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Old July 23, 2012, 01:24 PM   #3
RickB
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It is certainly possible for the "kitchen table gunsmith" to do trigger work on a 1911, as I have been doing so for twenty years. It does require some fairly intimate knowlege of how the gun operates, and some dimensional specs. I have managed to massage the triggers on my guns to safe, crisp, 3.5# pulls using the stock parts, but not all parts are created equal.
This is really good info: http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/lid=1...__Trigger_Pull
You should also invest in the two-part shop manual from Jerry Kuhnhausen. It's not the absolute last word in 1911 'smithing, but there's tons of good info in there. A less complete, but still good (and cheap) resourse is Hallock's .45 Auto Handbook.
The drop-in trigger kits from Cylinder & Slide are really excellent, but they are also expensive.
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