the NRA "Garandicon" booklet pub (the old one) has a semi-decent section on how to smooth up a Garand trigger. Smoothing will only take out any grittiness. It WILL NOT REDUCE PULL WEIGHT (although you might THINK the weight is less by a little bit).

Garands have a two-stage trigger that usualy is around 6.5 - 7.5 pounds TOTAL combined weight. This really ins't all that bad, although occasionally you will get one that is a little heavier.

To reduce trigger pull weight, YOU MUST reduce/hone the hammer hooks. Unfortunately, this is an also an excellent way to create a dangerous and somewhat hazardous trigger. There really isn't much more than a few strokes of an oilstone between a nice safe 4.75 - 5.0 trigger (I don't go below 4.75 total weight when I do trigger jobs) and a 3 pound trigger "machine gun" (and illegal for competition).

A good trigger job yields a nice 1.5 to 2 pound initial 1st stage slack pull, combined with a very crisp and positive 3+ pound second stage let off.

done correctly, this involves an initial "clean up" of all the typical mating surfaces to get things smoothed up. Then MANY disassemblies and reassemblies to get to the right point for total pull weight.

I have a couple triggers right now someone sent me, so might do some pictures (detailling the SMOOTHING process).