1911 Tune Up to Lower Trigger Pull

Here I follow Nic Taylor’s guide to tuning up my 1911 for a lower trigger pull weight.  He’s a competitive shooter and creates awesome 1911 videos.  I started with a trigger pull of 5 lbs and just doing the following I dropped it down to 4.5 lbs.  In his video his drops 1 lb. Please read our disclaimer since this can damage your gun.

• Sandpaper in various grits
• Polishing Compound (I use car paint polishing compound for super fineness)
• Dremel Tool
• Trigger Pull Scale (if you really want to know)

Nic explains and shows things far better than I could for this How-To, so I leave it to him for polishing the leaf spring, disconnector, and firing pin stop.  I’ll have my results after the clip: https://youtu.be/dpiMSZiutT0 Here is my finished leaf spring:

My disconnector:

And my firing pin stop:

Part 2 gets into polishing the trigger, hammer strut, and feed ramp. My resultant trigger:

Hammer strut:

And feed ramp:

I could already feel the difference after I put everything together, and my trigger pull gauge showed that I dropped 1/2 a lb of pull.  I brought my 1911 to the range and combined with breaking in the frame/slide, it felt like a totally different (and more expensive) gun.