Poor Boy’s Trigger Job?

[rainbowbob]

The following is from Jeff Quinn at gunblast.com. Has anyone tried this and/or do you have any comments pro or con before I give this a try on my S&W Model 36?

Poor Boy’s Trigger Job
By Jeff Quinn

Remove either of the grip panels, and lift one leg of the trigger return spring from its post, allowing it to hang free. This will dramatically reduced the trigger pull and result in a smoother, lighter, reliable trigger without affecting the weight of hammer fall or detracting from the function of the revolver.

 

[Sistema1927]

It won't work on a S&W, only on Rugers. On Rugers it works quite well.

 

[rcmodel]

Yep!

Been doing it forever on Ruger New-Model Single-Actions.
Another side benefit is you always have a spare unused trigger spring right inside the gun!

S&W's ain't made like that though.
All J-Frame Smiths use a single coil mainspring on a hammer strut.

One option is a Wolff Reduced Power spring kit.
A second option is to leave it alone and learn to deal with it.
Especially on a CCW gun that might be used for serious social intercourse at some point.

Smith's are tuned from the factory to always go bang with any ammo you put in it.
Mess with the springs and the 1,000% reliability goes down a tad.

rcmodel

 

[Z-Michigan]

I own a GP100, SP101 and Single Six. Quite happy with trigger pull on all of them. Only thing I do is make sure that some FP-10 gets into all the rotating bearings I can access; I find that improves pull and smoothness a bit.

 

[BlkHawk73]

I prefer to spend the huge amount of $15 or so and buy a spring kit and do some polishing. If it's worth doing, why not do it right?

 

[smee781]

???

What is fp-10?

 

[BlkHawk73]

What is fp-10?

Search is your friend!

http://autorefrigerants.com/fp10.htm

 

[trickyasafox]

you guys get light strikes with this mod? I might give it a whirl.

 

[Markbo]

Since finding that article the first time I use it on every one of my Ruger's that it can be done on. Simple, easy and effective.

 

[zxcvbob]

you guys get light strikes with this mod? I might give it a whirl.

It doesn't affect anything but the trigger pull. The hammer has a separate spring.

 

[XDJ]

I'm game but how do you get the grips off a Ruger Alaskan?

 

[zxcvbob]

Ruger Alaskan

That's a Redhawk, isn't it? I don't think it'll work.

 

[Markbo]

PBTJ is designed for the single actions. The Double actions are sprung differently and require different work.

 

[Boomerang]

Aren't those instructions only half of the trigger job.
I thought the other half was to press hard against the hammer and then pull the trigger. Doing that on a trigger without lube will seat the hammer and sear to each other better. Then lube.

On my New Vaquero I tried the Wolf springs and the disconnecting of one arm of the trigger spring, but I went back to all stock springs. I felt the light trigger caused me to notice more movement of the trigger. Because of that, I shoot better with the stock trigger.
The disclaimer to the above opinion is that the first thing I did after buying the gun was to pull it apart and polish all parts and then dry fire a few thousand times.

 

[ImARugerFan]

So does anybody have the source for this entire mod? I'd like to try this on my single six. Thanks.

Found it: http://www.gunblast.com/Poorboy.htm