1911 trigger job

[Alovarxe]

Looking for someone whos capable of fitting a 1911 trigger in central texas in a timely manner. Its an STI Staccato P 2011 but has all the same 1911 mechanics. Normally id just send it to Staccato in Georgetown but im on a bit of a time crunch right now.

Anyone in the san antonio/austin area capable of this job?

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Welcome to the Forum!

 

[cvgunman]

No recommendations, but welcome!

 

[popsgarland]

Howdy and welcome to TGT.

Not to worry, some members will give you the info you need.

 

[dartsinsa]

You have trigger job in the thread title, but then say fitting a trigger......fitting a trigger is not hard, I have done many....just go slow and constantly check fit. By slow I mean sloooow.....maybe one or two hits with a file then check again.
I will mot do a trigger job, at least at this point, as I am not comfortable with touching the sear and hammer engagements.

I think Harrison Design has a video on fitting triggers, but certainly there are some on the web.

I don't know any trusty smiths for 1911 work around here, although I am sure there are some good ones.

 

[Alovarxe]

You have trigger job in the thread title, but then say fitting a trigger......fitting a trigger is not hard, I have done many....just go slow and constantly check fit. By slow I mean sloooow.....maybe one or two hits with a file then check again.
I will mot do a trigger job, at least at this point, as I am not comfortable with touching the sear and hammer engagements.

I think Harrison Design has a video on fitting triggers, but certainly there are some on the web.

I don't know any trusty smiths for 1911 work around here, although I am sure there are some good ones.

Ah gotcha, im new to the 1911/2011 platform but it shoots so damn well in my hands. Yeah it just needs fitting for an atlas vario flat trigger. Ive highly considered doing it myself considering I already changed the grip module and fitted the new front sight but i feel its easy to mess up. Did you do yours on a 2011 style?

 

[dartsinsa]

Mine have been all on 1911's. The 2011 has a much wider trigger bow for the double stack mag, but I believe it to be essentially the same. I have never owned a 2011, so I have no direct knowledge.
A good trigger should be oversized, and need to be fitted to the individual frame (almost all parts need to be fitted to a 1911). First part is the height, which requires slowly filing. The first one I did I got a bit hasty, and it had a very small amount of vertical play. I have since redone that one, as properly done there is no vertical play (and they had a sale on triggers...lol).
Pretravel and overtravel are handled differently, and depend on the trigger you are fitting.
I agree the platform "shoots so damn well".....and the trigger is a big part of that. It is not that all complicated, and although has more parts than other types I find it generally easy to work on.
And quite therapeutic.

 

[cajunautoxer]

Hayes Customs is close to you but I would think they have a good wait period. Give them a call (512) 589-9517

I would think any good smith will have await

 

[Greywarrant]

I’ll double down on Hayes custom guns. He used to be in North Austin just off 35.