Springfield 1911 Trigger
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BullfrogKen
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That's not true. That base model Springfield is a popular one to buy and send to a pistolsmith for a custom job. The 'smith will usually take all the guts out, rebuild it on the inside, and put whatever aftermarket sights and other parts the customer wants.
There are things that can be done to make it better, but I'm not sure you could do it yourself. Someone who really knows their way around a 1911 could.
There are things that can be done to make it better, but I'm not sure you could do it yourself. Someone who really knows their way around a 1911 could.
That guy at the range is an idiot,period.
It sounds like you may not be able to do the job yourself as its not for beginners who don't know their way around the insides of a 1911.
A good gunsmith can do miracles with many 1911 even without buying alot of parts.
But id say at the minimum you may need a new trigger which isn't expensive its the labor that costs you. Most stock parts in the firing group are fine once they are polished and fitted, So you may not need to invest in alot of parts.
I bought a new RIA CS Officers 3.5" and with just a $35 trigger and used the stock parts and polished and mated them and free labor from me it feels like good semi custom gun trigger wise.
It sounds like you may not be able to do the job yourself as its not for beginners who don't know their way around the insides of a 1911.
A good gunsmith can do miracles with many 1911 even without buying alot of parts.
But id say at the minimum you may need a new trigger which isn't expensive its the labor that costs you. Most stock parts in the firing group are fine once they are polished and fitted, So you may not need to invest in alot of parts.
I bought a new RIA CS Officers 3.5" and with just a $35 trigger and used the stock parts and polished and mated them and free labor from me it feels like good semi custom gun trigger wise.
The gun i spoke about above the RIA CS had a pretty horrible trigger by my standards.
It had a long pull that felt like i was dragging it threw gravel and the break felt mushy and the overtravel was almost DAO feeling.
When i inspected it prior to my work i found the trigger to have too short of a bar and no over travel stop. EVERYTHING internally was coated with parkerization even the mating surfaces of the hammer and sear and all the other related parts.
Not only that but it shipped bone dry internally.
So its very easy to have a crappy trigger in a new 1911.
Thats with a series 70 style trigger system, If it were an 80 series style it would have been very heavy and even more mushy of a pull.
The issue is with stock parts not being smoothed / deburred when assembled. Just fully stripping and polishing the parts with steel wool will help. Your springfield can be made to be as good a gun as there is.
You can shoot it in. but don't be afraid to strip it and clean and debur.
That will reduce a lot of the creep... wait until you get a lot more round thru it before you decide to tackle replacing springs etc.
You can shoot it in. but don't be afraid to strip it and clean and debur.
That will reduce a lot of the creep... wait until you get a lot more round thru it before you decide to tackle replacing springs etc.
You may just be lucky or never felt a good trigger to compare the rest against.
But im gonna say lucky as its not hard to have a good trigger even in a stock gun, But ive only owned 1 gun i owned that i dare not touch the firing action as it was that good out of the box, And that was the trigger on my Kahr MK9 DAO.
But im gonna say lucky as its not hard to have a good trigger even in a stock gun, But ive only owned 1 gun i owned that i dare not touch the firing action as it was that good out of the box, And that was the trigger on my Kahr MK9 DAO.
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