Posted: 4/1/2007 6:37:46 PM EDT
| Is a trigger and mainspring housing something i can do and still have a safe firearm? Is it simple like an AR lower or is it something i need to have done by a pro? Thanks |
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"something I can do" is meaningless. What do you mean by that? Disassembly? No problem Installation? MSH is no prob. Trigger's not worth it unless you have some drop-in and you'll want to match the sear, etc. It might still require fitting. Working on them? MSH is easy and straight forward enough. The trigger is different. In conclusion: you can do damn near anything you want with the MSH, and you are better off not fooling with the trigger at all outside of disassembly unless you don't mind a shit trigger job. |
While I have no problem detail stripping down any & all of my 1911s, *I* would NEVER consider fitting a new trigger to any of them. Paying one hour's labor of a 'smith is a small price to ensure proper fit & operation on a gun, especially one I CCL'd with. My .o2 
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Biggest misnomer in the biz. Treat EVERY part as a "fitting required" Plan and budget accordingly. If you fool with a part you anticipate as a "fitting required" part and it happens to drop in, consider yourself lucky and forget it ever happened after that. |
That is the same trigger i just ordered  Since we are on he subject, anyone know a good 1911 smith in the Nacogdoches area?
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So what exactly moves the trigger back? Still dont quite understand, do the smiths just remove material from the trigger or does a new sear/hammer job fix that? The wilson fits, and seems to work well but I would love it if it fit better. Is there a non-drop in trigger that I can fit top and bottom, and shorter front to back? |
Do you have a GI? That comes with a short trigger and you must have put a medium or long trigger in it. You will have to get a short trigger if you do not like it sticking out so far. |