Took about 30 minutes to get the trigger work done. No honeing at all, just polished hammer butt that rides on top of the sear. Sear where it rides the spring, spring (both legs) where it rides the sear and the lever interlock, top of the interlock where it rides the spring, Sides of the sear where it rides inside the trigger group. Hammer block safety where it rubs the inside of the action. Fingers on the hammer strut that rub the hammer. Hammer strut where the coil spring fits over the shaft. And, I clipped 1.5 coils from the spring between the sear and trigger. Cleaned and reassembled with EEZOX dry lube on all points.
The weight settled in at a very usable/safe 4.5lbs. Its so much smoother and the release does not drag anymore, it just breaks over and the shot is gone.
I do note the sear and hammer are rather crappily finished inside where you cant see them, but, the contact points were at least smoothed out by the factory and then polished here. The springs had never been polished, neither had the strut or lever interlock.
Overall, improved. No more action work needs to be done and thankfully, there are no mim parts inside......as already noted, this is a forged 4144 receiver, not the earlier sintered (MIM grandpa) metal frame.
Not much more to do but dip the stocks, (fingers tapping impatiently) and go hunting.
The weight settled in at a very usable/safe 4.5lbs. Its so much smoother and the release does not drag anymore, it just breaks over and the shot is gone.
I do note the sear and hammer are rather crappily finished inside where you cant see them, but, the contact points were at least smoothed out by the factory and then polished here. The springs had never been polished, neither had the strut or lever interlock.
Overall, improved. No more action work needs to be done and thankfully, there are no mim parts inside......as already noted, this is a forged 4144 receiver, not the earlier sintered (MIM grandpa) metal frame.
Not much more to do but dip the stocks, (fingers tapping impatiently) and go hunting.
)The factory spring length and rate provides about 2 lbs of force needed to compress the spring. Only enough is needed to eliminate trigger rattle so clipping coils and checking fit, I eliminated half the length of this spring, shown clipped below. No rattle, minimum added weight to trigger pull.
