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Offline jingle

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trigger for TC PA carbine
« on: July 28, 2010, 11:30:38 AM »
Hello,

Just bought a NIB TC PA hunter carbine. Great little rifle. I'd like to tinker with it a bit to make it more shootable for my kids at a rendezvous or two. It has a single "hunting" trigger. It has A LOT of creep. Once you get past that its fairly light. I took it apart and can't see any adjustments. Also...The creep could be in the hammer even. With the lock off it takes a lot of movement to fire it.

Has anyone adjusted one or replaced it altogether? e.g., Is there a single set trigger out there that could be installed? Thanks for the help and God Bless! 

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Re: trigger for TC PA carbine
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2010, 06:41:08 AM »
Not an easy trigger swap because the trigger mechanism and guard are all one piece, thank you T/C for another great innovation. You have to work on the lock, specifically the depth of engagement of the sear to the full cock notch of the tumbler. It's a "cut and try" job which involves several times disassembling the lock, stoning the full cock notch and reassembling the lock. It is easily within the capability of any careful "gun tinkerer" to get a nice, crisp 3 pound pull. Of course any gunsmith can do it but I have no idea what they would charge, I'd charge twenty bucks but I don't have to make a living as a gunsmith. The modern gunsmith needs a very substantial investment in machinery and tools and is constantly buying more tools for special applications, all of which must be paid for somehow. Back in the muzzleloading era there were itinerant gunsmiths who traveled around the backwoods countryside with just a bag of tools on a mule and that was all they needed to fix about anything. That's why I only work on muzzleloaders myself, they don't require a fully equipped machine shop.
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