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Offline Charlie-AKA

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Trigger sting
« on: September 04, 2013, 01:21:19 AM »
I shot about 250 rounds through my new 75 compact .40 and my trigger finger is still numb from being stung so many times by the trigger on this gun. What causes this and what parts do I replace in order to fix it?

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Re: Trigger sting
« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2013, 09:24:02 AM »
Are you relatively new to shotting? Do you have calluses on your fingers?
Both have a large influence on your shooting experience. Consider getting a trigger job to reduce the weight of the trigger pulls, and maybe a different style trigger.
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Re: Trigger sting
« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2013, 09:31:03 AM »
It sounds like you might be talking about what I know as "trigger slap," where the trigger slaps back into the fingertip on reset.  Trigger slap can be caused by different things with different pistols.  I've actually not heard any CZ users complain of it.  I will let the pros comment on what you might be able to do to fix it with a CZ. 

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Re: Trigger sting
« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2013, 02:45:15 PM »
Go to the main page and search "slap".  You will get about 4 pages of results.

Most commonly cured by using a trigger with a different shape.

FWIW, I've never experienced trigger slap in any of the CZ's I've owned or shot.

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Re: Trigger sting
« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2013, 03:03:06 PM »
I experienced it once and found that I had my trigger finger in too far (trigger was inside the first knuckle, I have long fingers).  Once I adjusted my trigger finger to have the pad on the trigger instead of the inside of the knuckle, I haven't experienced it since.
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Re: Trigger sting
« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2013, 03:57:52 PM »
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FWIW, I've never experienced trigger slap in any of the CZ's I've owned or shot
Ditto:  I have a very short trigger finger and have never experienced the problem with 3 CZs
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Re: Trigger sting
« Reply #6 on: September 04, 2013, 07:10:58 PM »
Some people (myself included) experience discomfort from the sharply curved trigger that comes on the .40 compacts.
This one:
http://czcustom.com/CZ75RecurveTrigger05A.aspx
I replaced mine with the old style 85 combat trigger sold by CZ custom here:
http://czcustom.com/CZ85Combattrigger.aspx
Haven't had any pain since.
While your at it I would get a floating trigger pin from Cajun Gun Works. Makes reassembly much easier.
http://cajungunworks.com/spring_kits.html

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Re: Trigger sting
« Reply #7 on: September 04, 2013, 07:15:24 PM »
I have pretty long fingers and I experienced the sting with stock CZ.  Put in an 85 combat trigger and it will almost certainly go away.

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Re: Trigger sting
« Reply #8 on: September 06, 2013, 01:41:56 AM »
Ordered an 85C trigger today from CGW.

I've shot a lot of different pistols and never had experienced trigger slap. Also, this trigger is ROUGH. Actually a little rougher than the usual CZ trigger. I've been dry firing it all day today and it's improved a bit. My full size 75 had a rough trigger too and   now, 5000 rounds later, plus who knows how many dry firings, it is as smooth as if it had a trigger job.