Tonight I have learned a great many things about my 1911... I've learned pretty much exactly how the disconnector works in relation to the sear. It makes perfect sense once you grasp the concept, and in the end gives you a much better understanding on the internal function of the 1911.
I've also learned that my 1911 norinco commander has probably the WORST trigger pull possible on a 1911. Guns built tough? yes indeed. Guns tuned? absolutley not...
So I have the frame, trigger, sear and disconnector going with the hammer installed. I'm filing down some tension on the sear spring, and yes I know the consequences that can outcome in this action. If I weaken the spring too much, trigger pull on the sear will be better, but upon pistol cycling there is not enough tension to push the sear back onto the full cock notches on the hammer quick enough.. Too much tension and you have a ****ty ****ty trigger pull.
So anyways I'm grinding away slowly using a wetstone on the side of the sear spring, just grinding off enough to make a slight difference. Constantly I'm fitting it back into the frame, slide the mainspring housing on and put the mainspring pin in halfway to hold it.
Cock the hammer and pull slowly on the trigger, seeing if any difference has been achieved.
After polishing the hammer notches and surfaces, the sear tip and sides, the engagement parts of the disconnector and the trigger.. all sides.. I have done all that I can do without proper machinery and better spare parts that I can do to this pistol.
Anyways, to the point of this post. With the above installed and nothing else I'm watching the trigger touch the disconnector, then the disconnector touching the sear. The amount of pull from the time it takes for the disconnector to touch the sear is quite a bit, like a big dead space.
So question.
Is it the sear that we perfect to the disconnector, or is it the disconnector that we perfect to the sear?
I'm sure in a real quality built 1911 the disconnector will almost immediatly touch the sear with trigger pull, unlike my norinco.. So do the manufacturers work with an oversized sear and and file away at it until its perfect? Or do they cut the parts out at a particular tolerence, do no filing and fit the sear and disconnector together, resulting in an almost immediate engagement of disconnector to sear contact?
Does anyone understand what I'm talking about? some guru advice would be appreciated..
thank you for your time.
I've also learned that my 1911 norinco commander has probably the WORST trigger pull possible on a 1911. Guns built tough? yes indeed. Guns tuned? absolutley not...
So I have the frame, trigger, sear and disconnector going with the hammer installed. I'm filing down some tension on the sear spring, and yes I know the consequences that can outcome in this action. If I weaken the spring too much, trigger pull on the sear will be better, but upon pistol cycling there is not enough tension to push the sear back onto the full cock notches on the hammer quick enough.. Too much tension and you have a ****ty ****ty trigger pull.
So anyways I'm grinding away slowly using a wetstone on the side of the sear spring, just grinding off enough to make a slight difference. Constantly I'm fitting it back into the frame, slide the mainspring housing on and put the mainspring pin in halfway to hold it.
Cock the hammer and pull slowly on the trigger, seeing if any difference has been achieved.
After polishing the hammer notches and surfaces, the sear tip and sides, the engagement parts of the disconnector and the trigger.. all sides.. I have done all that I can do without proper machinery and better spare parts that I can do to this pistol.
Anyways, to the point of this post. With the above installed and nothing else I'm watching the trigger touch the disconnector, then the disconnector touching the sear. The amount of pull from the time it takes for the disconnector to touch the sear is quite a bit, like a big dead space.
So question.
Is it the sear that we perfect to the disconnector, or is it the disconnector that we perfect to the sear?
I'm sure in a real quality built 1911 the disconnector will almost immediatly touch the sear with trigger pull, unlike my norinco.. So do the manufacturers work with an oversized sear and and file away at it until its perfect? Or do they cut the parts out at a particular tolerence, do no filing and fit the sear and disconnector together, resulting in an almost immediate engagement of disconnector to sear contact?
Does anyone understand what I'm talking about? some guru advice would be appreciated..
thank you for your time.