Was just curious if anyone tried Mcarbo springs for their dagger? Mcarbo has a spring kit for Glock gen 1-4. They won’t guarantee it will work for PSA Dagger only Glock. They advertise it will drop the weight down 1lb or 1.5lb from a stock glock trigger.
By the way, I don’t hate the Dagger trigger, its actually much better than expected. But I’ve used mcarbo springs on my 22 and my sks and I really like them. They really improve the trigger from a decent trigger to a really good one for around 10/15 bucks and some time to install. Thats just my humble opinion and experience. Would love to try it on my dagger for only a slight improvement. I don’t care to do a full trigger upgrade.
MCarbo makes good stuff at reasonable prices. I have some of their other products, but not in my dagger. I’d say the price point is probably low enough to try it and be the guinea pig if you’re adventurous.
I’ve had real good experiences with MCARBO. I’m pretty confident the glock gen 3 upgrade will work for the dagger. Worst case scenario I’m out 20 bucks lol. At least it is going to a good company. I’ll update if/when i get the spring kit and install and test fire.
Reducing the pull weight on a Glock by just changing springs, usually means a drop in reliability (specifically: increasing the risk of light strike on primer).
I had considered that. The Mcarbo kit comes with a 4lb, 5lb, and 6lb firing pin spring I think to address possible light primer strikes. The stock is a 5.5 lb firing pin spring so you can either go heavier for more reliability or lighter for a better trigger. Mcarbo is usually good with that in their kits as far as having a couple different options with light, medium, and heavy springs so you can adjust to what you prefer. I’m not looking for a 2lb trigger, just something a hair better. I got their spring kit for the SKS and it turned from a mushy unpredictable trigger to a borderline match grade trigger. Much more smooth and predictable. And surprisingly reliable.
I’ve found the lighter you go with the connectors, the mushier the wall is. I started going to the OEM Glock connectors(or at least comparable to that) in my guns and I get a much better wall/break. Can still hit at distance easy too. Most I ever do now is polish the bits to save breaking it in with ammo.
As far as springs go, I’ve used some Zev stuff and hated it. Tried every combo of springs in their kit and a few random others, lighter and heavier. Wasn’t worth it in my opinion. Lighter springs just didn’t feel like they would be reliable and helped pull but made the wall kinda just roll through to the break. Heavier ones well, made the pull heavier which I didn’t want.
Have the Glock gen 3 spring kit coming in the mail. I’m like 95% confident it will drop right into the Dagger. Everything looks identical as far as the trigger mechanism. I have a bone stock Glock19 gen 5 so I don’t have much of a problem experimenting with the dagger. I took the whole dagger apart before I bought the kit to make sure I could even do it. It was really simple and i feel confident i could change the springs back and forth as needed. However I have high confidence in MCARBO’s reliability given my previous experience with them and they have a great reputation and are a veteran owned company. I’ll update within the next week or so how it goes. I don’t have a trigger gauge so I’ll just have to go off feel and compare to my other guns.
Just FYI, bought the MCARBO kit. Springs appeared identical to what was on the dagger. I replaced the springs using the 4lb firing pin spring and i would estimate it turns the trigger from 6/6.5lb pull to 4.5/5lb pull. That’s my guess, I don’t have a trigger gauge. I didnt polish anything but it feels a lot nicer. Gonna let nature polish the internals eith more rounds through the gun. It does make the wall a little mushier but it breaks easier and more predictable which I like. I did a function test and it appears to function as normal. Going to take it to the range and test fire it. Decent little upgrade, lets see how it pans out!
Good to know! I have the spring kit laying here but I haven’t made time to install it yet. I do have a trigger gauge so I’ll try to remember to post back here when I get it done.
Just another update, test fired the gun, i only show about 50 rounds but it ran flawlessly. Trigger feels a lottle more refined. Its not a hair trigger by any means but definitely lighter than stock. Like i said probably a 4.5 pr 5 lb trigger. I’ll update again if I ever run into problems but seems to function perfectly fine.