuning like the M&P kits. I did not bother drawing from concealment so I simply tucked my shirt in behind the holster. Overall Feel * * * * * They’re just fine as issued. This had the ultimate impact of creating a lower hit factor as my ever so slightly faster average time couldn’t make up for those dropped points. Our Glock trigger body fits and works in the G43, 43X and 48. I’m sure my father in law would love a gift, my friends would love to buy, or my safe would love a constant companion. The company states that the optics have been temperature tested, drop tested, vibration tested and water intrusion tested. There is some color coding which corresponds to the hit factor, called “score” on the far right side. This would generally be referred to as the takeup distance. Apex Tactical: Best Bang-For-The-Buck; Zev Fulcrum Ultimate: Editor’s Choice; Velocity Arms: Runner-Up; Overwatch Precision: Lightest Pull; Obligatory disclaimer that you should have a qualified gunsmith install and test all this stuff. Thanks for watching! I won’t mention that a decent 1911, and I mean “decent” costs twice the amount of a Glock yet in the end they will both hit what They are pointed at. It is black to match the GLOCK and the anodizing work is free of defects as well. – Direct drop-in rep This is still a great trigger, and as a guy who doesn’t compete regularly, I’m willing to turn a blind eye to some of this, because a.) If you need to spend 1/5 of the price of the gun on a trigger to make the gun acceptable then the gun isn’t worth owning. TangoDown does NOT ship outside the United States. The Apex’d GLOCK was a full tenth of an inch shorter at .141 inches. Worth it. With the minimum and maximum gone, the score was 8.11 with a standard deviation of .86, and looking at the data within the one standard deviation of the raw data, the average score was 8.40. Across all fourteen strings with the Apex’d GLOCK, my split times were .29, .25, and .25. Some people enjoy this kind of thing. Scoring: IPSC “minor” scoring (A=5, B/C = 3, D=1). The last measurement was to measure the distance from the overtravel stop to the reset “click”. But many (most?) Spend $50 on ammo and shoot it a couple hundred times. All of that said, I can’t confidently say that the Apex trigger will make you faster, stronger, or able to jump tall buildings. I like the platform. I dunno. The scores are lower across the board, and the standard deviations numbers are a bit worse. The second point of measurement was the “wall” where you can start to feel the first bit of resistance. One of the most important upgrades a shooter can do for their pistol is to improve its trigger. The trigger is absolutely atrocious on the Glock 43X. If you want to show us meaningful data, try capturing the same times and accuracy, USING THE SAME PISTOL AND SIGHTS! I shot the stock GLOCK first for seven repetitions, and then moved to the Apex’d GLOCK, and then repeated that once more for a total of 28 strings of fire. I did fourteen repetitions of the drill for each pistol but I broke them up into two, seven rep parts. 83 Products . If you shoot your stock trigger just fine, buy $100 worth of ammo and shoot that up instead. I think it’s dishonest at least for the writer here and all the pundits the internet I’ve read to talk about the issue & then not mention the obvious, this simple effective can-be-done-by -anybody fix which they never do. The PPQ does have a very good trigger. I see it as making a good thing better. Funny enough when you spend $1K+ on a 1911 you are spending about 80% on upgrades from whoever is making that 1911. This was a wholly unexpected result given how much better the trigger felt during the aforementioned dry firing test on the bench. What if you don’t prefer heavy hammer-fired 1911? My Glock, with thousands of rounds through it, same brand ammunition, has never jammed and holds 17-33 rounds depending on the magazine.Frankly I’d changed the motto to something that’s true, such as “Glock Dependability” anything but the dubious and obviously false “Glock Perfection”. this review was retardedly too long. Yes, I spent about $200 on the upgrades to the Blue Label cost so all total I am around $600 all in. I can’t decide if I hate “bangswitch” or “go pedal” worse. Full disclosure, I installed the Apex Trigger in a Gen 3 and my control gun was a Gen 4. I don’t have any major problems with the trigger but who wouldn’t want a “much more comfortable and ergonomic shooting experience.”. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Second, the GLOCK trigger, in my opinion, has never been nearly as needful of a cleanup as the M&Ps. Specifications: Apex Tactical Glock Enhancement Trigger and Ultimate Safety Plungers. Published by Mike on . I’ve reached out to Apex to comment on that. Pulling out the maximum and minimum numbers, the average time to first shot stayed identical at 1.49 seconds, while the second, third, and fourth shot times stayed identical or within .01 seconds. With one exception. The safety blade on them has always protruded a bit beyond the shoe causing a hot spot on my digit. No truly stock 1911 is as reliable out of the box as a Glock. Safety Plunger sold separately. A quick look at the upcoming Apex Glock Slim Frame Action Enhancement Kit. This whole “review” is rubbish. Check out Apex Tactical’s blog today about Robert Wise’s comments, behavior, and language towards their customer service team and owners. Harley owners will customize theirs by replacing certain parts over time. I have a 1911. I wish I had run across the information about the Glock minus connector before I paid $100 for this utter garbage. The last attempt at cleanup was to look at only the data points that fell within one standard deviation of the average. I left the range after shooting a couple hundred rounds through