SR9c trigger pull question

[Clovishound]

I have not been entirely happy with the smoothness of the trigger pull on my new SR9c. Many say that their trigger has smoothed with use. I was being patient and waiting out the round count (up to 250 right now). I was curious about what area might be causing the problem the other day, and so I field stripped it and got to looking at the different pieces parts. I got to wondering about the striker blocker. This is the small button on the slide frame that must be pushed along with the magazine safety to release the striker prior to removing the striker from the frame.

Anyway, I decided to flood the button with CLP Breakfree. I did this several times. After reassembling I noticed the trigger felt much smoother on dry fire. Since the trigger was a little "gritty" right out of the box, I assume that anything I flushed out of this assembly is from the factory, rather than grit from firing.

I did a little research on the web and found that Galloway sells polished "safety plungers" that are supposed to be the source of the "gritty trigger" some report with their SRs. I assume that this is the same part Ruger calls a striker blocker in their parts diagram.

Anybody have any experience with either pulling and cleaning this, or polishing/replacing with polished plunger? I would rather not have to disassemble this. I understand that you drive out the roll pin and pull the extractor to release this part and it's spring. Not really a big deal, I am used to doing a fair amount of maintenance on other items, but not dis-assembly of new firearms. If I do decide to take it apart, I will probably order a polished one from Galloway. They are supposed to be factory parts that they polish, and are fairly inexpensive. Probably wouldn't hurt to pick up a new roll pin at the same time, just in case.

 

[jhearne]

I've got the polished one from Galloway. It really helps smooth it up. Plus I've polished the remainder of my internals, and I have the polished striker, new slightly lighter springs...the Competition Kit.

I've got a video on YouTube, there's a link in my how-to stickied at the top of this forum.

By design of the extractor, junk can make its way into the striker channel, and also the blocker. If anything gets in the bore for the blocker, or into the spring, it can make it feel gunky, inconsistent. Cleaning helps a lot, but a polished one will be noticeable over cleaning alone. A 1/8" punch will drive it out no problem. I cleaned my slide out the other day when I put in the Galloway aluminum striker indicator.

Josh

 

[boltons75]

Removing the magazine disconnect also helps allot. Disassemble the slide, pull the strike out, really easy, and clean that channel out, and lightly oil. This may help you bunches.

 

[Clovishound]

Removing the magazine disconnect also helps allot. Disassemble the slide, pull the strike out, really easy, and clean that channel out, and lightly oil. This may help you bunches.

Did that before I ever took it to the range. Except removing the mag disconnect. I will try that and see what difference it makes.

The trigger is much closer to what I want now that I have flooded the striker blocker button several times with CLP. Still not as consistently smooth as I would like.

 

[boltons75]

Removing the magazine disconnect also helps allot. Disassemble the slide, pull the strike out, really easy, and clean that channel out, and lightly oil. This may help you bunches.

Did that before I ever took it to the range. Except removing the mag disconnect. I will try that and see what difference it makes.

The trigger is much closer to what I want now that I have flooded the striker blocker button several times with CLP. Still not as consistently smooth as I would like.

If you have a dremel and some polishing compound, there is a sticky showing what parts to polish to smooth the trigger out. If you have a dremel but no polishing felt tips or polish shoot me a pm and I'll see if I can hook you up. Polishing the striker also helps.

 

[boltons75]

Here's the link to the sticky

http://www.rugerforum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=52057

 

[Clovishound]

Here's the link to the sticky

http://www.rugerforum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=52057

Great info, thanks. Not sure I want to get that deep into disassembly. I'm pretty sure I could get it back together, but would hate to have a $500 ziplock of parts. I do have a Dremel clone and mandrel for the felt wheels. I also have a variety of grits of abrasive, from tripoli to white diamond to CrO2. Or, I could use my wood lathe mounted buffing system and launch small parts across the shop. :lol: My one question about the striker blocker is: Do you just polish the "head" of the button? This is what it sounds like, since you talk about the possibility of polishing it in place. I think I would be comfortable dis assembling this component, and would not be comfortable polishing this in place. I would hate to get abrasive grit all over the internals of my weapon.

Again, thanks for the great link.

 

[Clovishound]

Just got back from the range today. Put another 100 rounds through it. Much better results today than previously. Everything felt smoother, and I shot much better. Got down to several 10 shot groups in the 2" - 2 1/2" diameter range at 7 yds. All in all, I was very pleased. Some of it is just more practice, and some is the gun is smoothing out.