So I thought I got a decent deal on an unfired (new) Atlanta Police FS40. Test fire date 3/21/2012. Naturally it has N/S and I didn't realize it had the magazine disconnect. I researched that and then removed it as I'm in TN and I can't come up with a reason for me to have one and I thought it was preventing the candy cane from fully engaging the sear. After removal (using a spring from a pen to replace) it didn't make much difference so I added a little bend on the trigger bar and it helped but very little. I stripped my Shield 9 down and noticed it had a slightly left-leaning candy cane and I applied a little lean to the FS40 as well. It's almost fully under the sear now. I polished the candy cane and the trigger bar ear (or whatever the striker block contact point is called) and am pretty satisfied with the trigger now that it has a slightly perceivable reset where it was almost nonexistent out of the box.
Then I took it to the range and tried some Speer Lawman 155gr. ~80 rounds downrange personally and 15 by my g/f. I could occasionally hit close to where I intended but wasn't very consistent and seemed to be shooting low-right. I'm no marksman and have little experience with shooting .40 but I want to put some blame on the gun. That said I don't really like the snappy .40 for the sake of follow-up shots.
Fast forward to now where I realize that has the old slide lock without the pressure pad to give better reset and has NO dimples on the barrel. Not sure about the trigger bar, however. It does have the plug for the frame lock so I thought the Apex RAM to be a possible option but not necessary.
I'd like to bring it up to current gen feel/accuracy and was wondering how I should approach that as Midway/Brownells most likely have old parts and it would be nice not to have to spend money on factory parts that could go towards ammo. That and would I have to replace the mag disconnect to send it back to S&W?
As to the caliber, I'm thinking about a 9mm conversion but would like to shoot IDPA... If I bought a black one it wouldn't be so obvious and I don't think the local guys would care. Suggestions? Also, thanks in advance!
Then I took it to the range and tried some Speer Lawman 155gr. ~80 rounds downrange personally and 15 by my g/f. I could occasionally hit close to where I intended but wasn't very consistent and seemed to be shooting low-right. I'm no marksman and have little experience with shooting .40 but I want to put some blame on the gun. That said I don't really like the snappy .40 for the sake of follow-up shots.
Fast forward to now where I realize that has the old slide lock without the pressure pad to give better reset and has NO dimples on the barrel. Not sure about the trigger bar, however. It does have the plug for the frame lock so I thought the Apex RAM to be a possible option but not necessary.
I'd like to bring it up to current gen feel/accuracy and was wondering how I should approach that as Midway/Brownells most likely have old parts and it would be nice not to have to spend money on factory parts that could go towards ammo. That and would I have to replace the mag disconnect to send it back to S&W?
As to the caliber, I'm thinking about a 9mm conversion but would like to shoot IDPA... If I bought a black one it wouldn't be so obvious and I don't think the local guys would care. Suggestions? Also, thanks in advance!