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General Discussion To Gateway To Airguns => The Shop => : RCnMo February 22, 2010, 07:01:32 AM
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As many of you know, the B26 has a very nice trigger out of the box and with some polishing, lube and adjustment, it gets even nicer. Today, I decided I wanted a true two stage feel with a setback. With a little machining and fitting, I have it! This is adjustable for a very nice second stage now and overtravel. My B26 has the best trigger I've ever felt now! I don't have a trigger pull gauge, but I would guess the first stage is a few ounces to the pronounced second stage and a perfectly crisp let off at about 6 ounces. It's adjustable for even less than that! I think I hit the nail on the head this time and got lucky! As you can see in the pics, it now has about a 3/8" set back from stock and I had to turn the trigger tension spring screw head down so the trigger would set back.
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Ralph, I'm curious about the trigger. You said you made the trigger. Do you mean you actually fashioned a trigger from metal that was not formerly a trigger? Or did you take an existing trigger that was handy and modified it to work as you intended? Just curious. Either way is a heck of a lot more than I could do but if you fashioned a trigger from basically a blank piece of metal, thats something else. Guess the main reason for asking is the 2 trigger blades side by side. Anyway it all looks professional. A real nice job.
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Very nice job of making the trigger , Howie
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Thanks Howie. To answer your question Mike, yes. I started with a piece of 1/4" thick crs, measured the trigger pin diameter and drilled a hole to jig the original trigger on top of the crs plate. I gave it a coat of lay out fluid and traced all but the original blade and then set back the blade about 3/8". I milled it out and then fit it to the trigger group. I marked where I wanted the first stage bump to catch on the sear lever and tapped a hole for the second stage 'bump' for my set screw. I then marked where I wanted my over travel screw to ride and gave it a rub down with 320 grit and polish. I darkened it with a torch, installed it and fell in love.
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Damn Ralph. You da man! I'm impressed.
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that looks good! and not a bad trigger pull either!
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Hey Ralph what's your address? My b26 is boxed up ready to ship out for a new trigger. Lol :-)
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Wow....great DIY stuff. Very impressive.
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People call machining a trade or craft, but I think it is actually an art. It is sculpture at its highest form. snookman
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Very nice work. Makes the rifle your own and that much sweeter.
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really nice Ralph keep up the good work
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Was it a drop in or did you have to fit it? Could it be made as an after market upgrade?TIA
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Antonio, I sent you a PM