Wild West trigger--highly recommended!!!
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It's an amazing product. I think a lot of people don't buy it because it sounds too good to be true.
I told a local lever rifle gunsmith about mine and he had me bring him my rifle. He kept trying the trigger and measuring the pull weight over and over. He couldn't believe how good it was.
I got mine to eliminate the "floppy trigger", not to improve the pull. I was pleasantly surprised to find how improved the pull was after installation. The pull was light enough that I spent about 10 minutes with the (unloaded) gun cocked and the safety off banging the butt against the carpeted floor to see if I could get it to jar off the sear--no dice. Very crisp and about 2 lbs.
I told a local lever rifle gunsmith about mine and he had me bring him my rifle. He kept trying the trigger and measuring the pull weight over and over. He couldn't believe how good it was.
I got mine to eliminate the "floppy trigger", not to improve the pull. I was pleasantly surprised to find how improved the pull was after installation. The pull was light enough that I spent about 10 minutes with the (unloaded) gun cocked and the safety off banging the butt against the carpeted floor to see if I could get it to jar off the sear--no dice. Very crisp and about 2 lbs.
Dionysusigma
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What is this mythical beast you speak of?
I don't recall ever hearing of a "Wild West" trigger...
I don't recall ever hearing of a "Wild West" trigger...
http://www.wildwestguns.com/Accessories/body_accessories.html
The "gunsmith fitting required" is a disclaimer. It's a drop-in part.
Wildalaska
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Hey it takes me a long time to write those pithy descriptions!
On a related note those 'trigger jobs in a package" are happily assembled by my lovely wife, SWMBO, who with true dedication and Japanese perfectionist craftmanship best personified by SONY and Toyota, grabs a diet coke, puts on her headphones playing loud techno, and fits them tiny tiny springs that are so small I cant even see them....
Its like having cheap offshore labor living right with me!
All kidding aside they are a pain to assemble and shes the only one with the patience to sit down and do em 500 at a time.
WildmywifehasnimblefingersAlaska
On a related note those 'trigger jobs in a package" are happily assembled by my lovely wife, SWMBO, who with true dedication and Japanese perfectionist craftmanship best personified by SONY and Toyota, grabs a diet coke, puts on her headphones playing loud techno, and fits them tiny tiny springs that are so small I cant even see them....
Its like having cheap offshore labor living right with me!
All kidding aside they are a pain to assemble and shes the only one with the patience to sit down and do em 500 at a time.
WildmywifehasnimblefingersAlaska
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Why would an EDM trigger need handpolishing? A well executed EDM is as close as you can get. Heck, one fellow showed me a block of steel that had its center cut out by EDM. He said that when he applied oil, the center block wouldn't come out (and had to be driven out).
Wildalaska
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Leaving the engagement surface unpolished leads to inconsistency, as even EDM will leave microscopic burrs and roughness.
Also the trigger is an assembled unit, the sear and trigger are held together with a bushing. The bushing is not EDM, so the holes in trigger and sear must be adjusted so the bushing will fit.
WildtechincalwriterAlaska
Bill St. Clair
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Guess that'll be the next accessory for my 444P. I've already got a Wild West Guns Bear Proof Ejector and Ghost Ring rear sight.
I never put it together before that Wildalaska is the proprietor of Wild West Guns. Now I'll have to be nicer to him when we disagree about politics.
One day I'll get the bucks together to order a Copilot. Love them big bore lever guns.
I never put it together before that Wildalaska is the proprietor of Wild West Guns. Now I'll have to be nicer to him when we disagree about politics.
One day I'll get the bucks together to order a Copilot. Love them big bore lever guns.
Schmit
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Well, darn. Looks like my situational awareness needs work.
Mr. West nice to see ya here. You did some work on a few of my handguns while I was stationed up there (around the time you unvailed the Co-Pilot).
Again, welcome (though you have been here for a while)
Badger Arms
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I don't know if the term "Proprietor" is the proper terminology. Methinks he is merely a pawn in the Juggernaut that is Wild West Guns. I've met both Mr. West and 'WildAlaska' and my eyes might have done a bit of deceiving, however they appeared to me to be two different people.
Wildalaska
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We are two different people...The Jim and Kristy West own the joint...I do all the work And I dont let him near the computer, he types worse than me....
Im better looking than Jim too
Although I do yhave some pull....I had Jim West, Pistolsmith Guild member, Club 100 Member, Master Gunsmith and inventor of the Co Pilot, personally repair Spacemanspiffs ratty 22 rifle. Spiff, ya got a Marlin Papoose personally customized by Mr West!
Naw...Ill still give ya a good deal....
WildandimyoungertooAlaska
And I dont let him near the computer, he types worse than me....Im better looking than Jim too
Although I do yhave some pull....I had Jim West, Pistolsmith Guild member, Club 100 Member, Master Gunsmith and inventor of the Co Pilot, personally repair Spacemanspiffs ratty 22 rifle. Spiff, ya got a Marlin Papoose personally customized by Mr West!
Naw...Ill still give ya a good deal....
WildandimyoungertooAlaska
spacemanspiff
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i thought we already discussed who does the 'work' around WWG? maybe Jim keeps you around for eye-candy, i dunno? that mailman who walked in while your pants were down seemed to enjoy the show. heck he even said "hi, you can call me Randy!"
jims got the clean-cut-no-BS look, WA has the long-hair-sandal-wearing-hippy-in-a-bottle look and runs out the riffraff that stop by to see what new carbon fiber accessories are in to round out their 'tactical' kits.
i was surprised to find out he hails from the east coast, was convinced he was a beach bum in a former life carousing the beaches of cali with a surfboard under his arm.
i'll stop by this week with some donuts, really appreciate the work getting my ratty .22 to stop drifitng the scope.
Badger Arms
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Yes, but Hippies don't wear guns!
My guess is he'll be really P.Oed if he thinks you're going easy on him!
Ken,
I never knew that your wife did the assembly work on the triggers--tell her thanks for me--I like mine a lot.
I hope you pay her well--my guess is that assembling triggers is the easy part of her living arrangements...
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