adjustable trigger on my springfield 1911??

[RustyOlRanger4x4]

I just picked up a new springfield armory 1911a1 "loaded target model" and it has the skeletonized trigger and on the face of the trigger is a hole and behind the hole is a allen screw, Ive gone through the manual forwards and backwards and it dosent mention anything about this, but I think I read somewhere online about some haveing manually adjustable triggers and im curious as to if thats what I have here? its a small screw towards the bottom of the trigger. I took a couple pictures which arnt the greatest but maby it`ll help? Thanks for any info, Sean

[Briman]

Beauty of a gun!

The screw is for adjusting trigger overtravel. It really doesn't do much for you unless you will be using it for bullseye shooting. I simply removed the screw on mine, as I had to have it screwed down pretty deep in order to get the overtravel to stop right after the trigger break. If (a 1911 begs to be taken apart, its an engineering masterpiece!) you take the pistol apart, You'll find the back of the trigger is split aluminum- not much holding that screw in place. I use my pistol primarily for IPSC shooting, and I don't want that screw to work loose and jam up the gun, and for the same reason that I might use it as a carry piece in the future.

[Charley]

Yep, overtravel adjustment screw. I don't mind a bit of overtravel, so I have mine adjusted pretty shallowly. For a bullseye shooter they are a must, for general plinking and field use I think they are more smoke and mirrors.

BTW, nice gun, Now I understand the handgun ammunition questions on the handloading board. You'll want to shoot that honey a LOT, and handloads are the only way to go.