ECVMatt
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Several years ago I got a great deal on a 4" SS GP100. In addition to the gun, the owner also threw in 250 rounds of ammo and a few speedloaders. The gun was used, but not beat up however it had a very mediocre trigger even for a Ruger.
Once I got it home, I compared it to my beloved 6" GP100 and realized it needed some work for sure. I then got busy with my work and kids, then COVID came along and it pretty much sat in the safe unused. I was actually getting ready to sell it when I decided to take a look on the inside. Overall it was pretty good, but the chanel in the trigger guard housing was atrocious. It had so many burrs that I could not remove the trigger guard latch or the trigger link plunger without using a set of pliers.
I took a couple of drill bits and carefully deburred the chanel by hand (no power tools). Once the chanel was cleaned up a bit I used the dremel with a polishing head and Flitz to smooth it out. Lastly I polished the trigger guard latch and the trigger link plunger. I dropped those piece in the chanel and they slide freely. Since the revolver was a part, I then paid some attention to the remaining components. After that was all done I reassembled the trigger guard and carefully worked the trigger, taking care not to launch the pawl plunger, and everything seemed great.
This is when my learning opportunity arose. Everything went back together fine but when I tried to pull the trigger the cylinder would only move about 1/2 way and the the trigger would bind. I thought perhaps I left some polishing compound in the trigger or maybe reversed the pawl plunger and the cylinder latch plunger so apart everything came again.
Everything looked good so back together it went and still had the same problem. I did this about three more times, but stopped before I got angry and put the gun aside until after dinner. Of course I was fixated on this the whole time I was eating and was working through all the parts in my head. I could not figure out why it would work outside of the gun, but not in it. Then the dimest of lightbulbs flashed in my head and I realized that I put the trigger link plunger in backwards. I fixed it, reinstalled the trigger guard and was good to go.
So just a heads up if you are working on your Ruger SP, GP, or SRH to pay attention to the orientation of your trigger link plunger. Everything will go back together and appear to work but once in the gun it will bind. It is hard to spot because it is concealed in the chanel. I hope fellow Ruger shooters will find this helpful.
Anyways, now the gun has an excellent trigger and I can't wait to get out and shoot it. So I guess it ended up being a learning experience and saved the gun from the chopping block. Win/Win
Once I got it home, I compared it to my beloved 6" GP100 and realized it needed some work for sure. I then got busy with my work and kids, then COVID came along and it pretty much sat in the safe unused. I was actually getting ready to sell it when I decided to take a look on the inside. Overall it was pretty good, but the chanel in the trigger guard housing was atrocious. It had so many burrs that I could not remove the trigger guard latch or the trigger link plunger without using a set of pliers.
I took a couple of drill bits and carefully deburred the chanel by hand (no power tools). Once the chanel was cleaned up a bit I used the dremel with a polishing head and Flitz to smooth it out. Lastly I polished the trigger guard latch and the trigger link plunger. I dropped those piece in the chanel and they slide freely. Since the revolver was a part, I then paid some attention to the remaining components. After that was all done I reassembled the trigger guard and carefully worked the trigger, taking care not to launch the pawl plunger, and everything seemed great.
This is when my learning opportunity arose. Everything went back together fine but when I tried to pull the trigger the cylinder would only move about 1/2 way and the the trigger would bind. I thought perhaps I left some polishing compound in the trigger or maybe reversed the pawl plunger and the cylinder latch plunger so apart everything came again.
Everything looked good so back together it went and still had the same problem. I did this about three more times, but stopped before I got angry and put the gun aside until after dinner. Of course I was fixated on this the whole time I was eating and was working through all the parts in my head. I could not figure out why it would work outside of the gun, but not in it. Then the dimest of lightbulbs flashed in my head and I realized that I put the trigger link plunger in backwards. I fixed it, reinstalled the trigger guard and was good to go.
So just a heads up if you are working on your Ruger SP, GP, or SRH to pay attention to the orientation of your trigger link plunger. Everything will go back together and appear to work but once in the gun it will bind. It is hard to spot because it is concealed in the chanel. I hope fellow Ruger shooters will find this helpful.
Anyways, now the gun has an excellent trigger and I can't wait to get out and shoot it. So I guess it ended up being a learning experience and saved the gun from the chopping block. Win/Win
