trigger bar/sear clearance

[dave gross]

What do the experts here usually do as regards the clearance between the bar of a single trigger and the lock sear?  My current project has a nice single trigger but the very slight trigger bar clearance results in that annoying slight but noticeable rattle at half and full cock.  Is stock swelling from humidity likely to reduce the clearance to the point where the sear pre-load become a safety concern?  I am considering making a very, very light spring from music wire to preload the trigger against the sear thus removing the gap.  What do you think?

Dave Gross
Way down in east in Maine

[Longknife]

That is what I would do, its very easy to do and not much tension is needed at all....Ed

[jerrywh]

 I like to put a small screw in the trigger plate to adjust out the free play.

[AndyThomas]

The rattle doesn't bother me. If the trigger rattles a bit, then I know that the sear is fully engaged. If it doesn't rattle, I'm not sure. Set triggers come with a takeup spring, but I never thought a single trigger needed one. Again, it just doesn't bother me.

Andy

[Dave B]

I like the idea of the thin wire spring. I have seen some original examples of english pieces with this modification. It will solve your rattle troubles with out a doubt.

[northmn]

I have straightened out ball point pin springs and used those for trigger springs.  Some old doubles had them and they eliminate a whole lot of unneeded final fitting. 

DP