How much SKS sear engagement?

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Hey everyone,
I see all sorts of posts about negative/neutral/positive sear-hammer engagement, but what I haven't found is how much is good? How many millimeters/inchs is right (as measured on the face of the sear)?

Anybody know?

thansk
 
thanks Dilligaf, saw that and followed it and a few other tutorials. I've got positive and smooth engagement, and can't jar or bump the group to cause a fire. But still he doesn't mention how much actual hammer/sear travel he's got.

Actually that's not totally true in episode 3 he mentions that he's got about 1/8th inch on the face of the sear BEFORE filing/polishing out some of the creep. Would be nice to know how much he or others ended up with, or if it matters as long as there's good engagement.
 
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If it has positive engagement then you can get it pretty short. I filed over 1/8" off one and still had a little creep left. Experiment, parts are cheap.
 
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