i am thinking of installing a nowlin drop in trigger job in my springfield gi 1911 and wanted to know if anyone here has installed one and their opinon on it. By the way i am not a gunsmith but i am good with my hands and i have some books and can detail strip my 1911 but that is as far as my experince goes. thanks for the replys in advance.

As long as you can perform(or look up) the proper safety checks, I say go for it. Worst case its a no go and you put your old parts back and read up some more and try again.

As long as you can perform(or look up) the proper safety checks, I say go for it. Worst case its a no go and you put your old parts back and read up some more and try again.

 

I'm with you 100% Shane... The thing I'm always concerned about on the 1911 platform is the fire control pin spacing. Drop in fire control parts are made to mil-spec pin spacing. If this spacing is out of spec, such as on some 1911 clones, a drop in trigger will not work. Thus, fail the safety checks.

 

Great advice!

thanks again guys i installed it last night and everything went smooth. everything seems to be in perfect working order but i wont be able to get to the range for a few weeks.

thanks again guys i installed it last night and everything went smooth. everything seems to be in perfect working order but i wont be able to get to the range for a few weeks.

 

That's not acceptable! Get to the range NOW! And send us a report.

BTW you did all the safety checks, right?

Ditto!