FullEffect1911
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Hello Hello,
Well i gotta say i'm pretty excited, I've been working on replacing just about everything in my SS Springfield mil spec, including all of the trigger group stuff. I put it together about 2 hours ago and things seemed to check out okay.
The trigger group parts and springs are as follows:
Ed Brown hardcore Hammer (hammer hooks are around .020")
Briley disconnect
Nowlin sear
McCormick trigger
colt sear spring
Wolff 23 lb mainspring
But there is a few things i want to run by the 1911 gurus here.
The hammer/sear angle is slightly off, maybe a degree or 2 looking at the relationship through a 15X loupe, no daylight can be seen, but i can tell that when the are about 1/16" away from touching they look parallel to each other. However i can't see day light when they are together, so it's gotta be close. I figured i'd put them together and see what happens.
I followed Tuner's poor man's trigger job that was posted on m1911.org and after i put everything in i checked out the trigger. It Felt WAY light to me. I was kinda disappointed, because that wasn't what i was going for. But i checked with a scale and it read 5 and a half pounds
Tuner you weren't kiding about a heavy trigger can feel about 2 pounds lighter if it is all done up nice.
I did some basic checks, all safeties work, the hammer doesn't drop from slidelock (i used a dummy round to check this). I blued the sear and this is where i am mostly concerned other then the not quite perfect sear/hammer relationship. The sear is on both hooks but it doesn't seem like it's fully contacting. The marker is worn on the left and right but it is just a little on one side of the sear and a little bit more on the other. This shows that the sear isn't fully contacting the hammer right? A mark also shows in the middle of the sear, no idea bout that one (possibly not enough relief angle, cause i didn't put much of one).
Now in theory things should wear in and fit up on their own, and in theory this would be okay since it passed the checks right? Or should i go back and try to get the angles better?
So should i rework the angle? And should i be concerned about the marker on the sear not showing full contact?
Also for what its worth, it's worlds better then the relationship the stock parts had (one hook touching and i could see daylight between the relationship.)
Well, as always Thanks in advance, i'm eagerly awaiting on this on.
FE1911
P.S. I have taken some pictures and will do a write up and range report after everything is all done, it seems like the thing to do
Well i gotta say i'm pretty excited, I've been working on replacing just about everything in my SS Springfield mil spec, including all of the trigger group stuff. I put it together about 2 hours ago and things seemed to check out okay.
The trigger group parts and springs are as follows:
Ed Brown hardcore Hammer (hammer hooks are around .020")
Briley disconnect
Nowlin sear
McCormick trigger
colt sear spring
Wolff 23 lb mainspring
But there is a few things i want to run by the 1911 gurus here.
The hammer/sear angle is slightly off, maybe a degree or 2 looking at the relationship through a 15X loupe, no daylight can be seen, but i can tell that when the are about 1/16" away from touching they look parallel to each other. However i can't see day light when they are together, so it's gotta be close. I figured i'd put them together and see what happens.
I followed Tuner's poor man's trigger job that was posted on m1911.org and after i put everything in i checked out the trigger. It Felt WAY light to me. I was kinda disappointed, because that wasn't what i was going for. But i checked with a scale and it read 5 and a half pounds
Tuner you weren't kiding about a heavy trigger can feel about 2 pounds lighter if it is all done up nice.I did some basic checks, all safeties work, the hammer doesn't drop from slidelock (i used a dummy round to check this). I blued the sear and this is where i am mostly concerned other then the not quite perfect sear/hammer relationship. The sear is on both hooks but it doesn't seem like it's fully contacting. The marker is worn on the left and right but it is just a little on one side of the sear and a little bit more on the other. This shows that the sear isn't fully contacting the hammer right? A mark also shows in the middle of the sear, no idea bout that one (possibly not enough relief angle, cause i didn't put much of one).
Now in theory things should wear in and fit up on their own, and in theory this would be okay since it passed the checks right? Or should i go back and try to get the angles better?
So should i rework the angle? And should i be concerned about the marker on the sear not showing full contact?
Also for what its worth, it's worlds better then the relationship the stock parts had (one hook touching and i could see daylight between the relationship.)
Well, as always Thanks in advance, i'm eagerly awaiting on this on.
FE1911
P.S. I have taken some pictures and will do a write up and range report after everything is all done, it seems like the thing to do
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