Originally posted by cAlvis:
I checked it out and found how he did it, he shaved off a little off the striker ( I'm guessing approx. .003 or so )where it contacts the sear.
Ahhh! Mr. Smith's 'trigger job' finally explained. Anybody have any ideas if this will affect the reliability with +P defense loads?
That one should be safe. The original springs
are intact, and I doubt he shaved enough to
make it too short, so I'd say it is safe.
I had to do a similar thing with mine, except
that I didn't really shave any off of the
striker, I just made the edge less sharp so it
would not hang up on slow pulls.
On a slow pull, mine would go all the way back,
and still sometimes not fire. I came to the
conclusion that the very sharp edge on the
striker was hanging up from digging into the
sear, and not letting it release when it should.
I used some emery cloth and sanded the edge
down a tad so it wasn't so sharp, and it seems
to have cured the problem. I did consider taking
a tiny bit off the striker, but I decided not
to, being as just blunting the edge of the
striker seemed to cure my complaint.
But as long as they didn't take too much off
the striker, that would be one of the few mods
that would be safe from a firing standpoint.
No problem using stout ammo.
But.. If they got too carried away, it could
make the pull short enough to maybe be a safety
issue. You don't want too short a pull on a
pistol with no external safety.
So I'm sure the ones that do this just take off
the minimum amount needed to cure the problem.
IE: I cured my "hang" problem, but the feel of
the trigger is still totally stock. It's just
like it should be from the factory now.
I've never messed with anything else. I'm
not going to change the springs.
I can shoot it straight as is, so not really
worried about going any farther.
