1911 Trigger Question

[schmeky]

Lightened the trigger on one of my project 1911's. Took it to the range and now the hammer "follows through". When the slide moves forward after firing, the hammer follows it to half-cock.

I "assume" I have the trigger spring tension set to light, correct?

 

[1911Tuner]

'Fraid not. If the hammer follows with the trigger held rearward, somethin' else is afoot.

Might be as simple as improper sear reset. If you tweaked the far left leaf on the sear spring...go back and undo it.

 

[cdrt]

Also check and see if your grip safety is working. I had a similar problem when the grip safety would not work properly.

 

[rcmodel]

Lightened the trigger on one of my project 1911's.

How?

Did you stone or shorten the hammer hooks?
Or stone or change the sear angle?

If so, you may have bigger problems then a flat spring.

IMHO: Bending the spring arms really isn't the best way to lighten your trigger pull either.

rcmodel

 

[krs]

How?

Exactly..How did you 'lighten the trigger'.

There's no use guessing at the problem or making 'expert' judgements until we know what you did.

 

[schmeky]

This is my Norinco shooter. The only change was the trigger spring tension (the left hand spring).

 

[log man]

schmeky, Before you go to the range, try this. Hard drop the slide one time with the trigger held back, this checks the sear, if it follows increase the spring tension left leaf, now hard drop the slide one time with the trigger free, this checks for trigger bounce, if it follows increase the tension on the center leaf.

LOG

 

[1911Tuner]

The only change was the trigger spring tension (the left hand spring).

That's the leaf that resets the sear. Go back and bend it forward again.

 

[schmeky]

log man & 1911 Tuner,

Thank you very much for the info. I'll try what you suggested log man.

 

[1911Tuner]

You already have, schmeky. When you fire it, you're holding the trigger back. That gets the disconnect out of the equation and eliminates trigger bounce as the cause. If it follows with the trigger back...it's a problem with the sear reset...which in this case is most likely being caused by lack of correct tension. You might want to check it to see if it's moving freely while you've got the pistol apart.