Poor boy's trigger job

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I don't think this will work on a GP-100. Look at the site again and see they are showing this done on a Vaquero. A GP-100 is a different setup on the mainspring.
I have done this on a Blackhawk and it does work pretty well/
 
Oops, it likely won't work then. Oh but to save money on a smith and do it myself. I don't really want to trade in the gun.
 
Whatever you do, DO NOT cut coils from any of the springs in a revolver, especially a SD revolver. Like said above, buy reduced power springs from Wolff.
 
reduced power springs did wonders for my smith, and not a whole lot for my security 6. your results may vary.
 
I never understood our obsession for light trigger pulls for any but bullseye competition guns. If it's a combat/self defense situation, you've got a truly remarkably strong trigger finger. And when the adrenaline starts pumping, you'll never notice a stock trigger pull.

Leave it alone.
 
Thanks for the replies! Good point about adrenaline, although with the heavy pull, I'm not certain I'm as accurate as I could be.
 
I'm not certain I'm as accurate as I could be.
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The prevailing principle for self-defense shootings is the 3/3/3 rule. The typical SD shootout takes place at a distance of 3 yards (that's less than 10 feet), 3 shots expended, and is over in 3 seconds.

You'd be accurate enough.
 
"obsession for light trigger pulls "

I don't think it's light we're after, just a bit less heavy. Some guns come out of the box with a trigger pull that's a little over factory spec, which is why I don't buy sight unseen. I'll pay the storefront price to hand pick my guns instead of being stuck with the one the distributor sends.

John
 
I've seen a lot of guns screwed up by owners trying to get a "less heavy" trigger pull. Like I said, in a high stress defensive situation, no factory trigger pull is going to be too heavy. If it's a field/SD gun, leave it alone other than taking it to the range.
 
10# trigger return & 12# hammer has proven 100% reliable in all the GPs I`ve touched.

If a true smoothing of the frame & ALL internals then Shimmed to exact specs some will run on the 8#trigger & 10 # hammerspring reliably , but mine get 10# trigger & 12# hammerspring .

For HD/SD I go for smooth , not necassarily light !!

It`s like shooting an animal hunting , ya never feel the recoil or hear the shot !!

When the time comes you need a revolver , you`ll never say that the trigger was heavy !!!!
 
Smooth IS more important than light. Light is really only an advantage in long range shooting.
 
Smooth would be good. Not so much light that I'm after, but with my smaller hands, I don't feel that I have so much "command" of it. Maybe just a range feeling, without adrenaline. I'm sure in a home defense situation, I'd be able to pull it just fine.
 
Even for defensive shooting, with the long pull of a double action, there is no such thing as "too light". For all other purposes, in the field or just for fun, single action letoff can be as light as one pound, as long as it won't push off. Safety is between the ears and as long as you're proficient with your particular weapon, one pound is no more or less safe than ten. That said, I like for mine to be around two pounds and most of them are.
 
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