Q: Why should I use the PRP Striker Safety Lever Kit instead of an aftermarket sear kit?

    You can see that the factory trigger system has several places where the tolerances are quite generous. Note the free play between the striker safety lever and sear, the safety lever and the hook on the trigger bar, and the striker safety lever and the striker safety.  They all add up to a longer trigger pull. Also note that the sear and striker safety start moving at about the same time (the safety actually starts moving before the sear). This is a key design function of this trigger system and it is a great design.

This illustrates how our competitors sears work

 The aftermarket sears reduce pretravel by adding material between the sear and the striker safety lever.  This retards the timing of the safety lever and does not allow for as much reduction in pretravel without reliability and safety issues. Note that the sear starts moving well before the striker safety. This makes it necessary to modify the striker safety in order to get the most travel reduction with this method. This is one of the reasons why they have two different sears one that they sell to the public that has a smaller lug (less travel reduction) and one that they only use in their shops but do not offer to the public.

 

This illustrates how our Striker Safety Lever works

The key to doing trigger jobs on the XD/XDM is the striker safety lever. It is the only part that interacts with: the trigger bar, the sear, and the striker safety. Redesigning the lever allows us to remove nearly all the trigger pretravel and preserve the critical timing of the striker safety. When our kit is properly installed it results in a very short crisp trigger pull without cutting corners.

Note: The sear and the striker safety start moving at basically the same time like the factory system

We now have discounted shipping rates of up to 26% off with FedEx. Please contact us directly to learn more about this option. You can ship your unloaded pistol via FedEx or UPS next day air service.  You must declare that you are shipping a firearm.   The law prohibits any carrier from placing markings on the package indicating that it contains a firearm.   Another option is to take your pistol to a local licensed dealer and have them ship your firearm to us for repair using The United States Postal Service following all USPS regulations.

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SS1715

Pistols, revolvers, and other firearms capable of being concealed on the person........Such articles also may be conveyed in the mails to manufacturers of firearms or bona fide dealers therein in customary trade shipments, including such articles for repairs or replacement of parts, from one to the other, under such regulations as the Postal Service shall prescribe. 

[Title 18, United States Code, Chapter 83]

A nonlicensee may ship a firearm by a common or contract carrier to a resident of his or her own State or to a licensee in any State. A common or contract carrier must be used to ship a handgun. In addition, Federal law requires that the carrier be notified that the shipment contains a firearm and prohibits common or contract carriers from requiring or causing any label to be placed on any package indicating that it contains a firearm.

[18 U.S.C. 922(a)(2)(A), 922(a) (3), 922(a)(5) and 922(e), 27 CFR 478.31 and 478.30]