Reeder Custom Guns - it's just hard getting any of the small frame revolvers

Gary Reeder
it's just hard getting any of the small frame revolvers
Wednesday, December 01, 2021, 12:01

to be 100% reliable unless you leave the super heavy hammer spring in there. I probably do 50 or more action jobs on S&W revolvers thru the year and know they will be reliable but I really hesitate even touching one of the smaller Smith revolvers. Quite often one coil less on the hammer spring will cause misfires. The small frame Taurus' revolvers are just as prone to have misfire problems too.
On any revolver I like to take every part out, polish it on the wheel until it is too hot to hold, then put some Rig 2 grease on the hammer and trigger and let it sit for a bit. The hot metal absorbs some of the grease giving it almost a permanent smooth slick surface. I also touch up the pins that the hammer and trigger ride on and make them as smooth as possible. The rest of the internals get a high polish job while I am at it. Quite often just doing that will reduce the trigger pull as much if not more than changing springs. It takes much longer, usually 2 to 3 hours but is well worth it.
There you go, one of my action job secrets, free.

Considering a CCW for my daughter - WB, 2021-12-01, 10:17
- Glock 48! (nm) - azj, 2021-12-02, 11:22
- Like your daughter's Beretta affinity, mine really likes - ChrisG, 2021-12-01, 17:57
- LCR's have a nice trigger. I like my 6 shot .327... (nm) - ChrisG, 2021-12-01, 13:06
  - That .327 and maybe the .22 WMR only interest me - WB, 2021-12-01, 14:45
    - 32 mag - tedt, 2021-12-01, 19:43
    - You mention the Kahr slide, maybe she'd warm up - ChrisG, 2021-12-01, 18:01
    - I had an M&P 340 that almost ruined my hand! - ChrisG, 2021-12-01, 17:53
    - if you like the LCR get her the 22 Magnum. She can - Gary Reeder, 2021-12-01, 15:52
      - Nice! I like that idea. I did some informal testing - ChrisG, 2021-12-01, 17:45
- forget the "hidden hammer" or "hammerless" guns - Gary Reeder, 2021-12-01, 10:41
  - You’d figure engineers could figure that out - WB, 2021-12-01, 11:21
    - Bianchi used to make J frame ..... - SMH, 2021-12-01, 11:40
      - it's just hard getting any of the small frame revolvers - Gary Reeder, 2021-12-01, 12:01
        KINDA OFF THE WALL BUT - BUCKWHEAT, 2021-12-01, 14:48
        I've only had one Charter gun in my life. - WB, 2021-12-01, 19:27
        after talking to John Taffin about the stainless Charter - Gary Reeder, 2021-12-02, 10:12