So I just got my new Springfield Loaded 1911 5" stainless. I've rented this exact gun at the range several times and they all shot like a dream. Some of the tightest groups of my life... 1.5" at 7 yards. My brand new 1911 shoots terribly. It's the heavy trigger. The trigger is glass rod breaking smooth, but HEAVY. I can do better with my sub compact 9mm taurus pt111 pro. So far I've run 50 rounds, then cleaned carefully, then 150 rounds, then cleaned carefully, then dryfired about 300x, then cleaned carefully, then dry fired some more.
My Plan: Dryfire the heck out of it so that the trigger gets worn properly. The 1911s at the range all have like 10k rounds through them and have great triggers. I'm sure they didn't bother with trigger jobs for the rental guns. I bought some snap caps, but its a huge pain to try to keep a snap cap from ejecting when I'm dry firing 100 times at a time. I'd rather just dry fire without snap caps. The springfield manual recommends dry firing for practice, but I'm dry firing to intentionally break it in. Am I doing the right thing?
An article I read on m1911.org says that dry firing is good and that if you have problems with gritty creep, you should press "forward" on the hammer and dry fire 10-20 times. I'm not exactly sure what they mean by "forward", but I tried pressing "forward" while the gun was cocked and pulling the trigger 20 times. I don't have a problem with grittiness in the trigger anyway, just HEAVY PULL. I've done about 500 - 1000 dryfires and I THINK... maybe... the pull is getting better. It still doesn't compare to my 10 year old used Ruger Redhawk... which I get 2" groups at 7 yards from.
Am I doing the right thing? Is there an easier way, short of paying a gunsmith $200?
My Plan: Dryfire the heck out of it so that the trigger gets worn properly. The 1911s at the range all have like 10k rounds through them and have great triggers. I'm sure they didn't bother with trigger jobs for the rental guns. I bought some snap caps, but its a huge pain to try to keep a snap cap from ejecting when I'm dry firing 100 times at a time. I'd rather just dry fire without snap caps. The springfield manual recommends dry firing for practice, but I'm dry firing to intentionally break it in. Am I doing the right thing?
An article I read on m1911.org says that dry firing is good and that if you have problems with gritty creep, you should press "forward" on the hammer and dry fire 10-20 times. I'm not exactly sure what they mean by "forward", but I tried pressing "forward" while the gun was cocked and pulling the trigger 20 times. I don't have a problem with grittiness in the trigger anyway, just HEAVY PULL. I've done about 500 - 1000 dryfires and I THINK... maybe... the pull is getting better. It still doesn't compare to my 10 year old used Ruger Redhawk... which I get 2" groups at 7 yards from.
Am I doing the right thing? Is there an easier way, short of paying a gunsmith $200?