[Czechbikr]

Take an abrasive like rubbing compound and put it on the trigger bar at the front and rear where it slides under what I think is the disconnector. While putting pressure against the trigger bar laterally toward the right side of the frame and downward at the rear, work the trigger many times...I did this last night over about 5-8 minutes...maybe a few hundred trigger pulls. Rinse out the compound with some Clean Strike or Simple Green and flush it will with warm water. Dry it with a heat gun or WD 40...I just shook the water out of mine. Lube it up and enjoy a much better trigger pull.

BTW...defeating the trigger safety turns your pistol into the ones that are recalled IMO...drop it with a loaded chamber and you may have a ND.

 

[Czechbikr]

Hi all, 1st post here. The trigger safety problem is not isolated to the PT111. I just purchased 2 PT 140 g2's and they both have the same problem. I believe it stems from one thing that can be cured in two ways. The problem is the safety catch that prevents the trigger from moving freely is not being raised enough to fully release the trigger in it's path of travel. The primary reason for this seems to be the trigger safety's forward surface does not protrude far enough so that when the finger pushes on it from a not so direct angle it is not depressed deep enough in the trigger to fully release the safety, thus the rough catch feeling as the trigger is pulled back. Filing would certainly take care of the problem as long as it is not filed to much to make it useless. Building up the forward surface of trigger safety with some king of plastic compatible epoxy or heating it and bending it's arch a few degrees forward may be preferred. Perhaps someday someone will simply make a replacement trigger safety that will work properly with all fingers.

In addition to my post above, I went to the safe the following day to replace the dehumidifier and tried the trigger again to find that the "notch" or "hitch" had returned.

I got the heat gun out and used a wire twist tie to wrap the trigger blade tight in the closed position and gave it five minutes with low heat (it's a strong heat gun) on both sides of the frame/trigger. Tried the pull and it was almost there. Another five minutes and the trigger pull is straight back with -0- hesitation.

Thanks to 777 Driver for the procedure!

 

[Czechbikr]

3/8” Heat shrink on the trigger. Disengages the trigger safety. Smooth pull without that annoying bump.

The trigger blade was instituted to prevent the trigger from moving backward in a drop situation with the momentum causing the striker to fire the primer in your chambered round, wasn't it?

I am thinking that making a PT 111 G2 the same as a recalled PT 111 Millennium isn't the best answer for most people. Maybe that's why they're called trigger "safeties".