GUNS Magazine January 1957

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Long bar in solid rear part of slide rocks when trigger is pulled and pushes down at end to release sear, drop hammer, fire gun. Tqets shot with same ammunition m Hi-Power before (top) and after . gunsmithing show improved accuracy.
into which the barrel can fit with a in which the trigger bar moves to make minimum of play. Some.Browning ac- contact with the sear lever. curacy jobs include this re-bushiig as Particular attention should be given standard ~rocedure; others omit it. to polishing the magazine disconnecter Resulting accuracy as shown by corn- stud which is located at the rear of the petition use in Canadian civilian and trigger. The leading face of the maga- military pistol matches seems about on zine where the disconnecter stud bears a par in both types of worked-over should also be polished. As the trigger guns. Apparently the new bushing is is squeezed, this stud moves on the face optional. of the magazine. If the surfaces are Installing a trigger stop is the next left rough, poundage is added to the operation. This is done by drilling and trigger pull. Canadian service gun used by author tapping a small hole in the underside Trigger pull can be adjusted easily. of the receiver ahead of the trigger. An ,First, polish all bearing surfaces. Sec- Alien screw can then be fitted to bear ond, ease the piano-wire trigger spring. on the forward extension on the right This is done by trial-and-error. The side of the trigger. As the trigger is arms of the spring should be bent so squeezed, this extension pivots down they apply only enough pressure to in- towards the bottom of the receiver. sure completely reliable functioning The trigger stop arrests the travel of and no more. this pivoting movement at the critical Working over the sear and hammer point, immediately after tripping the assemblies depends to a certain extent sear. upon the individual gun. One simple When the trigger group is removed way to lighten trigger squeeze is to for installing the stop, it is advisable reduce the area of bearing surface be- to polish all the interior surfaces of the tween scar and hammer notch. This receiver on which the moving parts is done by working the lower edge of current U.S, import Browning is bear. This should include the channel the sear on a (Continued on page 45) well finished, type as pw-, Hi-Power made for Chinese Nationalists (top) was' same basic model as pre-war pistol but had dull finish and used Mauser-type wooden holster stock. Prewar gun built by FN in Belgium (bottom) had leather holster on board stock.
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