Julien Boit Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 Hi all, I'm planning to put Koenig hammers in my pistols. But I haven't decided yet which sear I will put inside. I heard EGW hard sear are the way to go. Any opinions ? Pros, cons, any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjanglin Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 I use EGW sears on all the guns that come in needing a trigger job. Ive had some bad luck with others. And George at EGW is a prince of a fellow , his help over the years is the reason I try to use anything they make. Jim Anglin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingerjg Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 Ive got another vote for the EGW sear. Jim does excellent work on triggers using the EGW sear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin c Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 (edited) I was told that the Koenig hammer and EGW hard sear are an especially good combination. Supposedly in some guns you can get an under two pound trigger with the parts just as they come. That's not something I can confirm personally (my smith didn't tell me how much work he did on my trigger job, just how much it'd cost me ) but I've got a clean breaking 24 oz. trigger now, and am more than happy. I still haven't gotten used to the weird *ping* the hammer makes when it drops while I dryfire... Kevin C. Edited June 22, 2005 by kevin c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Boit Posted June 13, 2005 Author Share Posted June 13, 2005 Thanks for the input guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diehli Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 Just to add nothing new: EGW Hard Sear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
achard Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 how about sti s7 premium sear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikW Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 EGW hard sear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rufus The Bum Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 I've had several named gunsmiths tell me that the STI sear is as good of a sear as they come. With that in mind I have used several drop-in hammers with my STI sear and have had no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdragon Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 EGW! Ivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny hill Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 I bought a dozen EGW sears & had to stone & polish them all as they were a little un-finished on the contact point. They work good. Will buy preped hard ones from sti next. the s-7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geo Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 Mickey Fowler was the guy, he put in a Koenig hammer and our sear and fiddeled with the sear spring, shot the Steel Challenge with it a couple days latter under 2# Benny, Yes they are not sold as finished sears, I just looked at some on the shelf and a couple you could not see a mark on wile others you could see where an endmill went across. Call me next time and I can pick some out for you. And thansk for using some! I appreciate it. When we looked at the wear numbers and toughness and hardness etc, we opted for a different material than S7. S7 is tough no doubt, but with the very small contact area the hammer hooks have on the sear we though out choice was better. any machined from tool steel sear will be worlds ahead of MIM anything though. Thank you all for the nice feed back! and if you get a chance, we have a new shopping cart on the web site. We have never had this good a listing of parts and tools with pictures in our 14 year history. If your a dealer like Benny, just put a note in the comment area and we will make sure if we have you on file you get dealer price. geo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuildSF4 Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 On the guns I set up I prefer the EGW, or STI S7 prepped. (And I still polish them.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A38337 Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Can't go wrong with the EGW hard sear. The primary is already well cut, I only polish it with white ceramic stone. I cut the secondary angle with a medium india stone, and polish with two grades of ceramic. I rate the EGW sear as superior to the C&S. Haven't seen an STI yet, though. Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny hill Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 The EGW sear after preping & cutting the relief is a great sear. I can get 1.5# with no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEDELLCUSTOM Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 i like the EGW sear. i have had some that were a bit rough with tool marks but i go over them anyway so it's not a problem for me. with properly mated koenig hammer and EGW sear there is no problem getting that 1.5# or lighter trigger. i've tried almost every sear on the market and all our guns go out with an EGW sear in them now. for the do-it yourselfer, if you don't have the proper jigs to setup and hold the sear for stoning the angles correctly it will be very difficult to get that crisp clean breaking trigger job that you desire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Provan Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 I have a cylinder and slide tactical sear with a DG Lowmass. My trigger pull averaged out to 1lb 14oz. Doug Jones, Acc-U-rail, did my trigger. Very nice job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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