Replacing a trigger on a 1911, how hard?

[West9319]

For give my noobness here, first 1911.

Replacing just the trigger, not the sear hammer or disconnector. Other then fitting the shoe and possibly the bow with the race way is there anything else to swapping out the part?

[bernieb90]

It is not that hard. Most of the fitting is sanding the trigger shoe. Be careful not to take off too much or it will wobble. I have done a few of these now, and some trigger bows are a bit longer than others resulting in a slightly different fit. I have a short Greider Precision trigger on two of my pistols and they work great.

http://www.brownells.com/handgun-parts/trigger-group-parts/triggers/greider-precision-1911-auto-v-series-match-trigger-prod20228.aspx

FWIW before I settled on the Greider triggers I tried a Wilson Combat trigger and it had too much fore aft movement before engaging the sear.

And don't forget to do all the safety checks after any trigger work before firing any live ammo. Start with one round in the magazine and work up from there is all is well.

[West9319]

Thank you for the info and the late night response.

[CAGLS]

I plan to do get a black straight trigger to replace the silver one on my DW Valor. Sanding and fitting the shoe and the bow shouldn't be too hard. I'd mirror polish the sides of the bow if it doesn't come that way. The only other thing would be if the trigger you get has tabs for pre-travel adjustment other than that I think one with an over travel set screw may need to be adjusted only when disassembled.

[sholling]

It's not hard to replace the trigger, although there is a tiny bit of fitting of the trigger shoe required and you do need to test the half-cock safety when you're done. If you go with a trigger with take up adjustment tabs on the bow then the important part is not to remove all of the take-up. If you don't leave a 1/32 or so of take-up the half-cock safety won't work and the hammer will fall from the half-cock position when the trigger is pulled. Take your time and do it right even if you have to disassemble and reassemble several times.

[West9319]

Got it, did it, came out great. Thanks for the help guys