Reducing a 1911's trigger pull?

Dacton

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Ive searched for threads on reducing the trigger pull weight but could'nt find anything. Anyways, I got a pretty much stock norinco 1911 and was wondering what are some ways I could reduce the pull? Im not looking to take it to a gunsmith or anything yet, I just wanted to see if theres stuff I could do myself.

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Dacton
 
also replace your sear, disconnect, stock hammer with a commander hammer (which will require you replace the stock grip safety with a beavertail grip safety if you have the norinco 1911A1), and sear spring (use match parts if possible i.e. ed brown, wilson combat, cylinder and slide etc.) you would most likely want to replace the trigger as well. I just finished doing all of the above (among other mods) to mine and those made a HUGE difference! night and day! and relatively "cheap" just buy a new part here and there and in no time you'll be set!

best of luck to you!
 
Go to Brownells.com, do a search for JERRY KUHNHAUSEN THE COLT .45 AUTOMATIC. Order both his books on the 1911, and then read, read and read somemore. If you are serious about learning how to work on your 1911 this is probably the best money you will spend.

Screwing up the hammer/sear enagement on these is very easy to do.
 
Watch the youtube video by nutnfancy on trigger jobs. A gunsmith allows him to video a complete 1911 trigger job including stoning, taking up slack in the trigger, and replacing some things, etc... It was Extremely valuable for me to SEE it done by someone.

However, the trigger in his Taurus 1911 is slightly different than your Norinco. I have yet to make up my mind on how to modify the trigger to take out the slack on my Norinco. Replacing the trigger seems to be the easiest, but I fiddle with small parts and springs for a living (locksmith) so I find it more enjoyable to tamper with what I've got... Let me know if you come up with a long-term solution that doesn't involve new parts! And good luck.

Cheers.
 
Without getting into jigs and slip stones and other fancy shop tricks the only "drop in" options are a spring swap and/or the drop in competition kit.

I've got a different book that I'm using as a guide along with advice from a local 1911 expert and I've made my own jigs. I'm doing the work a little at a time so I sneak up on the final pull value in the hopes of not going too far. So far so good and I've got it down to a 5 lb pull that has a nice creep free travel and a distinct little kick in the trigger when the sear breaks. The nice part is that I'm learning a lot as I go.

Here's part 1 of that vid. After watching both halves of the overall video I both feeling better about my own work, which pretty much mirrors what the smith in the vid did, and I also picked up a few tips to use on my next venture into my 1911 in terms of cleaning up a few spots and tuning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCF2u3K743A
 
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