Posted: 2/27/2011 11:07:34 AM EDT
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I am looking to buy a STI trigger. They sell a short and long one.
I am guessing the difference in just how long your finger is? What length comes factory on a Kimber Desert Warrior? For reference. Any pros or cons to the 2 lengths? Thanks |
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Quoted: I am looking to buy a STI trigger. They sell a short and long one. I am guessing the difference in just how long your finger is? What length comes factory on a Kimber Desert Warrior? For reference. Any pros or cons to the 2 lengths? Thanks The factory goes with a long trigger.  I prefer, and went, short on all of my carry 1911s. 
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. I shoot better with a flat MSH and short trigger, than I do with an arched MSH and long trigger. YMMV.| The idea of the game is to get the geometry just right between you trigger finger and the trigger You don't want the trigger so long that your finger causes a push on the gun. Ideally the pad of your finger should be at 90 degrees to the trigger. Shooters with short fingers intersect the trigger at more like a 45 degree angle. Hence the tendency to push the gun while firing. |
| I much prefer short- the weather is cold better than half the year where I live so the short trigger is more practical when shooting with gloves on. My 2 cents is everyone can reach a short trigger but not everyone can reach a long one. I subscribe to the concepts outlined in the army marksmanship training unit pistol shooting guide that shows there should be plenty of space between the frame of the pistol and your trigger finger- in other words from your metacatpal joint all the way to the tip of your finger the only part of the pistol your index finger is touching is the trigger. not possible with a long trigger unless you have gorilla hands |
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Quoted: BTW, don't let people try to downplay that trigger for having the plastic shoe. It's a great trigger. Ahem! It's not "plastic"! When I bought the one that is installed on my Combat Elite, It was the early to mid 90s, the company selling it was Chip McCormick/STI and it was, IIRC, marketed as being Carbon Fiber. Brownells lists it as being Glass filled nylon now. http://www.brownells.com/aspx/search/skudetailv2.aspx?sid=48539&pid=22722&tabid=0 ... and yeah, I really like it, too. |
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Quoted: I did some reading on the 1911 forum and I'm not sure I want to try it.. Read this, if you haven't already. http://www.sightm1911.com/lib/tech/trigger_job.htm Have your gunsmith do a 41/2 lb trigger job at the same time as installing the short trigger bow, if you want to go that route. On the other hand, I was quite satisfied with the trigger pull weight on my last two 1911s, and fitted the short trigger bows myself. I used the STI part that I linked above. Installing them was only minimally more difficult than doing a detailed strip and cleaning. |