Trigger job advice

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Sent my new Springfield Armory Black Stainless to the factory to fix a broken extractor. Asked about a trigger job and got this reply:

Cost to tune the trigger on the 1911-A1 to 3.5 lb. would be $195. This includes the custom tool steel hammer and sear installation, as well as tuning the trigger pull. Estimated turnaround time when the pistol is received in our custom shop would be approx. 4-6 weeks.

Looking for feedback from anyone who has had the work done. Other ideas as well. I have a couple local smiths who have done work for me, though not trigger work. This is my first 1911. Not sure I'm up to do it myself yet.
 
I have never had a trigger job done on any of my pistols, but the parts could add up. If the Sear, hammer, trigger and mainspring are replaced while doing this work I can see why the price would that high.

If its just a matter of adjusting the mainspring and honing the hammer and sear, the price might be a little high.

But like I said I havent had this work done, but members who have I'm sure will tell us more.

Good luck.
 
I've had triger jobs done on two 80 series Colts, one 70 series Commander and a Norinco. Now some of these pistols had other work done to them besides the triger job but the most I paid was $80 for the trigger job portion on the 80 series and much less on the 70 series and Norinco. The 80 series with the firing pin block takes about twice the labor to get the job done. On the earlier series type pistols the job runs about 30 minutes to and hour. The only parts usually needed is a new sear spring.

A good triger job is a delight to shoot and will improve your accuracy subtantially.
 
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