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I recently purchased a Model 1907 .32 ACP to use as an occasional shooter. It was manufactured in 1913. I detail stripped it for a good cleaning and oiling. I bought a Wolff spring kit and replaced the recoil spring but did not install the new striker spring. I have not yet test fired it but everything seems good with some A-Zoom snap caps fed through the mag. The trigger pull is heavy ! I do not have a gauge but it's probably the stiffest of any automatic I own and much heavier than my Savage 1917. Is this about normal for this model ? If I took the new Wolff striker spring and cut a couple of coils off of it, would that help or not be a good idea in case the striker spring is supposed to take up some recoil energy along with the recoil spring ? Thanks

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Iv had several of the 1907s and 1917s never thought that the triggers were very heavy, but i didnt fool with the springs, just cleaned and shot them, down to one now, its a 4 digt ser.# and shoots fine, 10 quick shots!


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what saddlering said...neither of my 1907's are what I would consider heavy triggered.

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I had one that was very heavy trigger. Loosened up after some use.


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Wouldn't it be the sear trip spring that would make the trigger heavy? Maybe it's the trip itself.


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Originally Posted by mad_dog
Wouldn't it be the sear trip spring that would make the trigger heavy? Maybe it's the trip itself.


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I did detail strip, clean and oil the entire trigger assembly including the sear trip, spring, catch and sear trip lifter. I cleaned the firing pin channel in the breech plug and the striker but did not remove the extractor or sear when I cleaned and lubed. I just hosed the whole thing with Gun Scrubber and put a drop of oil on them. I'll try removing the actual sear and spring from the breech plug and making sure everything there is clean and see if the pull improves. Maybe there is some old hardened gunk under the sear or in the spring hole. Thanks for the tip.

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If you pull the sear be prepared for a fun couple hours trying to get it back in, been there, done that.


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I found this thread after acquiring a Model 1917 with a very stiff trigger. I had sprayed the bolt with Gun Scrubber, but without any improvement in the trigger. Taking the advice in these posts, I soaked the bolt overnight in Hoppes No. 9, then shot it with Gun Scrubber again, then added some lubrication with TW25B. That treatment made a big difference in the trigger pull.

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