I just took apart my 953 and polished/lubed all the articulating trigger/sear/piston parts. Now the trigger pull is very smooth - no gritiness at all. Definite improvement over the original. I would like to lighten the trigger weight now. I know there is the Pilkington mod, which lessens the sear engagement to accomplish less trigger weight and pull length. I was wondering if others had investigated different methods? Shortening springs slightly or replacing them with lighter versions might help, and so might the addition of a guide rod inside that strong piston spring. Has anyone tried these methods?
In looking at the Pilkington mod and my disassembled trigger parts, I see that the pictures before/after cutting the notch out of the front of the trigger will not result in something that looks exactly like the "after" picture. The instructions say to take no more than 0.15" back from the front of the trigger, but on mine I would need to take slightly over 0.2" to have the result look like the "after" picture. If I took off only 0.15" as described, my trigger would end up having a multi-step look at the front of it (because the "angled" part of the trigger does not go to within 0.15" of the front of the trigger). Since the instructions are explicit about taking no more than 0.15" off, I'm not so sure I want to attempt this particular mod. Hence me asking if there are other successful methods to lighten the weight of the trigger. The current pull length of the trigger is fine. Shorter might be a little better, but the way it is now is OK with me.
Thanks!
