Posted: 3/12/2008 11:07:21 PM EDT
| I bought my wife a smith and wesson 642 with laser grips about a year or so ago. She has a little trouble with the trigger, and it has a pretty long stroke to. This is due to the enclosed hammer. What is the best place to get a great trigger job done? And what do you reccomend. Thanks. |
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It means old school tag. He is interested in seeing the answer as well. Smith and Wesson does action jobs and their prices are pretty decent. There and tons of shops that will do it for you. If you are a do it yourselfer I think there are some springs you can switch out as well as some internal polishing that will help out quite a bit. I am sure someone else will be along with a good recommendation |
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Be very careful with the little J frames and 'trigger jobs' the parts...hammer and all...are light and they are usually carried in places where they can pick up lint and trash, etc...S&W recommends you do not change or cut the mainspring or trigger return spring and generally I agree. Get it smooth. If it is still more than she can handle, look for a different gun. It is not at all unusual to see a cut or lighter spring installed on a J frame work fine at first, then give FTFs a year later...believe me, a year will pass faster than you can believe! |
I talked to a local gunsmith, and he seemed to know a lot about them. He said that they are really rough cut, and it takes a lot of polishing on the trigger and action. I was thinking about letting him do it. He is pretty reasonable to. $75 and he said will be about 2 or 3 weeks, and that is putting me ahead of alot. |
| If he knows what he's doing that's a reasonable price. Let us know what you decide to do. I agree with what has already been posted, it doesn't matter that much how "heavy" the pull is on a pull scale, what matters more is how smooth and consistent the pull is. A gritty 3lb trigger pull feels worse to the shooter than a smooth as silk 6lb pull, in my experience. |