Includes:
- Pretravel Stop
- Sear control spring #1#2#3
- Overtravel Stop
- Reduced Power Striker Safety Spring
- Modified OEM Slide Cap
This trigger kit is designed for use with the stock internals and stock trigger of the P365 to maintain full safety and reliability and is compatible with all P365 variants (P365, P365 X, P365 XL, P365 SAS, P365-380, P365-XMACRO including manual safety variants).
Included in this kit is everything necessary to tune all key aspects of trigger performance: pretravel (distance from start to wall), sear engagement (wall/break feel and wall to break/reset distance), overtravel (amount of extra travel after the break), and pull weight.
In line with the P365 design, this kit is modular and each aspect can be addressed independently to achieve desired results. Using all parts provided in this kit, pull weight is reduced to 3.5 to 4# after break-in, total travel is reduced by half, pretravel is light and smooth into a hard defined wall, and wall to break/reset distance is reduced by less than half compared to the stock trigger producing unparalleled performance and feel. See video below for trigger performance overview.
This kit includes a pretravel stop with optional OEM modified slide cap for pretravel reduction, the Sear Control Springs for sear engagement adjustment, an overtravel stop to minimize overtravel, and a reduced power striker safety spring for pull weight reduction and lighter, smoother pretravel. A modified OEM manual safety lever is also available to provide compatibility when using this kit with manual safety models.
The stainless steel pretravel stop is set to provide to maximum allowable pretravel reduction while maintaining full striker safety margin. The optional OEM modified slide cap allows for slide installation and removal without need for slide cap removal when using the pretravel stop. The user desired wall/break feel can be achieved by installing 1 of the 3 provided Sear Control Springs.
The stainless steel overtravel stop comes fixed to reduce overtravel to a minimum while maintaining full reliability margins. The overtravel stop can also be permanently adjusted to provide increased overtravel as needed for the unique tolerances of your gun. This complete kit can be installed and margin checked for safety and reliability in as little as 5 min by a knowledgeable gunsmith.
What is the sear control spring?
- The sear control spring is our patented part. A stock P365 does not have a sear control spring. The sear control spring does not function as a spring when installed in the system. It acts like a tube or spacer over the safety lever pin to effectively increase the thickness of the safety lever pin. The safety lever pin is also the stop point for the ride height of the sear, so by increasing its thickness, the sear ride height is lowered which reduces the amount of sear to striker engagement. Reducing this engagement reduces the amount of travel from the wall to break which contributes to eliminating what is often reffered to as "creep" or "sponge" in the break. The sear control spring also reduces reset distance.
How does this kit compare to a $20 spring kit from other companies?
- Our kit is not directly comparable to a $20 spring kit which is comprised of a reduced power striker spring, reduced power striker safety spring, and reduced power sear spring except with regard to pull weight. First, we would never recommend a reduced power striker spring as it will degrade primer strike reliability. Next, a sear spring is the most difficult part to install on the P365 platform and the amount of pull weight reduction that can be achieved with a reduced power sear spring isn't much given the balance of allowable reduction while maintaining proper function. Both our kit and theirs include a reduced power striker safety spring for pull weight reduction. Their spring is music wire and ours is stainless steel. Using our reduced power striker safety spring alone typically provides as much pull weight reduction as using all 3 springs from the $20 kit without degrading primer striker reliabilty and maintaining proper striker safety function. Our reduced power striker safety spring is available for purchase alone on the website for $10. In a direct value comparison, our reduced power striker safety spring is half the cost, easier to install, doesn't degrade reliability, and provides the same pull weight reduction benifits. So if all you might be intersted in is pull weight reduction, you might consider purchasing just our reduced power striker safety spring.
- The rest of our kit provides travel reduction benefits which a $20 spring kit cannot achieve which is why they aren't directly comparable. The pretravel stop reduces the amount of pretravel i.e. brings the starting postion of the trigger further back. The sear control spring is our patented part and isn't acting as a spring. It acts more like a tube or spacer to adjust the ride height of the sear which directly reduces the amount of travel from the wall to break which contributes to eliminating what is often reffered to as "creep" or "sponge" in the break. The sear control spring also reduces reset distance. The overtravel stop is used to eliminate any excess trigger movement after the break which also shortens the reset distance. These travel reduction solutions are the majority of what you are purchasing with our kit and provide best possible performance from a striker fired gun while maintaining full safety and reliability margins.
Is your kit compatible with other aftermarket triggers?
- Yes, the kit is compatible with other aftermarket triggers. The pretravel and/or overtravel stop may require adjustment depending on the trigger and tolerances of the gun. Some triggers may have a pretravel or overtravel set screw. You can either use the set screw or our stop. Set screws can walk even with blue loctite so some may prefer our stops to set screws. Some aftermarket triggers have different geometry than the stock triggers and may have different levels of pretravel reduction achievable with our pretravel stop.
- Another consideration with an aftermarket trigger is length of pull i.e. where the wall sits as the trigger is staged. Some aftermarket triggers have geometry changes that change the starting position of the trigger and in turn reduce the length of pull (move the wall further back towards the rear of the frame). On such a small gun reducing length of pull further is usually not desirable for most shooters. When we have compared the stock curved or flat trigger upgraded with our kit to aftermarket triggers with reduced length of pull also equivalently upgraded with our kit, most shooters have greatly prefered the stock trigger from this aspect.
