I’ve got a sporterized Enfield in 30-06 on my bench owned by a family member. The trigger on it is terrible. Starts at 4lbs and increases back until you think you’ve hit the back of the trigger guard; at this point it breaks at about 7 lbs(it Varys a bit, sometimes as low as 5) and the pin drop with almost no distance to the back of trigger guard. Anyone know if the Enfield trigger listed on Timney website is universal fit? I’ve never messed with an Enfield before.
Enfield trigger
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I built my '17 Enfield in 30-06 using a Dayton Traister trigger and cock on opening parts. Available from Brownells.
Works very well and reliably.
Works very well and reliably.
Did someone in the deep dark past install an extra power mainspring?
Generally with a service strength mainspring, a M1917 military trigger can be adjusted and polished to give a very good 3 lb trigger, sometimes less. I installed a new mainspring in this M1917, I recall stoning the second hump of the two stage assembly to increase sear movement on the first stage. This is tricky as too much metal removal ruins the piece. I removed a little material off the hump where it contacted the receiver. Then reinstalled and tested to see if the final release was crisp. The trick was to remove/alter the surface so that less and less sear was left on the face of the cocking piece, so that when the second stage kicked in, a tiny bit of second stage movement released the firing pin.
One has to be very careful about stoning the sear face or the cocking piece face. The angles are critical for trigger reset. I would need a drawing, but the surfaces need a slight angle, so if the trigger is released, the cocking piece draws the trigger sear up, resetting the trigger.
A well adjusted two stage military trigger is very safe compared to the commercial single stage over ride triggers. Military triggers are very hard to jar off and very hard to get out of order. There are no adjustment screws to get loose.
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