Sharp trigger

[Shane Rhodes]

I have a sharp edge on the front trigger of my Repro Parker trigger. It cuts the pad of my finger when the gun recoils. What should I use to smooth that edge out a little?

[todd allen]

I'd like to see a good close up picture of that trigger.

[Gary Laudermilch]

I have 3 double trigger repros and all of them had the same problem - for me. I had some flexible mildly abrasive strips that were intended to dress distributor contact points. I pulled them over the edge of the trigger until the sharpness was gone. No further problems after the treatment.

[MD*GSP]

A bit of careful filing followed by a little smoothing to roll over the edge using a bob charged with some lapping compound (mounted in a dremel) would do the trick. I wouldn’t go anywhere near it with scotch-brite or anything like that.

btw - welcome to the forum, Shane.

[Richard Flanders]

You might get by with just burnishing the edges. If you do abrade them somehow you should burnish them afterwards. Same as someone's suggested "smoothing" above. Burnishing tools are available as burnishing steels online or from jewelry suppliers. The best are just basically drill bit blanks. Actually, the butt end of a nicely polished 1/4" - 3/8" drill bit would work just fine, one with a mirror finish - can't have any grinding marks at all.

[Shane Rhodes]

Thanks for the advice. I was considering getting some emery cloth and slowly running it over that edge. I wrapped a bandaid around that part of my finger to get through the quail hunt, but want a permanent solution now.

[MD*GSP]

A steel dowel pin makes for a good burnishing tool as well. They're typically around 60Rc and easily found in about any hardware store in the section that has drawers full of task specific hardware items.