paid4c4
01-29-2012, 02:09 PM
I recently acquired a polishing or finishing set of stones from Brownell's. The set has an India stone and two Arkansas stones. I disassembled my recent 1911 build which produced a consistent 3.5 trigger pull. I stoned all the parts connected with the ignition system. Even though I used a Wilson Combat frame/slide for this build and mostly WC bullet proof parts I used a Nowlin Speed Demon ignition system. The Nowlin system came from Brownell's and the pieces are pre-fit at Nowlin's. After I stoned or finished the parts I measured the trigger pull several more times and each time got a reading of 3.25 for a quarter pound loss of pull. I realize that isn't much but I thought it interesting that just a little finish work would make that kind of difference. Now I'm wondering how finishing or smoothing some of the parts on an M1 Garand might effect its overall operation.
Bill
Bill