Charles Daly .22

[treeman]

Is there any replacement trigger available for a Charles Daly field Grade .22 rifle? I know it's a "cheap" gun, but I really like it, except for the heavy, gritty trigger. Don't know if a replacement exists, or even if a gunsmith could do anything to improve the original. Any ideas will be very appreciated. 

[Bigeasy]

Don't know of any replacement triggers off hand for that specific rifle.  But just about any trigger can be improved by polishing the working surfaces with a hard stone, a drop of good lube, and maybe the adaptation of a slightly lighter trigger return spring from somewhere like Wolfe.
 
Larry

[gunnut69]

As bigeasy said almost all triggers can be hejped by careful gunsmithing.. I doubt seriously there would be enough demand for a maker such as Timney to tool up and  build a replacement trigger,,

[treeman]

I was wondering if stoning and spring change could be done, since the trigger assembly is enclosed in a steel "box".

[STUMPJMPR]

Don't know much about a Charles Daly, but I've never had to change any springs on a trigger job.  I've always been able to polish the mating surfaces and get the trigger down. 

[gunnut69]

Triggers are commonly enclosed in a steel (or other metal) box to give positive relationships to the respective parts. The precision of this relationship is one of the limiting factors to what we can do with the trigger action. It also gives a positive indication should the mechanism be tampered with and yes working on a trigger would constitute tampering. In some instances the mechanisms are intensionally made such that working on them will damage them severely. In that case my advice is to sell such a weapon and buy one that can be repaired..or adjusted..