Bought a .45 LE trade in. Gun is clean, looks like it had not been shot much (but I have been reading a lot of the M&P LE trade ins look like this), no holster wear of any kind.
Trigger was super gritty - stripped gun and cleaned it (it had excessive amounts of oil everywhere). Reassembled and still very gritty. End up lightly polishing the trigger bar and firing pin. Firing pin actually had some very small burrs (on od where it set in the bore).
So anyways gritty feel is gone it is smooth now, but the break is horrible. Meaning you slowly pull the trigger without really being able to tell when exactly it will break.
I have put 50 rounds through it since cleaning it. Shoots nice other than trigger. It did cycle a round into chamber when I smacked a loaded mag into it.
Does anyone know if the DIY Burwell trigger job will help with this? More specifically the sear mod he outlines.
I know Apex makes a kit but honestly I bought with intention of a inexpensive range gun (my only .45). I feel I would be better selling and buy a 2.0 instead of installing an Apex kit.
Trigger was super gritty - stripped gun and cleaned it (it had excessive amounts of oil everywhere). Reassembled and still very gritty. End up lightly polishing the trigger bar and firing pin. Firing pin actually had some very small burrs (on od where it set in the bore).
So anyways gritty feel is gone it is smooth now, but the break is horrible. Meaning you slowly pull the trigger without really being able to tell when exactly it will break.
I have put 50 rounds through it since cleaning it. Shoots nice other than trigger. It did cycle a round into chamber when I smacked a loaded mag into it.
Does anyone know if the DIY Burwell trigger job will help with this? More specifically the sear mod he outlines.
I know Apex makes a kit but honestly I bought with intention of a inexpensive range gun (my only .45). I feel I would be better selling and buy a 2.0 instead of installing an Apex kit.
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