PT 1911 improvement

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I have a tarus pt 1911 and it shoots pretty good it's completely stock other than the extras it comes with out of the box all I have done is polish the feed ramp is there anything else I could do to make it a little more smooth and increase reliability with out having to take it to a gunsmith like changing the springs and small stuff I could do at home
 
^^^this. Are you experiencing stoppages? What are your current issues. Polishing a feed ramp is overrated... Most often its not needed, and if you go nuts with the dremel you can do far more harm than good.

If it shoots pretty good, I would leave it alone. If the trigger is heavier than desired I MIGHT recommend a reduced weight sear spring and maybe a 2 pound lighter mainspring. Both can be found on midwayusa. Don't expect a miracle, but it can make a difference if you have a heavier trigger than usually found on a 1911. Remember the mainspring is what provides the force to strike the primer. You can't go too light on it or you will have reliability issues.
 
Well when I first got it it would shoot ball just fine but would hang up in the feed ramp with hollow points so I polished the feed ramp and that has seemed to fix the problem I was just looking for some other things I could do to just make it a little smoother
 
Thanks whiskey I came with an adjustable trigger but It won't get as light as I would like it Evan when adjusted all the way out if I wanted it a little lighter would I have to have a new trigger put in all together
 
Code4 said:
Thanks whiskey I came with an adjustable trigger but It won't get as light as I would like it Evan when adjusted all the way out if I wanted it a little lighter would I have to have a new trigger put in all together
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The adjustable trigger on a 1911 has nothing to do with pull weight -- it's an overtravel screw. If you have tinkered with it, trying to put it back to the original position if you don't know what you're doing could cause more problems than anything else. Trigger pull is adjusted by bending the two left leaves of the sear spring.
 
Dorking with something one does not understand hardly ever leads to an "improvement". Keep fooling with it and pretty soon you will have issues. Google: "Bubba gunsmithing", and see.
 
Also what is the weapons round count? Is it a new gun with only a few rounds through it or was it a used gun and you've shot 500+ rounds through it? If new it may just need a good cleaning and to be broken in with a few more range trips, if used someone may have already made some changes?
 
Code I would not recommend you bend the sear spring unless you have a grasp of how the gun works. Do it wrong and you have an unsafe trigger. That's why I recommended the reduced weight spring. Its not much... Like 8 dollars or something
 
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