Hey, you're right Maple Leaf......... a slight bend of the trigger WAS the way to adjust the gun timing of the old M1919 Browning - and successfull it was too! But that was the ONLY gun where you bent anything to adjust it. And while others might disagree, bending the trigger guard to get the correct two stage pull-off is a bubba bodge. The trigger guard MUST be flat.

The sequence of events is all simply explained in the article limazulu. Make sure that your trigger guard is FLAT along the bottom and sits into the magazine well of the fore-end, That's the first bit. Now make sure that the collar is present and to the correct length and the front trigger guard screw JUST nips up the fore-enjd nice and tightly as it clamps the trigger guard onto the collar.

Now follow the instructions. Read it, now read it again and slowly set about it...........................