Need help with Crosman Challenger trigger?

[Danoh]

Apologies for the dumb questions, I'm very new to this.

 

[igolfat8]

Yes, as long as you do NOT cock the hammer while you have the trigger apart.

With all the trigger assembled and the side cover off, you can also dry fire it while holding slight backwards pressure on the cocking lever and then release the trigger. This allows you to feel the trigger break point while not releasing the hammer onto the valve. It also allows you to see how all the components interact with each other.

 

[Danoh]

Awesome! Thank you, Sir!

 

[igolfat8]

@Danoh With the side cover off, you want to cock the side lever to its full rearward position, then hold some back pressure on the lever so it doesn't slam forward while breaking the trigger. This is a good way to feel the trigger pull adjustment you just made.

 

[igolfat8]

@Danoh A lot of people don't apply grease to the sear engagement points. Without grease it gives you a more glass rod break feel as those two surfaces engage and release. With grease applied this changes the feel and doesn't have quite the snap or glass rod break feel. Some like it one way, I like to use grease. The downside to using grease is that it can be a dust magnet and can build up into a gritty feel if your rifle is subjected to a LOT of open air filed use. This rifle is a BR indoor gun (for me) plus all the components are pretty well sealed by the side covers so I don't think its as much of a problem that could be if it were a hunting rifle.

Grease also reduces friction on the sear faces and provides the absolute lightest pull as compared to a dry sear.

 

[Danoh]

@igolfat8, your tip worked like a charm. Got mine down to 3.4oz, and decided to leave it at that. Passes bump test just fine also. I did have to put trigger screws back to original factory setting to regain the two-stage aspect. You must have gorilla strength fingers! I had to use a pair of channel locks to bend my spring. Thanks for the tutorial, it helped my trigger immensely.
Dan