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Originally Posted by knight0334
Whats the trigger like on that AS model?? I have the QA model, which is Glock-like.
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It's nothing like any other combat handgun trigger I've ever tried. I'll quote my review and then try to expand on it further. The QA is longer and heavier than the SA portion and heavier than the AS portion while being lighter than the DA mode or the AS system.
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On the AS models, the trigger is still the same, which is a wonderfully funky DA/AS/SA striker-fired design unique to Walther. When you chamber a round, the striker goes back, putting the gun into AS mode (anti-stress as Walther calls it). It's a single action mode, but the trigger is all the way forward as it would be in DA mode, yet the difference between AS and DA is that there is very little weight to the trigger pull until you get into where the SA mode comes in. When in AS mode, if you pull the trigger a little bit until you feel it click, the trigger will stay there (kind of like a set trigger design found on some rifles). This puts the gun into SA mode with a very short and light trigger pull, which is how the trigger would also automatically be set if you fired a round and allowed the trigger to reset, the distance of which is shorter than that on my 1911's, if only barely so (if you sneeze, this gun just might reset on you). However, if one prefers DA mode for carry or bedside gun duty, there is a decocker button on the top left of the slide to the rear. The DA pull is long and heavy, after 350 rounds mine feels to be about 10 or 11 pounds, where the SA pull feels closer to 3.5lbs or so, though it's listed as 5lbs in the Walther specifications. There is no manual safety on this gun, and I personally don't think it needs it. For a carry gun, it should spend 99% of its time in a holster (except when at the range) and so long as you don't press the trigger and fire the gun, it doesn't matter how light or short the trigger is. Though, if you're particularly safety conscious, you can always carry it in DA mode. Physically, the trigger is wide, textured on the face and curved aggressively into a secure little hook, which gives it an overall nice feel.
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Picture the trigger travel in DA mode as 3/4". If you chamber a round (putting it into As mode) and then decock it, it goes into DA mode.
However, if you don't use the decocker, once you rack the slide and chamber a round, it stays in AS mode, where a little over/under 1/2" of travel has virtually no weight to it. You can just pull the trigger straight back and after that 1/2", you'll feel a little bit of extra resistance (it feels like it goes from 1-2lbs to about 3-4lbs) and if you pull the extra 1/4" (I'm rounding here) the gun will fire.
If you pull that first 1/2" until you hear and feel the trigger "click" (which indicates that you've preset the trigger into Single Action mode), the trigger will stay there. If you start to pull the trigger after you've set it, you'll have under 1/4" of take-up at a feel of 3-4lbs and then the trigger will hit the breaking point and break cleanly. The reset is about 1/16" which is about the same as my tuned 1911 with a 4lb trigger job.
You really would have to experience the trigger to believe it, but there's really nothing to compare it to except for some triggers that can be preset (more likely to be found on a target rifle than a handgun)