modify the Drop in kit?

[Banger19]

I want install a C&L 3.5# 5 piece drop in trigger kit in my gun but leave out the 18# hammer spring and keep the stock 23# spring in the gun. The reason for this is the over sized FP stop which makes the slide use more of the hammer spring for slowing the slide during recoil. I just want to know if doing it this way would still give a good trigger pull. I dont want a 3.5# pull and I think with the 23# spring it should raise the pull a bit more. But how much more is the question?

[RickB]

I'd be surprised if it went up a half-pound with only a change to the mainspring. If you didn't want a 3.5# pull, why did you buy an expensive 3.5# trigger kit? You can probably add another pound by tweaking the sear spring.

[Dave Berryhill]

In my kits I have found that changing from a 19 lb to a 23 lb mainspring only increases the trigger pull by about 1/4 lb.

[Banger19]

I have not bought the kit yet, but I was thinking on getting the 3.5# kit so when I use the 23# mainspring the pull will be about 4-5 pounds.

[Banger19]

I just seen the C&L series 80 replacment parts kit for 46 bucks. Its supposed to remove creep and give a better trigger pull. Anyone have any experiance with this kit? Is it worth the money?

[Hawkmoon]

Is it worth the money? Dunno ... it's your money, if it's worth $46 to you, it's worth it.

What is it that you want to achieve? If all you want is a crisp trigger in the 4 to 4-1/2 pound range, all you need is a fine stone, an old automotive feeler gauge, and the article from our technical reference side entitled "Poor man's trigger job." I have no trouble getting clean 4-1/2 pound triggers using generic parts, or cleaning up the parts that come in factory guns. I'm sure the C&S trigger kits are good stuff (along with similar kits from other manufacturers), but I just can't justify spending that kind of money when I can get a decent trigger for the expenditure of maybe an hour at the work bench.

[Banger19]

Is it worth the money? Dunno ... it's your money, if it's worth $46 to you, it's worth it.

What is it that you want to achieve? If all you want is a crisp trigger in the 4 to 4-1/2 pound range, all you need is a fine stone, an old automotive feeler gauge, and the article from our technical reference side entitled "Poor man's trigger job." I have no trouble getting clean 4-1/2 pound triggers using generic parts, or cleaning up the parts that come in factory guns. I'm sure the C&S trigger kits are good stuff (along with similar kits from other manufacturers), but I just can't justify spending that kind of money when I can get a decent trigger for the expenditure of maybe an hour at the work bench.

I want to replace the MIM sear and dissconector anyway as I dont feel comfortable with these parts especially after filing or stoneing them. I guess I could just buy a barstock sear and disconnector and learn how to do the shaping my self. I am gonna get the Jerry Kuhnhausen SHOP MANUALS/BOOKS
anyway and see how hard it will be for an ameture to fit these parts themselves.