Crosman 2100 Classic Trigger Antics

[Zsigmund]

 Did a little bit of stoning on my 2100 Classic Trigger Sear and Hammer.
 Some before and after pics:










 I just took off the high spots with a fine stone here, don't want to change the shape of anything yet. The pins were all polished too.

 This area of the receiver shell was rough and was causing a lot of grind in the trigger action. The pic is after smoothing the area.



 I also bent the trigger spring to relieve some tension and bent the leg that bears on the trigger so the force is more straight down and not pushing the trigger sideways into the shell.
Forgot to take a pic of that though.. 

 This routine smoothed my trigger noticeably, it was notchy and rough, now it just slides. The pull weight is down a little too, maybe 1/2 a lb. My trigger pull gauge is not very consistant on these long trigger pulls. It's somewhere around 3.5 to 3.75lb ish.

 I plan on trimming the sear and maybe relieving some tension on the sear spring next. As my former gang says: "one crime at a time". 

 

[Stretch67]

I feel your pain.  This was the sear in my new 362.  I realize they want to keep costs low, but dang...





Ahhhh.  That's better...



When I'm on my deathbed, I'm going to want that two hours back.

[Zsigmund]

I feel your pain.  This was the sear in my new 362.  I realize they want to keep costs low, but dang...

When I'm on my deathbed, I'm going to want that two hours back.

 Wow, that is some crude stamping.
 
 How recent is your 362? I'll have to look at my year-old 362, but I can tell by the feel it's not that rough.

 Nice job.

[Stretch67]

 Wow, that is some crude stamping.
 
 How recent is your 362? I'll have to look at my year-old 362, but I can tell by the feel it's not that rough.

 Nice job.

Thanks.  It was delivered new this past February.  It didn't feel so bad, but I knew it would be better with a little work, so off I went.

I also did the Two-Screw Mod, polished every moving part and their counterparts in the trigger and hammer groups, replaced the Trigger Return Spring with an equal length of ballpoint-pen spring, installed thin washers above and below the Trigger, Sear, and Intermediate Lever to reduce side-to-side slop (trial and error), and tweaked the sear / safety spring until it just pushed the sear to its mechanical limit with no extra force (trial and error).



and installed a Baker brass trigger...



The trigger pull is now a nice and smooth 2 pounds.  It's a pleasure to shoot.  Totally worth all the work.

[Back_Roads]

 I am going to revisit the 2100 I bought about a year ago, seemed like not too crunchy IIR.

[Zsigmund]

 Wow, that is some crude stamping.
 
 How recent is your 362? I'll have to look at my year-old 362, but I can tell by the feel it's not that rough.

 Nice job.

Thanks.  It was delivered new this past February.  It didn't feel so bad, but I knew it would be better with a little work, so off I went.

I also did the Two-Screw Mod, polished every moving part and their counterparts in the trigger and hammer groups, replaced the Trigger Return Spring with an equal length of ballpoint-pen spring, installed thin washers above and below the Trigger, Sear, and Intermediate Lever to reduce side-to-side slop (trial and error), and tweaked the sear / safety spring until it just pushed the sear to its mechanical limit with no extra force (trial and error).


and installed a Baker brass trigger...


The trigger pull is now a nice and smooth 2 pounds.  It's a pleasure to shoot.  Totally worth all the work.

 Nice work! I like that Baker trigger.

[Zsigmund]

I am going to revisit the 2100 I bought about a year ago, seemed like not too crunchy IIR.

 Mine may have been a special case. It had a lot of flashing and irregularity around the area by the safety I showed in the pic.

 I'm waiting on a care package from Crosman with spare sears before I really go medieval on things.