Posted: 3/11/2013 8:15:36 PM EDT
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I put 50 rds through my S&W 1911 a few days ago and had some issues. During dry fire the trigger functions normally and feels fine. But when I load a magazine and go to fire the first round the trigger is really hard. I squeeze and squeeze and then squeeze a little more and it finally fires. After that the next 7 rds will fire normally. Then I load up a new mag and the first round has the heavy trigger again.
My first thought was that I wasn't depressing the grip safety all the way but I have ensured the grip safety was all the way down and it was still doing it. Essentially I have a DA/SA 1911 
Anyone know what's up? |
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Does your trigger have an overtravel screw? Those bear against the mag catch, which can be under a lot of tension with a full mag in the gun. If the mag catch has any room to move and your overtravel screw is set to minimal overtravel, I can see how a full mag might be pushing your mag catch further in and giving you not quite enough trigger travel.
Try loosening your overtravel screw maybe 1/4 of a turn and see if that helps. |
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Does your trigger have an overtravel screw? Those bear against the mag catch, which can be under a lot of tension with a full mag in the gun. If the mag catch has any room to move and your overtravel screw is set to minimal overtravel, I can see how a full mag might be pushing your mag catch further in and giving you not quite enough trigger travel. Try loosening your overtravel screw maybe 1/4 of a turn and see if that helps. I thought about my over travel screw but didn't think it made sense since the rest of the mag would fire fine. I didn't know the mag catch might be effecting the trigger over travel, I'll try that. Thanks! |