I would like to change the Short Reach trigger to the Standard "fat" trigger on my new M11-A1.I found it listed on GunsAmerica by someone local. He bought it NIB in February of 2013 and it's been sitting in his safe unfired for the last 4 years. It's all complete except for the insert that goes in the lid of the box. All the oil and grease was completely dried up. Born on 23-JAN-2013.
As purchased:
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After a detail clean, re-lube and fat trigger install:
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How hard is it to change triggers? I never did more to gun other than field strip and change grips sometimes.
Not trying to be argumentative, but if you give this advice, you should always inform people that simply buying a video and doing their own work will void their warranty if they are not a certified armorer.It's not hard at all to change the trigger on a P-series pistol; watch a few of the YouTube videos and you should be good to go. Better yet, invest in one of the armorers DVDs and learn to deal strip the whole pistol.
No worries ThnkFrst. Just like all scabs, it will fall off soon enough.The way that you said that leads me to believe that it won't be your last, not that there's anything wrong with that.
Congrats on a mighty fine pistol. Looks even better if you get rid of that scab on the front left side of the frame. JMHO.
My feelings about the warranty. I saw videos on how to swap trigger, but never attempted anything like this. Don't want to mess up gun or void warranty.Not trying to be argumentative, but if you give this advice, you should always inform people that simply buying a video and doing their own work will void their warranty if they are not a certified armorer.
Very true!!Hint, most videos correctly say slots in trigger pivot pin face down, and then say be sure the little slot is horizontal - assembly of blocking insert usually goes even easier if you turn the slot so it's 10 to 4 o'clock rather than 9 - 3. It's turn on it's own from 10 - 4 to 9 - 3 as things go together.
I sent in a month old P229 for FTEs after I had installed the SRT in it. SIG swapped out the extractor and made no mention of the SRT not being part its original set up. Maybe because the issue was not related to the trigger? I don't know. In this case, doing the work myself did not prevent SIG from honoring warranty work.Not trying to be argumentative, but if you give this advice, you should always inform people that simply buying a video and doing their own work will void their warranty if they are not a certified armorer.
WOW! This sounds way beyond my abilities. Sending M11-A1 to SIG for the trigger swap!Oh come on, guys! You can take it apart to the itty-bitty bits, and as long as you put it back together, and assuming that what you do is not causal to any warranty issue, SIG would never know and would hardly give a rusty rat's . . .
BUT, if the gun has a short reset kit (other than the early versions from a few years ago and earlier), then the safety lever lower leg is going to block removal for the trigger/trigger bar assembly. One needs to release top leg of sear spring, and pushp sear pivot out to the left just far enough to clear the safety lever, then remove lever w/ magnet or tweezers. (You might consider re-tensioning sear spring to keep things in place while removing trigger and bar).
Hint, most videos correctly say slots in trigger pivot pin face down, and then say be sure the little slot is horizontal - assembly of blocking insert usually goes even easier if you turn the slot so it's 10 to 4 o'clock rather than 9 - 3. It's turn on it's own from 10 - 4 to 9 - 3 as things go together.
If you can pat your head and rub your tummy while singing Yankee Doodle Dandy or Way Down South in Dixie, it should be a piece of cake if you take your time.WOW! This sounds way beyond my abilities. Sending M11-A1 to SIG for the trigger swap!
I removed the trigger bar without messing with the sear parts. I did have to cock the hammer so it would clear the wing on the SRT sear and it slid right past the safety lever with a left-hand tilt as it came out. That was before I decided to do the detail strip to get all the dried grease out of there.WOW! This sounds way beyond my abilities. Sending M11-A1 to SIG for the trigger swap!