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Thread: What Makes a Standard Trigger Gritty?

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    Dry-firing the shit out of it helps too. Also helps your skills.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AR15barrels View Post
    Accelerate the wear on them artificially.

    With the upper off the lower, cock the hammer.
    Now pull forwards/upwards on the hammer while pulling the trigger until the hammer releases.
    Do this 4-5 times with steady pressure of 5-10lbs on the hammer.

    This will dramatically smooth out the creep in the trigger.
    In the 1911/pistolsmith world I think they call it 'boosting' the trigger.
    Chief Armorer for Elite Shooting Sports in Manassas VA
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    So, I just tried the "pulling on the hammer" trick and noticed a definite improvement over what it was...but here's the rub...

    Once I dry fired the gun a dozen times or so...the grit was back, again! I've done this twice, grit came back both times.

    Should I put a little Flitz in there and dry fire it a bunch?
    Should I mull through the parts bin at work and test out triggers till I find a smooth one (PITA!)?
    Put on my big girl panties and suck it up?

    The gun only has about 200 rounds through it so far...just trying to figure out what'll give me a crisper trigger pull.

    Thanks!

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    Short of a trigger job or polishing the contact surfaces the above process may not always work. The hammer and or trigger face may have machine marks remaining on them. From customers triggers that I have received for trigger work; I have encountered all sorts of scenarios from super smooth the a pock marked lunar surface on the contact points.

    Bill
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