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Old 11-02-2011, 10:17 PM   #1
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On tuning the trigger how would you do it mine isn't very gritty but it has alot of takup
I've heard you cut 1 coil off of the hammer spring to lighten it
But how do you eliminate the take up?


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Old 11-04-2011, 03:34 AM   #2
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sorry, no input on this as my trigger on mine is stock as far as i know and seems to work fine as is. won't modify mine until i have some information too. maybe someone with more experiance with triggers on M60's will post sme information on it.
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Put a bead off from a dog tag chain in the return springs hole on the trigger sear
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I dont have a model 60 at the moment but i can show you on my 882 since its about the same setup if its an old 60.

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That's an interesting solution to that problem.
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Ya and its worked on alot of guns since i heard of it and me and my GS master got to using it
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have not worked on a 60 but start by polishing. clean up the machine marks but leave the angles the same. then study how the trigger works overtravel is mostly a easy fix .take up some place there is a void to be filled. pull go slow and carefull do not try to go to light. polishing(and stoning) makes a big difference
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This month's 'American gunsmith' has a very good article on working the 60's
trigger. firing mech. comes out in one unit and can not be disassembled by
the public. ( it takes a special jig to line every thing up properly.)
Article tells how to drill thru side of unit to get to points needing work.

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