Idaholewis
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I finally decided to tackle my little TC New Englander trigger and either ‘make it livable for me, or break it!’ I am happy to say i made a VERY nice trigger out of it! I shot the little rifle the other day and i had forgotten just how horrible the trigger was, it was BAD, 9-9.5 pounds BAD on a Lyman trigger scale. After cleaning the rifle i sat here contemplating inletting and installing a set trigger, after some thought That seemed like more hassle than i cared to go through. I pulled the lock and studied it well, From the fired position as you start to cock the hammer you first enter the Halfcock position, as you continue the Sear passes over the Fly and finally drops in the Full Cocked notch, i noted how deep that notch was, it is a DEEP angled step. I knew i did NOT want to change the angles of the Notch, or the Sear. I wanted to ‘Shorten’ that Deep Full cock Notch. I fully lowered the hammer and pulled the lock apart, first removing the Hammer, then the Main spring, then the Bridle (after the Bridle is removed you need to lift the little Fly out or you will forget and lose it) Then push up on the Sear and the Tumbler will be completely free to remove. The Sear will also easily come out now as well, There is a small detent type spring that the Sear pushes up against, There is a Housing built in the lock for this spring and metal cup, you want to be careful and not lose that little spring and Cup. With Tumbler out I took my calipers and measured from the bottom of the Tumbler to the top of the Full Cock Notch, i got .570 (There is a nice flat spot on the bottom of the Tumbler for the Jaw of your caliper to sit flush, therefore giving consistent readings) I have 3 Brand new Tumblers, i checked all 3 of them as well and got the same .570 on 2 of them and .572 on the other.