egg250
03-24-2019, 09:33 AM
I acquired a Hi Power a couple of years ago. The owner told me someone (him?) had done a trigger job, to lighten the trigger weight and the trigger won't reliably reset. The magazine disconnect has also been removed. After research I do know it is not recommended to reduce the trigger weight of the Hi Power, this is probably why...
Description of the problem:
- Rack the slide, hammer is cocked, trigger is set.
- Pull the trigger, hammer goes forward. Holding the trigger, rack the slide, release the trigger, the trigger is not set.
- If I let the trigger snap forward, it will reset. From time to time, the trigger will reset properly, but mostly it does not.
This occurs when firing the pistol as well. What I have done so far:
- Polished all moving parts of the trigger system to include the sear lever and trigger lever.
- Removed any sharp edges or burrs from trigger system.
- Replaced trigger return spring with a heavier spring.
Prior to doing any work, the trigger would not reset at all after firing. The only way the trigger would set is initially racking the slide, chambering a round. Subsequently pulling the trigger to fire would result in the trigger not setting at all and I'd have to rack the slide again. So, the work I did improved the problem. It seems to be the trigger lever is not returning to position under the sear lever, so the work I did was targeted towards that problem. Do I continue polishing, is there something I might be missing?
Description of the problem:
- Rack the slide, hammer is cocked, trigger is set.
- Pull the trigger, hammer goes forward. Holding the trigger, rack the slide, release the trigger, the trigger is not set.
- If I let the trigger snap forward, it will reset. From time to time, the trigger will reset properly, but mostly it does not.
This occurs when firing the pistol as well. What I have done so far:
- Polished all moving parts of the trigger system to include the sear lever and trigger lever.
- Removed any sharp edges or burrs from trigger system.
- Replaced trigger return spring with a heavier spring.
Prior to doing any work, the trigger would not reset at all after firing. The only way the trigger would set is initially racking the slide, chambering a round. Subsequently pulling the trigger to fire would result in the trigger not setting at all and I'd have to rack the slide again. So, the work I did improved the problem. It seems to be the trigger lever is not returning to position under the sear lever, so the work I did was targeted towards that problem. Do I continue polishing, is there something I might be missing?