bikemutt
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First a quick background: I obtained a very nice 3rd issue Colt DS in a trade earlier this year. Loved the gun, so did my wife who claimed it as her's. So I bought another one on gunbroker.com, same 3rd issue, quite close in serial number to the first one, and cosmetically in virtually identical condition.
After shooting the new one I realize the trigger is worlds apart from the first one. Gunsmith says it's sat so long it's gummed up and needs a good cleaning. $80 later it feels better but still shoots like crap. I ask a range officer what he thinks since I have both guns with me. He test fires and says the first gun has obviously had a trigger job, that the new one is par for the course.
Upon inspection I can see the first gun has had the hammer sides and back of the trigger polished smooth as all get out. And the guy I traded with to get it did say it had been re-blued by Colt, although he did not know why.
To describe the crappy trigger, it's a situation where the darn thing fights to get it to engage, then once enough force has been applied, it gets easy to pull which invariably causes premature firing. And it's inconsistent; some shots are OK, some are not.
I really love these Colts but I don't want to turn a $400 (now $480) gun into a $600 gun chasing a trigger job, especially since I don't really know the reason for the crappy trigger.
Anyway, I thought I'd troll this out here to see if anyone else has had a similar experience, Colt or otherwise.
After shooting the new one I realize the trigger is worlds apart from the first one. Gunsmith says it's sat so long it's gummed up and needs a good cleaning. $80 later it feels better but still shoots like crap. I ask a range officer what he thinks since I have both guns with me. He test fires and says the first gun has obviously had a trigger job, that the new one is par for the course.
Upon inspection I can see the first gun has had the hammer sides and back of the trigger polished smooth as all get out. And the guy I traded with to get it did say it had been re-blued by Colt, although he did not know why.
To describe the crappy trigger, it's a situation where the darn thing fights to get it to engage, then once enough force has been applied, it gets easy to pull which invariably causes premature firing. And it's inconsistent; some shots are OK, some are not.
I really love these Colts but I don't want to turn a $400 (now $480) gun into a $600 gun chasing a trigger job, especially since I don't really know the reason for the crappy trigger.
Anyway, I thought I'd troll this out here to see if anyone else has had a similar experience, Colt or otherwise.