Great Plains Pistol?

[dixie3]

Bought one in .50 cal. After scrubbing the heck out of the bore and shooting a couple hundred rounds through it , it is starting to show some promise! My only complaint is that the trigger pull is extremely " creepy" !! Is there any way to smooth it out or should I send it back to the factory to have them do it? Thanks in advance....

 

[mec]

Mine is about 4.5 pounds with some creep and stagey. The pistol balances so well that these unfavorable traits don't matter so much. I even use the perceptable stage just before release as an aid to trigger control.

 

[CrackStock]

By creepy, do you mean that it has a lot of take up before firing?

If so, you can look at adding to the trigger bar that pushes up on the seer or inletting the trigger a bit deeper to accomplish the same end.

CS

 

[mec]

yeh but not slack take-up like a two-staged military trigger. Just a full-engagement long trigger pull with a slight hitch just before it fires. Probably doesn't feel as bad as it sounds. I'm reluctent to do any stoning as it might cut through the case hardening- if any is present.

 

[flaming canvas]

Mec,

I have had two of them. The first one was almost 10 pounds pull at first and the other was about 6. I stoned the sear and the notch on the tumbler so that it was closer to perpendicular to the outer radius of the tumbler and it made lot of difference. The 10 pound came down to about 2 and 1/2.

You can also cut a coil from the spring that keeps pressure on the sear so that it engages the notches on the tumbler. If you chose this route, remember that anyone can cut some off, but you have to be really good to put it back on. Maybe try 1/4 of a coil at a time.