I hope I didn't make a mistake here. I just bought a Nowlin Pro-Match drop in trigger job for installation in a gun I'm working on. That gun is at Tripp Research now, so I decided to try the kit in my Kimber Polymer just to check it out.
I would have to say that the Nowlin trigger job is "crisper" than the standard Kimber
parts but the pull itself seemed like it was about 6-7 lbs! That's just a guestimation since I don't have a scale.
The Nowlin mainspring was MUCH stronger than the one that came with the KP. I replaced the new mainspring with my old one and that helped a little. Maybe got it down to around 5 lbs.
I'm pretty sure my trigger pull with the standard KP parts was about 4 lbs. All I ever did to those parts was lightly mirror polish the engagement surfaces with jewelers rouge and a little felt buffer. I have put approximately 3000 rds through the KP with the original parts.
Will the Nowlin trigger job get lighter over time as I shoot it?
It's supposed to be a 3.5 lb. pull right out of the package so I am a little disappointed. Am I supposed to do anything to the kit besides just put it in the gun, like trim the mainspring?
The whole point of my spending $120.00 on this particular kit was to:
1. have good quality parts (non MIM) for the new gun
2. not have to have a gunsmith do a trigger job on it
I'm thinking now that I might have been better off spending the $50 or so it would have cost for McCormick parts (like those that come with the KP) and just polished them like my old ones and had a 4 lb. trigger.
Any one with experience with one of these kits or ideas on what might help, please let me know what you think.
I would have to say that the Nowlin trigger job is "crisper" than the standard Kimber
parts but the pull itself seemed like it was about 6-7 lbs! That's just a guestimation since I don't have a scale.
The Nowlin mainspring was MUCH stronger than the one that came with the KP. I replaced the new mainspring with my old one and that helped a little. Maybe got it down to around 5 lbs.
I'm pretty sure my trigger pull with the standard KP parts was about 4 lbs. All I ever did to those parts was lightly mirror polish the engagement surfaces with jewelers rouge and a little felt buffer. I have put approximately 3000 rds through the KP with the original parts.
Will the Nowlin trigger job get lighter over time as I shoot it?
It's supposed to be a 3.5 lb. pull right out of the package so I am a little disappointed. Am I supposed to do anything to the kit besides just put it in the gun, like trim the mainspring?
The whole point of my spending $120.00 on this particular kit was to:
1. have good quality parts (non MIM) for the new gun
2. not have to have a gunsmith do a trigger job on it
I'm thinking now that I might have been better off spending the $50 or so it would have cost for McCormick parts (like those that come with the KP) and just polished them like my old ones and had a 4 lb. trigger.
Any one with experience with one of these kits or ideas on what might help, please let me know what you think.
