New conundrum- to fix or not to fix...

[reddog81]

I wouldn't want to do business with any gunsmith who'd turn down work because the gun wasn't expensive enough. I see nothing wrong with paying to have that trigger cleaned up.

It's a $300 gun. A smith who knows what they are doing and does good work will charge at least $150 to $200+ for a trigger job. When the trigger job on the Taurus doesn't yield fantastic results customers will be complaining about that shade tree gunsmith who charges almost as much as a gun costs to do a trigger job and the results were barely noticeable.

 

[HowardC]

HEHE, reddog is probably right.
When I get to it, (other pressing health issues with wife), I'll do the snap-cap and dry firing trick after hosing out the action. Some alcohol oughta do the trick, in various places and uses, with an air blowdown. Which reminds me, there was a small air compressor at the pawn shop, just needs a gauge. It oughta be right size for my basement loading bench. Anyway, then I'll lube it up with one of the lubes suggested in the 375 pages of posts. Once I get through all those, it oughta be REALLY clean, squeaky even, before the grease. Maybe I oughta get some Brazilian grease. Hmmm, I wonder about suntan lotion from Ipanema beach....?

While it brought doubleh's horse back from the dead, and maybe melted a little ice for Alaska mike, at least this thread is good for a few laughs. See all you guys on the flip side.
-West out [and thanks for all the serious replies!!]

 

[DT Guy]

The 'hundreds of dry-fire' advice is a good place to start. Not only will it help mate the internals, it'll work out your trigger finger; sometimes I think that's where most of the 'my trigger got better!' results come from.

Larry

 

[HowardC]

OK, once again all:
I got the 605 torn down per the instructions on the Taurus board. . Not sure how I'll get the side plate back in, it seems kinda tight. I think I have the upper corner key in its slot OK. But, I'll worry that issue when I'm ready to go back together. As far as canned air, I decided it'd be neat to have a mini compressor under the bench. So found a cheapie at HF. Question for you tool freaks, I need a really flexible air hose and nice nozzle for delicate applications. I have plenty of other air hoses, but they're pretty stiff for use sitting at my bench. Any Ideas? I've been perusing Amazon, etc and don't know how to judge what might be flexible and easy to use. Lemme know if anyone else had this idea.
-West out

 

[halfmoonclip]

IIRC, the trigger spring is on a rod, rather than the rebound slide found on the Smith. No harm in getting a milder spring; just make sure the trigger goes promptly and fully forward.
Moon

 

[.38 Special]

It's a $300 gun. A smith who knows what they are doing and does good work will charge at least $150 to $200+ for a trigger job. When the trigger job on the Taurus doesn't yield fantastic results customers will be complaining about that shade tree gunsmith who charges almost as much as a gun costs to do a trigger job and the results were barely noticeable.

A good 'smith can significantly improve a Taurus trigger, even on a snub. I know it for a fact. And it's not really the gunsmith's job to decide for the customer whether the price tag is worth it.

Of course, an experienced gunsmith is going to have his feelers up when it comes to unrealistic expectations. A fellow hoping for a reliable five-pound "smooth as glass" DA pull would benefit from an attitude adjustment...

I've happily spent half again the cost of an inexpensive used gun on upgrades. A "bargain" gun can benefit from a good trigger as much as a high-end custom. From my perspective, a snub is hard enough to shoot well even without being handicapped by an unnecessarily bad trigger.

(I'm not, by the way, arguing that people should go that route. I'm just arguing against the idea that a gunsmith would make fun of someone for having work done on an inexpensive gun.)