Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns Cleaning up a 1911 trigger......

I picked up a Ruger SR1911 and the trigger has enough creep that I'd be interested in having it cleaned up.

Any ideas on the best route to go?

Before you do anything, try dry firing for awhile. My SR1911 was crisp, with a bit of creep, when I first got it and I dry fired it every night for a week or so and the creep decreased noticeably.

Sounds good. I take it dry firing won't harm the gun in any way??

If you can't do it, take it to a 'smith.........prolly about $50 or so to clean it up.

You can also try loading the sear/hammer during dry firing, which may help.

Take a punch that will fit into the hammer hole, or if it doesn't have a hole, behind the hammer spur.

Push forward on the hammer with some force as you pull the trigger to fire the weapon; repeat a dozen times or so.

If it isn't somewhat better by then, then it likely will need some stoning & maybe some hammer hook work too.

MM

Nope, it won't.

i'd still use snap caps, as they provide a little resistance to the FP spring. a good 1911 shouldn't suffer, but i like my springs nice and tight there.

also, spend some time racking the slide and working the recoil spring.

to echo MM, the sear might need work, but i'd add that this is soemthing best done by experienced hands. it requires a special tool to get the right engagement angle, and changing that angle can result in an unsafe weapon.

jsut curious - is there an overtravel screw on the trigger at all?