I have a cool old HD Military .22 pistol in my possesion.

Good shooting, reliable, accurate, everything a .22 auto-pistol should be..except the trigger pull is too light.

Not the usual beef you hear..but it's true..this gun's trigger-pull is extremely light. So light that I just hate to let anybody else shoot the thing. I would estimate the pull at maybe a half-pound..give or take.

Hammer never follows..saftey works ok...doesn't slam-fire or slip-off..works as it should other than the very light trigger.

My old retired gunsmith pal was telling me the HD Military's had adjustable trigger-pull..and was a simple matter of tweeking the right screw..unfortunately..he doesn't remember ever adjusting one..don't know what's involved in the task..and doesn't have any info in his library regarding the HD pistol.

I dug in my literature..and found disassembly destructions for later model High Standard pistols..but not earlier fixed-barrel guns like the HD Military..and no repair/adjustment info.

So..Does the HD Military have a trigger-pull adjustment?

If so..where's it at?

Thanks..Stevie.

I don't know about your pistols trigger but I bet the people over here do, John Stimson's High Standard Information They helped me find some needed parts for a HS shotgun that came my way a few years ago.

Class III

I have a circa 1946 HD Military in the box with all original papers and the instructions do not mention any adjustable trigger. However, the parts list shows a part #67 as a "Trigger Stop Screw" but the exploded diagram doesn't show it. In checking mine, there is a screw in front of the trigger guard that is not shown in the exploded drawing. I wonder if that is it? If it is, yours might be set too tight thereby restricting sear engagement. This might give the simiulation of a pull adjustment, but stops aren't meant to be used for that, only for overtravel.

John Stimson's website has all things High Standard, including PDF's of the manuals. (It also has instructions how to adjust the rear sight on the HD's. It's not obvious!)

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Dean
SWCA #680 SWHF #446

Dean,

The screw on the front of the trigger guard is for access to the trigger return spring and plunger. If you look at Lucius Diehm's 1924 patent US1511510, the cutaway drawings show its function fairly well. However, I know you have an early HDM since the external access screw was deleted very early in HDM production. It was a holdover from the earlier USA-HD.

BTW, this is an early HDM (#147xxx) with the trigger guard screw (visible in the picture). I restored this from its previous use as a hammer (so it appeared). The finish is silver plate.




Stevie, you need to access this spring-plunger from the inside if you don't have an early HDM. I suspect that someone replaced the spring with a lighter one (or none) to get a lighter pull. That is the only way I know to "adjust" the pull, especially if you leave the sear interface alone (and you should leave that alone). My early fixed barrel High Standards have about a 2½ pound pull. You really should get a pull measurement before you strip the gun down - if it's greater than 2 pounds, I wouldn't touch it.

Buck

I see if I can fish-scale the triggerpull...But doubt it approaches 2 pounds

Does have the trigger-travel screw...and I think the gun is a 1947 made piece. The front screw will stop the trigger dead in it's tracks if you tighten it...but backing it out doesn't improve the trigger to any real degree..still rather light.

The darn safety screw is TIGHT...appears it needs to come off to access anything else on the left side of the gun..

Somebodys already buggered the screw(wasn't me..yet)..