How to lighten trigger pull

**tucker301** · 10-10-2005, 07:42 PM

Liability concerns prevent me from posting a full set of instructions, but I can tell you that the R1's trigger pull can be greatly be improved upon.

It takes a decent bit of mechanical knowledge or intuition, and a few common tools.

Mine now breaks at a comfortable and safe 64 oz.
It used to be somewhere around a brick and a half.

The first thing you'll need to do is to remove the trigger group assembly from the receiver.
Once you have it out, carefully **** the mechanism and pull the trigger. It helps to hold the hammer back and let it travel in small increments. Pay careful attention to how the parts interact, and which surfaces work against each other.

There should be two particular points of contact which will enlighten you as to where to apply your efforts.

You'll also see where the trigger creeps. Although not much can safely be done about the creep, it does at least allow you to see what's going on and when the creep comes to the end of travel.
Knowing this when shooting the R1 should help you with your technique.
It's almost like a two stage trigger.

If you mess around with it enough, you'll notice that the return sping on the trigger accounts for about 24 oz. of the total pull weight.
I DO NOT recommend trying to shorten or modify this spring, or any other springs, in any way whatsoever!

Work patiently, diligently, and test, test, test as you go.
Mine took about an hour to get it to where I wanted it.

From the pictured items, you should figure out that polishing is a large part of the improvement process.

Remove metal only at YOUR OWN RISK!

Do not PM me for more information.
If you don't understand what you're doing, then don't do it!
Take it to a professional.

**tucker301** · 10-10-2005, 07:45 PM

I can't believe a gun forum just bleeped out a word which describes the setting of the firing mechanism by compressing of the hammer spring and readying the weapon for firing.
Also see male bird, and Ron Jeremy.

[ 10-10-2005, 06:46 PM: Message edited by: tucker301 ]

**GlennRoss** · 10-10-2005, 10:05 PM

Tucker -- There you go, going off all half ****ed again.

Oh before I forget, I meant to ask you what's the name of that thingy you hit with a badminton racquet? It's a shuttle something right?

Thanks for the info! I'll take mine to the shop if I get a wild hair, um you know.

-Glenn

**tucker301** · 10-10-2005, 10:19 PM

I can tell from that post that you're feeling quite ****y this evening, aren't you?

Here's a 3/4" ****.

/crazyhair blushes [img]redface.gif[/img]

[ 10-10-2005, 09:19 PM: Message edited by: tucker301 ]

**FN_FAL** · 10-11-2005, 05:47 PM

Great thread. Laughing my asssss off. Reminds me of something I saw the other day at my uncles farm . There were two cocks that are usually kept seperate, somehow both cocks got loose and the one **** bloodied the other **** pretty bad. I'd post a picture but I don't think I should post a pic. of a bloddy ****. I don't condone **** fighting and the pic. may imply that I condone **** fighting. Plus who the **** wants to see a bloody ****? Its so sad. Oh and about tuckers inital post, of course he's correct and I'd heed his warning about removing metal, once its gone it ain't coming back. I do trigger work on customers firearms (generally pistols) most of the triggers that I "lighten" have springs (and such) you can special order to go along with the trigger work. But its harder then one might think, you really need to know what your doing. I have a S&W 686 that I dramatically reduced the pull on. The downside is I made it so light the firing pin won't penetrate ceartin primers. I have a round that always works and the single action is awesome. Reason for this story is to add to tuckers caution. You can lighten a trigger TOO much, to the point where your firearm can't ignite primer's. Be wary.

**tucker301** · 10-11-2005, 06:19 PM

That was ****ing hard to read with all the ****ing *'s.

But credit to FN_FAL, the ****** is right.
My fist trigger job was on a Remington pump rifle years ago. Went too ****ing far and it ended up firing every time pumped the ************!
Pump-o-****ing-matic

**FN_FAL** · 10-12-2005, 09:16 PM

Hey I slid two cocks by the edit program. Maybe its o.k. when talking about ****(rooster) fighting? That doesn't make a-lot of sense when this forum is about firearms. Still a funny *** thread.