both guns, CONVINCED that the Apex equipped GLOCK was far superior. To cajunize a CZ it’s about $250 in parts, but the result is nothing short of phenomenal. Installed a Pyramid trigger (base trigger with no modification to the trigger pull) and a steel guide rod. The problem with the math here is like the author pointed out, the numbers (except for the weights and measurements) aren’t really an apples to apples comparison, so you can’t draw any hard conclusions from them. I had zero failures of any kind, and all primer strikes were well formed and on par with what the stock trigger accomplished. In an effort to clean up the data a bit, I pulled out the maximum and minimum scores which gave me an average time to the first shot of 1.45 with my second, third, and fourth shots coming at .26, .27, and .29 respectively. Read on, keeping in mind which aspects you would like to control. Needed some adjustment. the trigger isn’t all that bad, and unless you’re a competitive shooter, it has all the accuracy one could need or utilize. The Apex Action Enhancement Trigger for the Glock was initially found to fit the model 43. 4 out of 5 stars. What this should mean out on the range is that split times (times between shots) are closer together and that the time to the first shot is perhaps faster as a byproduct as the trigger finger has to travel a smaller distance to do the same work. The Apex Action Enhancement Trigger Kit is a purpose-built direct drop-in Glock Trigger kit intended as a replacement for the Glock’s factory polymer trigger. Based on the helpful feedback we got, the trigger is being altered so as to fit the 43. After All Glock is Perfect, so so so are Glock Employees as long as they never admit that Glock isn’t Perfect. During that test, there was a 6.2% difference between the scores for stock sights and a set of Trijicons. While the company does not provide an IP-rating for the optic, it states the RMRcc is good to 20 meters underwater. And note that I amd a senior citizen who still WORKs IN CONSTRUCTION and my hands are far from soft, yet nasty Glock grip texture is too rough, like gripping stick-on grip paper on a skate board. Overall Rating * * * * Auf all4shooters.com lesen Sie die … And, this Glock Apex Tactical Action Enhancement Trigger is a direct drop-in substitute for your Glock’s factory polymer trigger. I noticed that magazines and aftermarket supplies for the Walther were in short supply and pricey when I could find them. 6 Items . bnut the hi-points only hold holds 10 rounds and jams about every 200 rounds. It is there, but only slightly. The data for the Apex’d GLOCK follows an identical template to the stock data just discussed. Apex Glock 48 trigger review. I have pulled many Glock triggers in the past and I know what to expect with them. Where is Jeremy S. when you need him? What if that doesn’t matter? I experienced the same issue highlighted in the article concerning the stock trigger. The Action Enhancement Triggers available for the new Glock 43X and Glock 48 models include: – Black Anodized (Part #102-112)– Thin Blue Line (Part #102-B112) The triggers on both are typical Glock, however many have complained the trigger feel really rough and super heavy even for Glock. Apex Tactical is perhaps best known for their trigger kits that clean up the Smith & Wesson M&P’s bangswitch, though their original success came from their renowned work on Smith revolvers. However, the fact that it is 2019, we are currently on Gen 5 of Glock perfection and the trigger feels like dragging a wet anchor across a sandy beach is unsatisfactory. Right away on my new Glock I also filed down and smoothed off the uncomfortable texture grips. This drop-in part will: – Reduces trigger pull weight by approximately 1 lb. Beyond a reasonable doubt, I can say that the Apex kit lowered the weight down to a very manageable but still safe level. Wir sind der Frage auf den Grund gegangen, was die beiden schlanken Pistolen sonst noch gemeinsam haben und was sie unterscheidet. this trigger is way more comfortable and b.) This APEX Glock trigger components are furnished with the trigger bar included so that you can get the job done even if you’ve had a previous trigger replacement. the difference in scores isn’t that large (less than 5%). Idiocy? I am well aware that Glock is not known for having great triggers. That leads to improved accuracy results on target. Top 4 Best Aftermarket Glock Triggers for the Money. On the stock GLOCK this distance was .132 inches while the Apex’d GLOCK was almost a tenth of an inch shorter at .039 inches. While I would love to think that perfection is the name of the game, I think we can all agree that some pistols just shoot better than others of the same model. The reset is fairly short and equally crisp and audible. As a certified Glock hater I don’t think you need to spend the money on the trigger to make it effective. They are, in actuality, lighter. According to the Apex folks, there’s a lot more to quality trigger enhancement than just reducing weight. Every single kit has done wonders for those guns, especially the older M&Ps which came with one of the worst factory triggers imaginable. Tell them I’ll happily be the guinea pig for a prototype, and write a review! Thanks. This is usually magnified by the six pounds or more that it requires to set one off. When I got back home from the range, I plugged all this data into Excel and used Comstock scoring to find my hit factor for each string. Gaston Glock’s plastic fantastics came about in a time where most guns featured metal frames and were hammer fired. Found to fit the 43 and 43X are the slimline ultra compact offering that are somewhere between the 4. I ’ ll be ready rounds and jams about every 200 rounds factory. 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