Trigger jobs?

I like the Dlask trigger medium length, mated to a nice hammer and sear from A6. A lightweight hammer with side relief, and the sear with a full half cock notch.

More importantly Dane let me ask you something. What hammer hook angle do you prefer. You like the 90 degree, the print 86 degree, or something in between? What about hammer hook height, and sear engagement remaining after the relief angle is cut.

I like to get to the nitty gritty of things.

So far I like .025 height hammer hooks at 88 degrees and .020 sear engagment. For a general use carry gun, target gun I haven't played with yet.

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Triggers

I've had good results using Nowlin sears mated to McCormick hammers,
though they be investment castings. They do often require careful
stoning to get equal side-to-side engagement, though.

Factory Colt hammers are good, too. Some guys just gotta have that
McMormick style loop. I try to use a machined barstock hammer whenever
possible.

I also use a little different relief angle on the sears...30 degrees seems to
give a clean break without reducing the primary engagement. My feeling
is that it's a little stronger. Of course, since I had a bad experience with
a cracked sear years ago, I tend to err on the side of caution.
(Nobody got hurt, but the Frigidaire died a slow, agonizing death)

I do different hammer hook height for different applications...I don't
use less than .022 for a carry or duty gun...Not less than .020 for a
range toy.(IDPA or IPSC)...and .018 is my limit for a slow-fire,
bullseye gun...Again, I tend to be a little overcautious, and thus any
trigger work that I do generally doesn't result in less than a 4-pound break,
sometimes with just a hint of creep. Better that than shot.

Since I'm no longer a practitioner, my work is pretty much pro bono...
mainly correcting problems or resolving issues for the guys that I shoot
with and cops that have dropped too much of their hard-earned salary on a
pistol that they can't afford to send off for fixin'.

Tuner