One of my Encore frames came with a decent factory trigger that broke at a fraction over 3 pounds, so it has been left alone. The frame is app. 4-5 years old now and has seen maybe 2000 rounds, but as of late, I have noticed that the trigger pull has become lighter over time. Now, it's down to 1 3/4 lbs., and that's as light as I want any "hunting" trigger (I generally like to keep them at 2-2.5 lbs).

Have any of you experienced this...and what's the quickest solution?

Here's the best (and quickest) solution...

Turn that frame into your "target" shootin gun and go out and buy another one. If you need to do trigger work to that one, well maybe that's enough reason to buy another one to see if you didn't get a bad deal previously!

Bobby mine trigger pull lighten over time/ with use but not as much as yours has. I prefer my trigger way over the other two encores I have fired recently so I consider myself lucky.
Dave

Thanks for the replies. I guess I just wanted to hear that this is normal (Marlin triggers are renown for this).

But if it lightens any more, I'll have to do something about it...

Bobby -
If it continues just get one of the heavier springs from Mike. He can help you with what one you want to get close to that 2-2.25 mark.

steve

The one thing about Encores is the vast range of trigger pull weight one gets with any given spring, factory or my custom springs.

Install any spring, check the pull weight, remove it, do any smoothing up of the trigger/sear/hammer parts, and then put it back together. You may find several pounds difference in pull weight.

Given the fact that many of the parts in the trigger mechanism are quite rough to start with.... raw casting seam lines on the bottom of the sear, raw casting "bark" on the tip of the hammer where it engages the sear, and the somewhat roughly ground surface on the sear notch itself, use is bound to smooth these surfaces over time and thus change the pull weight, based on what stoning does.

What is nice about having a range of spring tensions is that without dabbling in the dark art of stoning gun parts, any nimrod can drop in a heavier or lighter spring to bring the pull weight to what he wants. However, since frames vary so much, it is not really possible to pick any particular spring tension and really expect to get a specific pull weight. This is why I recommend an assortment of springs if you want to target a particular pull weight.

In most frames, my #4 spring will give about a 2.5 # pull weight, but you may have to go to a #2 to get that pull weight.

The range of travel of the factory spring is quite short compared to mine, and it is possible that you might be able to bend your spring in the direction that tends to "unwind" it, which will give it tension again. Try that also.

Another alternative to bring the pull weight up is to recut the sear notch so that it is less vertical, but I'd address the spring first.

One thing to check on, since the pull is getting lighter..... with the gun empty, attempt to push off the hammer. If it will push off, then you really should look into recutting it to a more horizontal plane. This will stop the bumpoff tendency while also increasing the pull weight.

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Mike