AEA Trigger Too Short!

[Firewalker]

Ok, I know better and have no excuses but my AEA Varmint trigger is .005 too short.

Yes, I mic'd it before I put it on the DMT, wrote it down, then went ahead and shaved off an extra .005!

Sigh...

Now I'm looking for a new trigger. Guess I'm calling Bin tomorrow.

 

[silvershooter589]

I mic'd it before I put it on the DMT

Sounds like a party. What does it mean that a trigger is .005 too short?

 

[MikeVV]

IF...you don't pay ANY attention to it...that .005" will go away in short order !

Mike

 

[sb327]

Are you still running a semi trigger in your varmint?

Dave

 

[Deleted member 15252]

I over polished mine and it became too short to trip the sear. I used a torch and brazed mine up some and refiled it. It has been functioning fine for almost a year now. Shortening the engagement between trigger and sear did nothing for trigger pull.

Polishing the surfaces helps but the engagement between sear and hammer is what needs addressed for lighter trigger. The more positive the engagement the more you push against the hammer tension when pulling the trigger. Reducing this angle allows for a lighter pull.

I have a Power Custom trigger and sear jig I've started using on my sear and this works well. It allows for a precise change a little at a time.

 

[Firewalker]

I over polished mine and it became too short to trip the sear. I used a torch and brazed mine up some and refiled it. It has been functioning fine for almost a year now. Shortening the engagement between trigger and sear did nothing for trigger pull.

Polishing the surfaces helps but the engagement between sear and hammer is what needs addressed for lighter trigger. The more positive the engagement the more you push against the hammer tension when pulling the trigger. Reducing this angle allows for a lighter pull.

I have a Power Custom trigger and sear jig I've started using on my sear and this works well. It allows for a precise change a little at a time.

I have the power stoning fixture but dont have an adapter that fits the AEA trigger. Which one do you use?

Didnt think about brazing, I'll do that tomorrow, thank you for the suggestion! Yes, I elongated the hole in hopes I could make up the shortness but alas, didn't help.

I was removing 2° from the sear, that worked well but the creep was too long and crunchy, polishing didn't help, the base metal grain is just too large, I thought shortening the engagement would help a lot but alas, it got too short...

 

[Deleted member 15252]

I'm using the universal fixture and the pin out of the gun. I set the stone to the current angle then raise the fixture until I'm cutting just the top of the sear, then I stone that angle and try it. The closer to neutral on the camber the more creep you may feel. To reduce that you have to shorten the engagement. I cut the sear too short on my Terminator and it wouldn't cock on semi auto. I took some mig wire and steel brazed the sear back to full size then filed it back close to original. Been slowly stoning the engagement angle to get the trigger pull down.