John Thompson Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 I'm putting my armorer skills to work and am going to do a trigger job on a new para. I hear the factory sear and hammer is too soft to hold a nice edge. How long would the factory sear last and what sears would you guys use. I'm on a budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 John, I have been researching this quite a bit lately. There are lots of good post on here and on the 1911forum that you might check out. EGW makes a "hard sear" that seems top notch. You will want a tool steel part, I'd think. The cheaper stuff would likiely last well enough for carry, but I figure you want to shoot the heck out of it. For about $60-65, you can get a whole EGW fire control group from Brownell's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingerjg Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 ill second the EGW sear. Both my STI and my Para have the EGW sear. EGW sear at Brownells Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.40AET Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Why not practice on what you have. Then if it goes bad then replace it with EGW When I called EGW to get them to do a trigger job on my para they insisted that the para group was junk and I needed a new hammer and sear. Didn't have the money at the time, so I never did it. A guy we shoot with does great trigger jobs for his friends only as a hobby. He has no problem getting a good trigger pull out of the para set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman33_99 Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 My stock Para Trigger lasted about 4 years. I had a trigger adjustment of the factory stuff early on. Just replaced hammer and sear about 3 months ago with a STI hammer, EGW Sear and Sear Spring. Work both times was done by Steve Moore in Denver with excellant results. Had Steve Replace the parts when the trigger was getting sloppy and not reseting consistently. Before it was about 2-1/2# pull. Now it is a little under 2#. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMC Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 I used the factory sear with a Chip Mc hammer in my para open gun, its still working after 5 years with a 1.5# pull. I'd don't practice much so that equates to about 10-15K rounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Thompson Posted January 20, 2005 Author Share Posted January 20, 2005 Why not practice on what you have. Then if it goes bad then replace it That's what I was thinking. I won't be shooting this gun a lot but I'm borrowing the jig and other related tools so I wanted to make sure I get a few years from the stock parts. I noticed the EGW sear was Rc-60+ when all the others were in the 50 range, will the EGW be to hard to stone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryfox Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 I have not tried an egw yet. I have been verry pleased with my C&S hammer sear and disconnector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 John, There is a very similar thread going in the gunsmithing section. It like has more information, and in the interest of keeping that info together, I am going to close this thread and link to that one. http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?...pic=15958&st=20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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