Hello All
First of all, I would like to thank Josh for all his guidance. Josh, you da man.
I purchased a used SR9 from a guy that said it was a show piece like new.
Wrong.
The exterior is immaculate, but the inside was something that I would not bet my life on. The trigger pull felt like 25 lbs and the slide was extremely hard to pull back. I stripped it, polished the parts recommended by Josh, and scrubbed every inch and every part of it. Now I may be anal about my firearms, but it is a matter of life or death. This journey took three nights of labor. Here is what I found:
First of all, the Striker Block was scored by the Trigger Bar. Both have now been polished.
There is wear on the slide, seems to be normal judging from all the other posts about it.
The Trigger Bar Reset was binding on the indent on the slide. Two things caused this; being disgustingly filthy and a chain reaction from the Manual Safety being bent and rubbing on the slide as well as making the Reset press tighter on the slide. The bent Manual Safety was also causing the Trigger Bar to twist and bind due to the sideways slop. What directed me to the Manual Safety was the wear marks on it from the slide. Once it was straightened, the Reset was not as tight against the slide, the Trigger Bar no longer twisted or dragged. This tightened up the entire assembly which lightened up the trigger pull a great deal. The Trigger is not exactly where I would like it, but is much better.
I then disassembled all of the mags and scrubbed them spotless.
The last issue I found was a rough edge on the bottom of the ramp on the barrel.
Saturday will be the true test at the range. A range report will follow.
First of all, I would like to thank Josh for all his guidance. Josh, you da man.
I purchased a used SR9 from a guy that said it was a show piece like new.
Wrong.
The exterior is immaculate, but the inside was something that I would not bet my life on. The trigger pull felt like 25 lbs and the slide was extremely hard to pull back. I stripped it, polished the parts recommended by Josh, and scrubbed every inch and every part of it. Now I may be anal about my firearms, but it is a matter of life or death. This journey took three nights of labor. Here is what I found:
First of all, the Striker Block was scored by the Trigger Bar. Both have now been polished.

There is wear on the slide, seems to be normal judging from all the other posts about it.

The Trigger Bar Reset was binding on the indent on the slide. Two things caused this; being disgustingly filthy and a chain reaction from the Manual Safety being bent and rubbing on the slide as well as making the Reset press tighter on the slide. The bent Manual Safety was also causing the Trigger Bar to twist and bind due to the sideways slop. What directed me to the Manual Safety was the wear marks on it from the slide. Once it was straightened, the Reset was not as tight against the slide, the Trigger Bar no longer twisted or dragged. This tightened up the entire assembly which lightened up the trigger pull a great deal. The Trigger is not exactly where I would like it, but is much better.



I then disassembled all of the mags and scrubbed them spotless.
The last issue I found was a rough edge on the bottom of the ramp on the barrel.

Saturday will be the true test at the range. A range report will follow.