cmp m1 garands tips or advice

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Charlie59 - I have just gotten my M1 from the CMP and your comment about the spare trigger group really interests me. Where do you recommend I look for the trigger group; and what did you do to tune it up? I would like to get rid of all that creep and lighten the trigger pull too.

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[Charlie59]

Charlie59 - I have just gotten my M1 from the CMP and your comment about the spare trigger group really interests me. Where do you recommend I look for the trigger group; and what did you do to tune it up? I would like to get rid of all that creep and lighten the trigger pull too.

I needed a trigger group to make a rifle all correct, so I got one at a gunshow, and ended up with a spare. If you are only going to have one Garand, it might not make financial sense to have a spare. I have several rifles I like to shoot, and don't want to alter them, so I use the one group with whatever particular rifle I take to the range. Here are a couple pics. First off, many rifles shoot fine with the trigger group they come with. But, some of mine have excessive "creep", so by honing them I not only get rid of that, I lighten the pull, too. Some guys also polish the sear, to a mirror like finish. I have had good enough results using a fine stone, and just go back and forth, until I get a trigger pull I like. Just be sure your stone only touches the spurs on the hammer, and the rear of the housing-like in my pic. The other pic shows how the sear wears from the hammer spurs. You might want to check around, I'm sure others do trigger jobs slightly different than I do.

















Charlie