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trigger job?
- Thread starter boombag13
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A "trigger job" is basically where a gunsmith takes your firearm appart, so that he can make the internal mechanisms operate smoother, more precise and often a lighter pull to your trigger. Basically it seems to involve some polishing, and using a jig to precisely "stone" (think files but with a grinding stone) a couple of critical points where the hammer meets other parts.
This is not nessisary if you have no spare money right now, and you aren't interested in becoming a good marksman, if it's just to have as a rare hobby. But, if you want to improve, if you have a few spare bucks, or you plan on competing with it, you should have this done to your Norc.
Don't feel bad though, it used to be that in the 1980's just about every handgun made needed this done. Today, the much more expensive 1911's likely already have this done before they were shipped to dealers, while mid-range 1911's seem to float around the "not mandatory but could use one", and lower end 1911's, like your Norc, would definately benefit from this.
Some guys do this themselves. But to do this safely on a 1911 requires some knowledge of the mechanism and how to do a safe trigger job on that specific gun. I hear it also usually requires a special jig and some stones, which might cost you $100 or so. This means, doing it yourself is no real money savings, is time consuming and requires you learning about stuff you may not want to bother with...cheaper and easier to talk to your local gunsmith about doing a trigger job on it. Unless you and your friend plan on buying several 1911's and wish to tinker, then by all means take on that project!
If you don't do it, what can happen is you may develop what's called a "flinch", because the trigger is behaving poorly and heavily, so you may "pull" the gun away from where you were aiming it at. Some types of guns don't really need a trigger job from a factory gun, the Glock for instance (which can be improved too, but isn't nessisary) or the Colt Python, but the 1911 needs this done as do many other handguns, the only question is whether it was done already by the factory or if you need a smith to do it for ya.
This is not nessisary if you have no spare money right now, and you aren't interested in becoming a good marksman, if it's just to have as a rare hobby. But, if you want to improve, if you have a few spare bucks, or you plan on competing with it, you should have this done to your Norc.
Don't feel bad though, it used to be that in the 1980's just about every handgun made needed this done. Today, the much more expensive 1911's likely already have this done before they were shipped to dealers, while mid-range 1911's seem to float around the "not mandatory but could use one", and lower end 1911's, like your Norc, would definately benefit from this.
Some guys do this themselves. But to do this safely on a 1911 requires some knowledge of the mechanism and how to do a safe trigger job on that specific gun. I hear it also usually requires a special jig and some stones, which might cost you $100 or so. This means, doing it yourself is no real money savings, is time consuming and requires you learning about stuff you may not want to bother with...cheaper and easier to talk to your local gunsmith about doing a trigger job on it. Unless you and your friend plan on buying several 1911's and wish to tinker, then by all means take on that project!
If you don't do it, what can happen is you may develop what's called a "flinch", because the trigger is behaving poorly and heavily, so you may "pull" the gun away from where you were aiming it at. Some types of guns don't really need a trigger job from a factory gun, the Glock for instance (which can be improved too, but isn't nessisary) or the Colt Python, but the 1911 needs this done as do many other handguns, the only question is whether it was done already by the factory or if you need a smith to do it for ya.
